by Nikki Silverstein
Hero: As Barbara Nelson of Sausalito sat on a bench at the Marin Center Lagoon Park in San Rafael, she noticed people flagrantly ignored a sign with the instruction “Do Not Feed the Wildlife.” When a camp director came by with a flock of children carrying bags of white bread, she discreetly mentioned the policy to him. “I’ve been feeding birds here since I was a kid,” he said and went back to doing so. Nelson gave it another try by pointing out the sign. It was a learning and teaching moment for the camp director. He had his campers read the sign and explained that they could no longer feed the birds the human food, because it isn’t good for the wildlife. To Nelson’s delight, he thanked her. Mensch.
Zero: How do we guilt you, Hit and Run Lady, to step up and take responsibility for your zero actions? If you don’t recognize yourself yet, we’ll review what you did. A young woman, who waits tables to put herself through college, was driving in front of you and signaled a left turn near Enterprise Rent-A-Car in San Rafael. On the two-lane road, you impatiently zoomed around her car on the left side, which caused a collision with significant damage to the woman’s car. Then you shouted at the hard-working college gal and fled. Unfortunately, the student didn’t get your license plate number. We hope that you’re feeling overwhelming remorse and will do the right thing. In lieu of that, are there any witnesses out there?
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