on the way to work today, i learned something about traffic jams, and that is: they are caused by selfish drivers. any time you're sitting in traffic, wondering, "who was the first person to actually come to a complete stop here?".. wonder no more. it was a selfish driver.
the way i gathered this was when i was making a left turn from miramar road onto eastgate mall. there are two left-turn pockets, and i was in the far-left one, the inside one. there was a car in front of me (i am trying not to say "a guy" or "a lady" now, because both genders are able to suck horribly at driving, although in this case, it was a woman), but for some reason, it had its right-turn blinker on. i figured, well maybe they left it on, accidentally.. although, i wasn't sure how feasible that was, considering that she probably had to signal left to actually get into the left-turn pocket, not to mention the inside one. whatever.
so the light turns green, and we're making the left turn. i found it to be mildly amusing that her right-turn blinker was on, but i figured that it'd turn off anyway after the left turn. except, it doesn't. immediately after she completes her turn and is out of the intersection, she comes to a complete stop, because she, in fact, wanted to make a right turn into the 76 gas station, from the far left lane. it was somewhat of a sight to behold. nevermind that i was still in the intersection, along with the 3 or 4 cars behind me, and that there were cars in the outside left-turn lane who were driving past. i was like holy shit, is this really happening? i honked at her because hey, what the fuck are you doing, coming to a complete stop here? can't you maybe drive up a bit further, then turn around and come back to the gas station? are u really that selfish? she really brought new meaning to "thinks they own the road." do you reeeeeeaaalllly have to hold up traffic, violating traffic laws and good practices in driving, pissing people off, just so you can get gas?
i want to emphasize that she was literally stopped.. not even like inching forward a little, indicating that she was waiting for something in front of her. she was waiting for traffic on her right to clear, which is already fucked. but she actually came to a complete stop, and may as well have put her car in park.
i think i've said before already, that if you make a mistake while driving, like getting into the wrong turn lane, or turning onto the wrong street... suck it up, don't interfere the rest of the world.. drive with the rest of traffic until it's a good time to turn around, then come back. i feel like such a driving nazi or something, augh.
(1:48:02 PM) kyle: I was whacking it in the kitchen was too tired to make it into my room
(1:48:06 PM) kyle: so I passed out on your bed
(1:48:51 PM) wu ziq: well shit, did u clean the kitchen???
(1:54:16 PM) kyle: no.....
(1:54:33 PM) kyle: I was whacking it in the kitchen but I came in your water bottle
(1:54:41 PM) kyle: so there isn't any clean up
(1:55:40 PM) wu ziq: dammit, i just drank from my water bottle during lunch
(1:55:52 PM) kyle: cool
(1:55:57 PM) kyle: got your protein intake for today
(1:57:10 PM) wu ziq: that is horrible.
(1:57:42 PM) kyle: you didn't notice
(1:57:47 PM) kyle: so don't worry about it
(2:04:06 PM) wu ziq: i'm concerned that i'll have herpes of the mouth now.
(2:05:50 PM) kyle: :D :D :D
(2:05:53 PM) kyle: it happens
(2:06:28 PM) wu ziq: i'm sensing another blog item