Traffic laws
I was on my way to work this morning, and I ran into some construction. It was kind of a mess but it wasn't anything worth getting upset about. It was mainly contained to one intersection. Everyone had to merge into one lane (all four directions) and there were no left turns allowed because of the one lane deal. Of course there was one lady in her SUV who was trying to turn left. Of course, the rest of us behind her were stuck in no mans land because there is only one lane and she's waiting to make her illegal left turn. There were huge signs all over the place indicating 'No Left Turn'. Which tells me that she is either a complete idiot and can't read, or is fully aware of the situation but just doesn't care that she's not only breaking the law but screwing the rest of us behind her. We were all dead in the water until she made some kind of move. Fortunately for the rest of us there was a traffic cop on site managing the intersection. He noticed that she was attempting to execute a left turn. So he stepped in and wave her forward. Of course she wouldn't go forward; she is special and wanted to turn left. Then the cop physically stepped in front of her car so she couldn't turn left and viamently motioned for her to move forward. At that point she was threw her hands up in the air as if to signal - 'how rude. I need to go left and you are in my way'. That got me to thinking. This type of attitude really pisses me off. Ok, you have to get somewhere that requires you to go left. Well you know what, we all have to get somewhere. You are jacking up this whole system just so you are not inconvenienced. What gives this lady this sense of entitlement? It makes me wonder what goes through peoples minds sometimes. Now all of us behind her have to wait another one or two light cycles because of this biaatch. Ya, traffic sucks for all of us. But we're all in this together people. Sometimes following the rules is inconvenient. But it's inconvenient for all of us. And you wonder why you see 'road rage' incidents on the news all the time...
-Jim
Just be grateful she was not trying to put makeup on while trying to make the left turn.
1. If there hadn't been a cop in that story, reading it would have put me in an entirely foul mood.
2. Idiots exist and can be done battle with. One of these days I'm going to have a car with a train horn installed. Something that when used, deafens and destroys.
3. Next time it happens (oh yea, there will be a next time), just snap. It's chicken soup for the soul. Ever see 'Falling Down'? Remember how happy he seemed? There you go.