It's funny how quickly your perspectives change. Like when I first moved to Charlotte, people would talk about "traffic" and I would give them a knowing eye-roll and say "Yeah, you don't know what traffic is you! you! unbelievable traffic not knower!"
Because I enjoy being rude and obnoxious, apparently. Also, very quick on my feet with the name calling.
A month and a half has now passed and I have found myself umm "chilling out," as they say, when it comes to aggression and anger while driving. This became apparent earlier this week, Sunday, when I was driving up here for work. Traffic wasn't bad, people were following the rules of the road, and it was a gorgeous day. Then I passed King's Dominion and people got all STUPID for no apparent reason.
People started breaking hard for no reason--or ok MAYBE there was a cop on the side of the road tagging someone for speeding, but why do we all have to stop and look? Never seen somebody get a ticket? Here's what you do. Get on 95 and go like 120 MPH. I'll bet you will see someone get a ticket then.
and the weaving. Really? Don't you get tired of jockeying for position only to be foiled by somebody driving slow, or as the old folks call it--THE SPEED LIMIT.
Anyway, so it was weird to me to see people change how they drove once we got into this area.
The picture here was taken on my way to work... Traffic... at 0615. (It's Traffic with a capitol "T" because it's ridiculous and therefore requires it.)
That's 6:15 in the A-M. Now, previously, this would have been a normal thing. But I found myself responding to a comment a friend left on this photo and I actually typed "God. I hate this place."
A year ago, I was all "wheeeeeeeeeeee! I love this area!" and "Traffic?! psssssssssssh. dont be a wussy. Leave earlier. It's just how it is. Buck up soldier!"
When I took this picture, I had just said to myself "ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDING ME?!?!"
"Friggin." Cuz I am trying not to cuss so much. I'm told that Lady's don't cuss. I'd like to know when this shit happen cuz all the fucking lady's I know cuss god damnit.
oops.
Anyway, so now, I am not only a lazy person with unusually small feet and lack of any kind of willpower or sense of direction who cusses like a sailor, I am also a hypocrite. *bow*
It's good to be self-aware in this day and age, no?
Also. No idea what that smoke stack is about. Wonder what was on fire in the hood?
Does this mean you are NEVER moving back!!! I miss you already!!! :( and in regards to the traffic, you just find a good car pool and it all goes away, right???!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!! Glad you are in a good place though and HAPPY and not stressed out from the morning commute to your computer, HAAAAA!!!!
ReplyDeletewhile living in a metro area i had a blasee feeling about traffic, sure it took me nearly 40 minutes to get to work and i only lived 7 miles from it... shouldve walked... BUT once i moved to a rural area NOW i am insane about the traffic, i think every idiot to ever get a drivers liscense lives in this small town (50k folks here) and they all drive at one time while i am heading to the grocery. bastages.
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