People need to make up their minds about simple things. There should not be any agonizing over potential ice cream flavor choices or the route to take to work. Just pick one, live with it and move on with life.

One such decision I thought had been made throughout society was a big emphatic NO, oh for the love of Pete No to the men’s capri pant. I remember seeing them in an Old Navy commercial a few years ago and thinking that was the dumbest thing I’d ever seen.

Fortunately, even though they were featured by Old Navy, the men’s capri didn’t become an international phenomenon. Or so I thought.

A few days ago I was staring out into the hallway in the mall doing some high-quality people watching. Usually this is only marginal people watching since the subjects are often moving by very quickly, but occasionally you get some good entertainment.

And then I saw him. A man wearing not only capri pants, but capri jeans with a t-shirt and sandals. Granted, it was slightly cooler that day compared with the near 100-degrees we had hit a few days earlier. But I found myself not able to make an excuse for someone who can’t make a simple decision–pants or shorts.

Pick one.

Thinking this encounter was an anomaly, or perhaps the work of someone who is not native to the US and has been brainwashed by Old Navy commercials during Friends reruns, I settled back into life. But then this morning I saw a bit on the Today Show with some sort of men’s fashion dealio. I’m still not sure what they were doing, but I do know that I saw a man wearing plaid capri pants and not punching himself in the face as he should have been.

This capri condemnation is not limited to men. The wannabe pants should be banned altogether. Force people to make that oh-so-tough call in the morning to rock the shorts and stick with the pants. It’s just not that hard. Not a sermon, just a thought.