Sometimes, I have to stop myself from saying or writing things that could ultimately bite me in the ass later on, but for the most part, I am a good judge of when to keep to myself.  Having a good “filter” can help you maintain good friendships as well as help you keep your job. But there are other moments when I really wish I had said something… here are a few examples of when I unfortunately kept my mouth shut:

1. A woman told me that I shouldn’t let my wife eat spicy foods because it would make my unborn child come out with too much hair.
2. When I was checking out at the grocery store, I remembered that I had a coupon in my pocket, so I asked the cashier to pause for a moment  so I could get it out, and the man behind me stomped his foot and yelled, “Hurry up!”
3. After returning from vacation, I learned that my landlord had let himself into our house and turned all the electrical sockets upside-down because he “read somewhere that it was the new code.”
4. While working on my garden, the president of the unofficial home-owners association peered over my fence to inquire if I was growing marijuana. (It was a tomato plant.)
5. After parking my car outside the mall, a group of ladies pointed to my Alaska license plates and yelled, “We love Palin, too!”
6. I was walking on the beach in Southern California and in a discussion about how there was so much garbage on the ground when a resident told me that it was the fault of the recent storm and to just go home.

I hate dickish behavior…  I guess I am too much of a nice guy out in public.   This needs to change, I think.