After brunch yesterday, B and I decided to be good citizens and did some volunteering for the Obama campaign. We went to the North Beach campaign office (comment/contact me if you want to know more about volunteering) and they gave us a list of houses in Surfside to canvass. Our job was to ask people who they were going to vote for, encourage them to vote early and give out some information. It was amazing.
We knocked on 28 doors. Most people answered. Most people were really polite, really nice. Most people were voting or leaning Obama. Yay! Some observations:
People in Surfside know each other. Dads and sons toss around the football on the street. Some people don't like to answer the door for strangers. Some people REALLY don't like to answer the door when they're watching a Dolphins game. Some parents have tons of outdoor equipment for their kids hung up outside their front door or on their front yard. Usually these parents are pretty nice and chill and outgoing and they have nice, chill, outgoing kids. Some parents are all uptight about naps vis-a-vis ringing doorbells. These parents should chillax. Especially since they seem like the kind of parents who don't work, have nannies and "do" lunch as opposed to eat it. Some pool-partying dudes with beers in their hands and gold chains around their necks have really sophisticated and nuanced financial reasons why they are voting for McCain. Can't win em all!
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