And who’s the self-important lady about town who tried jumping a queue at Ocean Grove’s post office?
She might hold a high opinion of herself but it certainly wasn’t shared by the lesser mortals waiting patiently and politely in line.
Our queue-jumper exposed her towering self-regard when she burst into the post office and rushed straight to the counter.
“It’s raining outside and I’m a very important person,” she declared for all to hear.
Clearly, the lady behind the counter held a very different opinion.
“You’ll have to move to the back of the queue,” she responded flatly.
Our chastened interloper begrudgingly complied, much to the satisfaction of the queue members.
And full marks to the postal staffer.
News Corp papers have maintained their rage against Victoria’s “Minister for Freebies”, AKA Lara MP John Eren.
His admittedly long, long and growing list of gifts from numerous sources was back in the spotlight this week, barely a fortnight after his return to work from a near-fatal heart attack.
Mr Eren said all the goodies were properly documented on the parliamentary register, of course, just as he did with a previous round of freebies coverage earlier this year.
But anyone glumly awaiting another paltry haul of Christmas jocks and socks, like Double Take, would be forgiven a pang of jealously at their MP’s overstuffed stocking.
The items included everything from a $2000 mountain bike to a Mt Buller ski package and rock concert tickets. On and on the list went to finally arrive at a total of 110 gifts.
And it’s not even Christmas yet!
Clearly, our Minister for Sport and Tourism must be considered not naughty but nice.
And just like certain sections of the media, the State Opposition also tried wringing maximum value from Mr Eren’s freebies.
Liberal MP Simon Ramsay must have almost burst a lung this week when he read to the Upper House a 143-word sentence documenting most of the gifts.
After a very deep breath, Mr Ramsay arrived at his point.
“My question is: are there any other gifts received that have not been put on the members register?”
“Order,” fired back the president of the house.
“I strike that one out. It is not a constituency question.”
So where did the gifts come from if not Mr Eren’s many electoral and ministerial constituents? Santa? Mars?
The only one out of order here seems to be the president.
