:(
with ali in europe over the next couple of weeks, i'm kind-a bummed.
on a totally unrelated note, let's all try this and see how much it improves our commutes and lives in general. when you're stuck in traffic and you see some poor soul trying to shift lanes next to you, turn signal blinking impotently, LET HIM IN. do it graciously, with a hand gesture. oh, and if someone in this fucking rat-hole socialist paradise pit of a province lets you in instead of flooring his car to block you, thank him with your four-way flashers (it's how truckers say thanks, by blinking them three or so times).
you'll find yourself less hostile when you get wherever you're going. also, it may eventually show the Plebes that courtesy is a better default setting when living together in a village of millions than me-first-ism.
one other thing. keep in mind, when deciding to block someone (weak minded fools thinking that maintaining a 6 foot lead will somehow empower them, make their lives a little less useless, and so on), that I am not alone in having enough cash to repair both my car and pay lawyer fees. i probably won't do it, cuz between my frequent travelling and gun permit i don't need the legal aftereffects, but someone will someday just try to climb his car over yours and place his fist in your brain stem.
hey, it's two for one! while i'm at it, it would be a better place if folk kept in mind that the purpose of their car horn is to caution or warn others who may not see them (rather than to "yell" at the car in front of them for some random "offense"), the middle finger is for wearing gaudy silver rings when you're in your early twenties, and cell phones numb the already sluggish brain (making it even more difficult to do the walk/chew gum thing that rush hour driving is all about).
that is all.
on a totally unrelated note, let's all try this and see how much it improves our commutes and lives in general. when you're stuck in traffic and you see some poor soul trying to shift lanes next to you, turn signal blinking impotently, LET HIM IN. do it graciously, with a hand gesture. oh, and if someone in this fucking rat-hole socialist paradise pit of a province lets you in instead of flooring his car to block you, thank him with your four-way flashers (it's how truckers say thanks, by blinking them three or so times).
you'll find yourself less hostile when you get wherever you're going. also, it may eventually show the Plebes that courtesy is a better default setting when living together in a village of millions than me-first-ism.
one other thing. keep in mind, when deciding to block someone (weak minded fools thinking that maintaining a 6 foot lead will somehow empower them, make their lives a little less useless, and so on), that I am not alone in having enough cash to repair both my car and pay lawyer fees. i probably won't do it, cuz between my frequent travelling and gun permit i don't need the legal aftereffects, but someone will someday just try to climb his car over yours and place his fist in your brain stem.
hey, it's two for one! while i'm at it, it would be a better place if folk kept in mind that the purpose of their car horn is to caution or warn others who may not see them (rather than to "yell" at the car in front of them for some random "offense"), the middle finger is for wearing gaudy silver rings when you're in your early twenties, and cell phones numb the already sluggish brain (making it even more difficult to do the walk/chew gum thing that rush hour driving is all about).
that is all.
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