Word: Palmy

palmy

[pah-mee]

adjective, palmier, palmiest.

1. glorious, prosperous, or flourishing:

the palmy days of yesteryear.

2. abounding in or shaded with palms:

palmy islands.

3. palmlike.

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Being the mayor sucked.  It was by far the worst job Ted had ever had, and he had worked in several fast food places.  He had thought that all he would have to do is look good for the camera and show up at events.  But it was not so easy.

It was difficult, tedious, and dull.  The people he had to deal with were idiots that did poor jobs of hiding their hidden agendas.  And if that was not the case, then they were just needy.  Then there were the meetings.  Oh so many meetings.  More than any one person should be allowed to attend.  And they were boring enough that he would prefer to watch grass grow.  

Ted thought the small but growing town would be easy to manage.  Industry was coming in, which brought in people, which made everything better.  ANd what could be easier to deal with than a flourishing, prosperous town?  As it was, it just made things harder.  

The more people had, the more they wanted to have, and the more complaints to go along with their desires.  And they always seemed to find their way to him.  He had no idea how it happened, but they did.  He was supposed to have employees that handled the complaints, ideas, and desires.  And yet, on a daily basis, he had to meet with several dozen people, all with ideas to “better” the town.  That would be great, if any of the ideas actually had merit.

To be fair, some people did have good ideas that could help the town prosper even more, but those were few and far between.  Most just wanted some inane law about dog walking or pools or some such.  He always just said he would think about it get back to the presenter.  He never did though, and most did not seem to care.

And he did not even want to think about the grievances.  If anything, they were even worse than the suggestions.  It was like they thought the mayor was some kind of fix-it man for their lives.  Every little thing that went wrong, they expected him to fix.  Forget about trying to do something themselves, it was so much easier just to complain to the person in charge, right?  Nevermind the fact that his power was limited to certain areas of the city, and he had little to no authority to intrude on people’s everyday lives.  That did not stop the people from coming to him with their problems though.

There were times he wanted to strangle someone for trying to get him to stop a neighbor’s dog from pooping on their lawn, or get him to pass a law to outlaw rap music or something equally banal.  

But, he was the mayor.  It was the job he had selected and then chosen to do.  Just because it was in no way what he thought it would be did not mean he would not do a proper job.  He just needed to get used to the stupidity of some people.  How hard could that be?    

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There's a reason why I have no interest in politics.  It's because people aren't always the most intelligent things around.