Monday, August 23, 2010

Jerks to the left of me, jokers to the right ...

I have a few favourite rants: lousy customer service in St. John’s, young people who seem to be afraid to engage and instead text or tweet one another rather than communicating face-to-face and drivers in the capital city. Had another delightful motoring example today on the way home. Case in point: drivers who would never think of slowing down, getting behind you and then moving into your lane, but rather speeding up, taking a chance and cutting you off. It’s rather pathetic when you think about it, small minded too. They’re not going to get anywhere faster, they just want to be first. I see people racing down the street where I live, even though there are lots of small children who are out playing in the nice weather. I expect one of these days to hear the sirens and learn that one of these children has been injured or killed by a stupid driver who is so self-centered that the rest of the world doesn’t matter. Not sure what they’re trying to prove other than that they are first class idiots. They win the award hands down in that category.

2 comments:

Charlie said...

I couldn't agree more. That topic prompted me a few times to write about it. On many streets around here, you'd swear Formula One racing was taking place. It seems hard for many drivers to realize that there are red lights just up ahead, and they will still often be next to the cars they just passed. Not sure what the constant emergencies are. Just stupidity, and right, being pretty self-absorbed.

ViewPoint2010 said...

I think we’ve both taken a crack at this a few times Charlie. Self absorption is definitely part of it, so is a humungous quantity of immaturity.