I just witnessed an accident on campus that made me totally lose my mind. A woman pulled out in front of me without looking or even slowing down, then proceeded to do this TWO MORE TIMES -- even AFTER I laid on my horn to get her to pay attention.
The third time was a charm -- she got hit.
And she did not seem fazed in the least bit. After my ranting and raving (I got out to give my phone number to the poor guy who hit her), she proudly declared, as if in explanation, "I'm a new driver!"
Then wouldn't you think you'd be EXTRA cautious in this weather? Or, better yet, STAY OFF THE ROADS????
Who ARE these people?
Let's have it today. We're all sick of this weather (yeah, yeah, except for Jenn in Florida...), we've all got cabin fever, and we just need to let it out.
Tell us about the most blatant displays of rule breaking (or just plain idiocy) that you've witnessed and made you think, "Seriously, who ARE you people?"
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Seriously, who ARE you people?
Posted by Tara at 2:49 PM
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For the record.... yes, I know we've all made stupid mistakes and I don't exclude myself from this list. My problem, however, was that this woman did it THREE TIMES IN A ROW and continued to do so after she was honked at several times! I mean, when someone honks at you, aren't you jolted back into reality and you become instantly more aware of your surroundings and vow to never let that happen again??
Nope. Not so much.
"I'm a new driver."
Aaauuugggghhh. Tell it to the judge, honey.
Well, how about the guy who was a county commissioner for the county in which I work who remained a county commissioner even after being indicted and found guilty for federal tax fraud. He stayed a commissioner until the day of his sentencing, when he finally stepped down.
A guy found guilty of tax fraud remains the public servant who decides how tax monies are spent in the county? Absolutely ridiculous.
Hey Andrew...did those same folks move to Chicago and vote for Todd Stroger?
Okay, on kind of a spin of this - I went to a webinar today that was a complete, and I mean COMPLETE waste of time. It was a conference call that wasn't interactive at all, and I know that the majority of the people in the room didn't really understand what was going on anyway.
So, what did I do? I got up and left. I am seriously not going to sit around for TWO HOURS of my life that I can never get back for something like that.
As I left, I know some of those people were thinking "who does she think she is??" but all I was thinking is "who in the world are they that they would even consider sitting there for another 75 minutes??".
People who come to a hospital but do not want blood drawn, IV started, medication, the list goes on.....the kicker is they don't want to go home! It is not a spa people!!
I can sum this up in one word.
Wal-Mart.
I am not sure why, but as the number of people in Wal-mart increases, the average IQ in the place drops.
I get cut off my many people who don't signal. I also get irritated by people in front of me, and it happens a lot, of taking a right turn without signalling, so it looks like they're just braking for no apparent reason.
Actually I'm bugged on the road the most by the local police force who stop at a red light. Then turn on their lights, go through and shut them off (but continue to cruise along at a casual speed, making me think, there is NO emergency).
One of these days, I'll just videotape them whenever they do it, and send an anonymous copy to the local news station editorial guy who just needs something to complain about.
It may be a little more minor than tales of gov't infringements or traffic violations (those happen in my old county too, Andrew... only the people "work" from Florida while getting paid), but it drives me NUTS when people blatantly go to the express lanes with waaaaay more than 10, 15 or 20 items. And they know it! I actually had one woman (in front of me, of course) say "Oh, I didn't think you'd mind honey!" when the cashier gave her one of those looks. Uh, yes she minds. And so do I! Go to the normal lanes like you should and let me buy my one or two items in peace.
I'm not sure this really fits, but I just read it and had to find a question that is remotely relevant.
We send out a survey to our incoming freshman class to get an idea of the things they're involved in, etc. etc. (It's a "fun" thing -- we then compile the responses and post them so they can all see what their fellow classmates are interested in.)
Want to know what this kid's most unique volunteer experience was last year?
tudoring junior high students
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