Priorities

A fight broke out on a lawn up the street several weeks ago at about 11pm. The police were called. I saw the cops swing by for a moment around 3am, after the neighborhood had long since policed itself.

A woman smashed a lamp on the hood of another person's SUV and that person called the police. 8am the following day the police came around to ask me what I knew about the altercation.

A dog attacked my father and his dog around 5pm yesterday. I had to chase it away multiple times until my father finally got his dog home. During this time the dog also bit someone who called the police. When they showed up around 10, nobody knew where the dog was.

The kids in the neighborhood play basketball in the street, using a hoop that sits against the curb. When cars come, the kids get out of the way and let them pass. A driver today stopped even though they were out of his way and yelled at the kids who told him to get a life. The cops showed up within the hour to deal with this neighborhood menace.

It kinda has me confused about the priorities in life, or something close to it.