Have you seen these? I’m sure you have. These are those shoes that have a wheel in the heel, so kids can skate around and walk in the same pair of shoes. Looks like a bunch of fun.

HOWEVER!

How are these allowed in stores when skateboards and rollerblades are not? They all are really the same thing.

Every kid in Albuquerque must have received a pair of these for Christmas. And they were at every store I was at, today. Zippin around on their heely’s, not caring whom or what they ran into. And worst yet are the parents that don’t even care when they run into someone. Unless that someone happens to be me and I tell the kid to be careful. Then the parent cares because big scary man talked angrily to their kid. Which, by the way, also fascinates me. The fact that parents can be so oblivious to their kids behaviour. “Oh he didn’t mean to run into you.” Well, of course not. But if I accidentally ran into their car, with my Durango, I bet they’d sing a different song.

I would really like to see these added to the “no skateboards, rollerblading, bike riding” sign.