Posted by
NotInsaneYetAbsurd on Monday, June 18, 2007 11:51:56 PM
In my last blog, I touched on something that I want to expand on . . . waiting your turn and yielding right of way. They're very similar in my mind.
When approaching a place where you might have to wait in line, stop and look around you. Where is the actual queue?
I've seen places, like the self-checkout at King Soopers, where there are, say, four places to do your business and someone (oh, say, me for example) is waiting at the tip of the middle (how else can I explain that, it's like the way a child draws a house with four points on two sides and an apex) and someone else cuts that person off and goes and stands at one of the stations that they think will free up fastest. Hello? Am I invisible?
When you see that the lane of traffic that you are in ends, do NOT proceed to the last possible point in the lane and shove your way in. If everyone did that, the people in the other lanes would never get through! Merge as soon as you see that you will need to and do not expect the car that just let the car in front of you in to let you in. This one really peeves me.
When in the grocery store, do not place your cart in the center of the aisle and stand there. Do not place your cart on one side of the aisle and stand on the other side. There are TWO lanes of traffic in the aisle. Make yourself and your cart as small as possible so that others may get by you without asking your permission.
When driving on the highway, pay attention to whether cars are tailgating you and/or passing on your right in numbers greater than one. If they are, GET OUT OF THE WAY!! Let those with the power to enforce the law catch them if they wish to exceed the speed limit more than you are.
Reign in your children and pets. Adults should not have to get out of THEIR way. Do not let them run amuk so that people who are paying attention to where they are going in terms of keeping their eyes open at the height of an adult trip over them or have to "brake" to avoid "running them over."
Alright then.