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Bizarre Beginning (to the week)
Jun 19th
I’m driving to work this morning, it was very dark, so naturally, I was driving with lights on. I end up behind some prat driving a Citroen (I think – it was dark), who had switched on his rear fog lights. These morons don’t realise that rear fog lights are VERY bright, and in some cases are blinding. I was annoyed, but not particularly surprised, so I was hanging back about 3 car lengths behind him. After a couple of minutes, the guys moves out my lane, so I pass him. He immediately pulls in behind me and flashes his brights. Wtf?
Now I wasn’t driving with my brights on, the angle on my lights was at neutral (well, considering I can only dip them lower), my lights are focused, and I wasn’t tail gating him, so I couldn’t figure out what the heck his problem was. So while he had his brights on, behind me, I flipped my own rear fog lights on and off a couple of times. He then slowed down and backed off.
I continued on my way, wondering what that guy was up to. I eventually decided that maybe he thought my brights were on, so I was going to teach him the error of his ways by pulling in behind him and showing him the difference between the normal lamps and the brights. I moved to the middle lane, and slowed down, hoping he would catch up to me. No such luck unfortunately. He must have dropped to WELL below the speed limit, because he didn’t catch up to me before I had to change highways. sigh
And then I arrive at work. Park in the basement in my usual spot, hop in to the elevator, and arrive at my floor. The elevator doors open, and there’s a great big hulking flower pot with a small tree in it sitting slap bang in the door way, with caution tape attached to either side of the doorway, going around the plant. Again, wtf?
I detached one side of the tape and exited the elevator, all the while looking around cautiously to see if I could figure out why that plant had been deposited right there. No such luck either. shrug
Stress Mess
Oct 13th
I’m waiting for day two of a two day stress management course (sponsored by the company, for the company) to begin. It starts at 08h30, and it’s now 06h27. I’m sitting at a desk at work, waiting for time to pass.
You might be wondering why I’m sitting at work at 06h30. It’s because I’m a creature of habit. I’m at work every day (except for the weekends of course) between 06h00 and 06h30. And now you might be wondering why I habitually get to work at this god forsaken time. One word — Traffic.
To be honest, that’s why I started coming in this early, but I’ve been doing it for so many years now, that my reasons have subtly changed. Now it’s mainly habit. I also like being here alone in the quiet. Well, it’s quiet unless someone has left a freakin’ radio switched on.
Gah, nothing irritates me more than walking into an empty office to hear a radio muttering to itself. My irritation rises somewhat more when it’s a Monday morning (Hey, I get irritated easily, so sue me).
I’ve really gone off at a tangent this morning. Sorry, but I don’t really have much else to do right now. I said earlier that I was sitting at a desk, not my desk. Why?
It’s because I can’t get to my desk. The motherfuckers in my office packed about 30 HP computer boxes in and around my desk, and I couldn’t be arsed with trying to move them all out. They’re gonna have to do it later anyway when they deliver the PC’s contained within, so why should I worry? Heh, they even had the cheek to take a pic of my boss, no less, putting a box on the pile.
My problem at the moment is that I don’t know who the exact perpetrators are. But no worries. They will pay.
I think a day or so without internet access will kind of flummox them in the interim.
Traffic Lights? What Traffic Lights?
Feb 15th
I just love the level of driver education in this country.
The law says that if a traffic light is not working properly, there are certain things you should do. For example, if a traffic light is flashing yellow, you should treat the intersection as if a yield sign was posted. If the traffic light is flashing red, or not working at all, you should treat the intersection as if a stop sign was posted.
Now that’s basic information during driver education. You learn that when you get your learner’s license.
From what I’ve seen, I don’t think many people have licenses at all. Or if they do, they were probably purchased from some unscrupulous individual, because there are so many people who do not appear to know this basic information.
I often see non-working traffic lights on my route to work. Every few months, the same ones break down, and it usually takes a week or two to repair them. It never fails to amaze me when I see how drivers treat non-functioning traffic lights: The lights just don’t exist for most people; They don’t even slow down.
One day I’m going to be rewarded by witnessing two like-minded individuals navigating the same intersection at the same time. I’ll stop my car, walk up to each smoking wreck, and laugh at each driver in turn. Then I’ll get in my car, and drive away. Emergency services be damned. A Darwinian ending is all that those gene-pool rejects deserve.
And I’ll just laugh… and laugh…