A minor, DAILY annoyance
Ok, here's one I think everyone can relate to.
Every single morning on my way to work I pass two people in their cars. One is an old man, the other is a woman who appears to be in her late 50's.
Every single morning they both look absolutely terrified to be driving their cars.
The woman is always found at 8:15 on the highway, white knuckles gripping the steering wheel for life, going 45 miles per hour in a clearly marked 65 MPH zone. Today I passed her right as we both passed the big sign that said 65 MPH, and I wanted to roll down the window and politely tell her to check out that sign, and that she is in danger of killing us all with her stupidity.
The old man is my personal favorite. He drives the speed limit on 16th street, which is 35, but he takes forever to get to 35, and he slows down for every light - regardless of its color. Now, I am all for cautious driving, especially in the city. I mean, there are pedestrians out there man, you gotta be on your game! But this guy is a little overboard.
Then, if the light is red, he stops a full block ahead of the light (I'm not exaggerating this...) and then creeeeeps up to the line. I swear to you, it's the most annoying thing I've ever endured. More annoying even than a slow water leak, just dripping in the sink all night...drip, drip, drip....
Oh, and when the light turns green he creeeeps back up to the speed limit...but then a block goes by and it's another light..so back down to 20 we go. I usually get stuck behind him for a good 6 blocks because traffic literally backs up around him. People are afraid to pass him because they think he sees something about to run into the road. So I sit behind this guy and watch drivers inch past him, afraid of this imaginary force that might kill them, or at least dent their bumper.
It happens every single day.
Every single morning on my way to work I pass two people in their cars. One is an old man, the other is a woman who appears to be in her late 50's.
Every single morning they both look absolutely terrified to be driving their cars.
The woman is always found at 8:15 on the highway, white knuckles gripping the steering wheel for life, going 45 miles per hour in a clearly marked 65 MPH zone. Today I passed her right as we both passed the big sign that said 65 MPH, and I wanted to roll down the window and politely tell her to check out that sign, and that she is in danger of killing us all with her stupidity.
The old man is my personal favorite. He drives the speed limit on 16th street, which is 35, but he takes forever to get to 35, and he slows down for every light - regardless of its color. Now, I am all for cautious driving, especially in the city. I mean, there are pedestrians out there man, you gotta be on your game! But this guy is a little overboard.
Then, if the light is red, he stops a full block ahead of the light (I'm not exaggerating this...) and then creeeeeps up to the line. I swear to you, it's the most annoying thing I've ever endured. More annoying even than a slow water leak, just dripping in the sink all night...drip, drip, drip....
Oh, and when the light turns green he creeeeps back up to the speed limit...but then a block goes by and it's another light..so back down to 20 we go. I usually get stuck behind him for a good 6 blocks because traffic literally backs up around him. People are afraid to pass him because they think he sees something about to run into the road. So I sit behind this guy and watch drivers inch past him, afraid of this imaginary force that might kill them, or at least dent their bumper.
It happens every single day.
posted by MadFlyTom at 9:22 AM
3 Comments:
i hope you aren't making fun of
old people. some of us aren't
as young as others you know!
I know what your are saying.. I try to remind myself that we are all getting older and that will probally be us someday..Of course I hope by then someone takes my keys from me ..but it makes you mad as hell to get behind these people cause some of them have NOTHING else to do but take an hour to get somewhere that should only take 15 min ...Friggin people!!!
Ya know that old man might have had a good joint before he left home , so he is just floating down the road enjoying the sights !
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