Fed Up?

Several years ago, something strangely wild took place in the life of a veteran Detroit fireman. “I was fed up,” he told a reporter who interviewed him after the bizarre episode. “I was fed up right to here,” he said, pointing to the top of his head. “Did you ever feel that way, I mean really fed up?” he asked the reporter …

What the fed-up fireman did the day before was to hop in the biggest firetruck at his station, turn on all the lights and sirens, drive to his house, pick up his wife, pick up his daughter at kindergarten, and take the family on a siren-screaming ride through the city of Detroit.

He finally returned the $200,000 truck to the fire station — sirens still wailing and red lights still flashing — and then, to top things off, he submitted his resignation to the Detroit Fire Department.

Now who among us has not felt the impulse to do something crazy like this?…