. . .but was I the only one who actually studied for my driver's test?!? I am absolutely disgusted with the way other people drive these days. Just today, as I was driving home from the store with my two kids in the car, I had to slam on the brakes for this lady who I guess doesn't know the meaning of flashing red lights vs. flashing yellow ones. She just bulldozed her mini-van right on through the intersection, even though she had the flashing reds and we (yeah, there were several of us) had flashing yellow. I laid on my horn for, like, a million years and felt a little bit better about things, even though it was exceedingly immature of me. I have to be careful not to actually say the things I'm thinking when the boys are with me. So I just honk, and Jackson says, "Oo mong, mommy?" To which I reply, "Oh, people are just making mommy upset, honey." And that's usually the end of it, though I often obsess (and blog) about it later. Thankfully, I haven't actually gotten hit, but there certainly have been some close calls. I want to bawl people out so bad sometimes! And tell them things like, "You know, getting tired of waiting your turn doesn't necessarily GIVE you the right of way." "Where's the fire? I mean, seriously."
There's such a disconnect from human decency when we're out on the road because we're hidden behind our cars and can be as awful as we think we can get away with--there's very little face-to-face accountability.
Uh oh, I feel a full-on rant approaching. . .
A very partial list of other driver infractions that bother me:
tailgating
not signaling
weaving in and out of traffic
not taking their turn
cutting me off
cutting me off when there's no one behind me
cutting me off only to slow down in front of me and turn off in the next 500 yards!
generally being inconsiderate
thinking they're the only ones who have somewhere to be
Gotta go do my Bible study. Maybe I should take some time to prepare my heart first. . . :)
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Call me a nerd if you must. . .
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My biggest pet peeve of all -- not just in cars -- is people waiting for other people to get into their cars so they can take that spot. Sometimes they wait forever -- with an entire row of people stuck behind them, of course.
ReplyDeleteObviously, if the person is in the process of backing out, then waiting is fine, and even polite. But otherwise MOVE ON because there is an entire row of people behind you who can't move around you until you move out of the way! I am not even trying to get the spot...I just want the ability to keep looking for a spot of my own.
I especially hate this in parking garages. If you are going to use the elevator anyway, why, oh why do you care whether you are on the lowest floor possible??? And I especially, especially hate this phenomenon at holidays when people's behavior overall is, ironically, even worse than normal, but parking behavior becomes downright awful.
I studied for my driver's test too! Nerds Unite! =)
ReplyDeleteI totally agree - can I add to the list all the people who race up the fast lane (that has been closed ahead for construction) to cut in front of the people in the slow/ open lane, slowing everyone else down...? grrr. can't everybody just take their turn?
you are too funny!
ReplyDeleteI have studied for my test several times-and never taken it....LOL
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