Trivial Pursuits

The CEO of Air Canada, Michael Rousseau, will resign from his position later this year after the recent crash involving one of that company's jets and a fire truck on a runway at LaGuardia Airport. He isn't leaving because of incompetence, or accusations of sexual misconduct, or embezzlement of company funds. In fact, no crime whatsoever. Instead, he is leaving because he delivered his televised condolence speech after the crash in English with French subtitles. Many people who have nothing better to do and have nothing real to worry about complained about that, forcing his resignation.

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With so much big stuff going wrong in the world, it's hard to believe that anyone would care. Still, the Frenchies in Canada, a bi-lingual nation, are outraged that Rousseau's native tongue is English. Despite having taken French lessons for years, he explained that he was "just not comfortable enough" speaking the language, especially for such an important speech. But pettiness prevailed and off he goes.

Being petty is fast becoming the leading character trait of many human beings. Defined as "narrow-minded and ungenerous, especially in trifling matters," it is the stuff of almost every grievance these days. Pettiness is responsible for every road-rage incident, some of which end with the death of one of the participants. It's shocking how crazy people get if someone cuts in front of them in traffic, or doesn't move fast enough when the light changes from red to green.

Pettiness is exemplified by Donald Trump's stupid nickname, coined by the lefties, of "Orange Man." It fuels their derision about his hair color and his penchant for a Florida tan, sort of like if people had called FDR "Roller Boy."