Sometimes it can feel good to remind oneself how good we have it, and it can’t be humorous!
When I got the book “My Grandma follows me on Twitter”, I wanted to share my favorite First World Problems (slightly altered so they make sense for our generation!)!
Since Marc and Craig Kielburger are brothers dedicated to leave our world a better place, please become active, since all these problems have possible solutions that we, in the first world, can make a reality!
#1
My triple-scoop ice cream is melting too fast for me to catch all the sprinkles.
FYI: Canadians consume $2.1 billion in ice cream annually – 11 times more money than we contribute to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and enough to stack scoops halfway to the moon.
#2
There’s nothing to watch on TV but poker tournaments and four different versions of CSI.
FYI: The average Canadian spends 17 hours a week watching television and 10 hours worrying about where they left their DNA.
#4
Whenever I order a book online, the courier comes when I’m still at school and I have to go to the delivery depot to grab it.
FYI: Your local bookstore is probably closer than the next-day delivery outlet tucked in a strip mall on the outskirts of town. The public library is probably even closer, and the books are free!
#5
My significant other still hasn’t successfully captured my ideal peanut butter-to-jam ratio on my sandwich.
FYI: Yours personal PB-to-J ratio preferences are unique to you – like snowflakes.
#7
The price of gas is almost too high for me to drive the five blocks to the gym.
FYI: Cars account for 63% of total household greenhouse gas emissions and almost 10% of Canada’s overall contribution to climate change.
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#9
I scored the last seat on the bus, but the belly of the pregnant woman standing beside me keeps bumping my head.
FYI: 95% of seniors and pregnant women have sorer feet than yours – let them have a seat!
#12
The homeless guy outside my local mall is so friendly that I feel bad for ignoring him every day.
FYI: 17-year-old homelessness advocate Hannah Taylor, who inspired Hannah’s Place Emergency Shelter in Winnipeg, says the greatest gift to give a homeless person is to acknowledge that you see them.
#13
I’m starving and the fast food restaurant across the street doesn’t deliver.
FYI: 40% of Canadian seniors don’t get enough calories and protein on a daily basis.
#15
My cottage doesn’t have internet so I can’t update my Facebook to tell everyone I’m at the cottage.
FYI: The average Canadian surfs the Internet 45 hours a month, mostly posting wildly glamorous party pictures of themselves or watching videos of rodents on water-skis.
Smile; you have it pretty good.
To check out the numbers that aren’t written above, I would suggest you get the book – it’s great (Or follow me on Twitter at @YAAMueller)
Source:
Craig and Marc Kielburger’s book “My Grandma follows me on Twitter …and other first world problems we’re lucky to have”