Grab another gear, people!!!

[two fingers]

Geez!

I sometimes feel as though I am the only human in my area working, driving, walking, and generally MOVING with any SPEED whatsoever.

Just trying to get something to eat around here takes forever.

Getting to work I drive on roads with 45 mph speed limits. And these old ladies and geezers in Buicks who have NOWHERE TO BE are cruising around at about 30 mph.

I go to the grocery store and dozens of IDIOTS are just taking up the whole isle having conversations and reading labels directly across from their carts.... totally unaware of their surroundings. And they look at me like I'm some kind of jerk when I say "Excuse me".

And don't even get me started on people at festivals and malls who creep along in a line of half a dozen people or more.... blocking up the whole side so nobody can get through.

I work circles around my co-workers.... not because I am particularly brilliant and/or talented.... but because I MOVE CONSTANTLY. And I do it quickly.

Now, I'm not literally running. I'm not out of breath. I'm not exhausted at the end of the day. But I'm quick and steady.

If you insist on creeping along in your life, do the rest of us a favor and at least stay to the side so you are OUT OF THE WAY.


(......and I haven't even had my coffee yet. )

Thank you for allowing me to vent. I don't need advice. I'm not doing it wrong.

 

[mellowinman]

If I'm not going 20 mph over the speed limit, there is an easily-scared female in my passenger seat.

 

[Guitalia]

Life is full of IQ tests. Case in point: the people who pull open the glass doors, previously transparent but rapidly fogging, to stare dully, slack-jawed, at the ice cream in the supermarket.

 

[charlie monroe]

Try venturing above the Mason/Dixon line now and again. It may give you new appreciation for your environment.

 

[Flashback Bass]

I've spent considerable time around Mt. Airy, NC so I know what you're talking about. Up here in Central Jersey we keep things moving at a considerate pace which works for me. A few more years to retirement and I will probably be ready to slow things down.

 

[GBBSbassist]

The driving one really tans my hide. I have a similar drive to and from work (mostly 2 lane roads with 40-50 mph limits). I'm normally a fairly patient person, but when I'm behind someone going 10 mph under the posted speed limit, I get really annoyed. I'm not a speed demon. I typically drive the speed limit or a few mph over, but never under unless road conditions are less than ideal. I just can't comprehend the amount of tunnel vision it takes to ignore or not care about other drivers on the road.

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

+1 Especially on the grocery store cart thing.
They stop to look at something and leave the cart parked dead center in the aisle that's two and a half carts wide.
Or if they do pull over, the cart is at an angle and still acts like a roadblock.

My only problem with drivers being in a hurry is when they are obviously in a hurry to get in to a collision.

 

[Jeff K]

Geez!

I sometimes feel as though I am the only human in my area working, driving, walking, and generally MOVING with any SPEED whatsoever.

Just trying to get something to eat around here takes forever.

Getting to work I drive on roads with 45 mph speed limits. And these old ladies and geezers in Buicks who have NOWHERE TO BE are cruising around at about 30 mph.

Years ago, I flew to Florida for a conference. One of my cohorts picked me up at the airport to drive me to the hotel. While driving, we saw plenty of examples of what you're talking about.

I told him, "I think when you turn 75, the government automatically issues you a Buick..." But in fairness, Buick seems to have upped their game in recent years.

 

[two fingers]

I've spent considerable time around Mt. Airy, NC so I know what you're talking about. Up here in Central Jersey we keep things moving at a considerate pace which works for me. A few more years to retirement and I will probably be ready to slow things down.

In their defense, Mt.Airy, Pilot Mountain, and Hanging Rock (all in that area) are places I go to stop and smell the roses.

 

[two fingers]

If I'm not going 20 mph over the speed limit, there is an easily-scared female in my passenger seat.

I still think we're related. We differ on a lot. But at the core we're connected somehow.

 

[mellowinman]

I still think we're related. We differ on a lot. But at the core we're connected somehow.

We definitely keep it moving.

 

[hondo4life]

Welcome to the Carolinas. It can be frustrating. I am also from the Northeast, where I was considered a bit slow. Down here, I am a maniac in some kind of damn hurry.

 

[socialleper]

I like to think I'm not, but I guess "slowness" is relative to other people around you and not your perception of your self. That's why when you are in a hurry, everyone else seems slow. They aren't slow, you are trying to go fast.
Anyway, despite posted speed limited of 55 and 65, most people on the freeway I use in the morning are going more like 75-80. I usually put my cruise control on 75 and just steer, but even then some people are whipping by me.
I am a fairly fast walker because I didn't have a car until I was 20. I had to walk, bus, or bike everywhere. It sticks with you.

 

[MJ5150]

Those are definitely some frustrating situations. It doesn't happen too often around here, people are in a big hurry most of the time.
We do have a fairly large retirement community where you get a ton of the slow drivers, so I be sure and avoid the roads around there.

-Mike

 

[Ronzo]

Life is full of IQ tests. Case in point: the people who pull open the glass doors, previously transparent but rapidly fogging, to stare dully, slack-jawed, at the ice cream in the supermarket.

 

[frnjplayer]

And they should stop standing in the doorway as well!

 

[Ronzo]

Years ago, I flew to Florida for a conference. One of my cohorts picked me up at the airport to drive me to the hotel. While driving, we saw plenty of examples of what you're talking about.

I told him, "I think when you turn 75, the government automatically issues you a Buick..." But in fairness, Buick seems to have upped their game in recent years.

I live in South Florida. I lived in an apartment complex where - not once, but twice - an elderly man ran off the road into a swale because his wife was directing him where to steer since he couldn’t see the roadway.

Also, there are about six instances a year where an elderly person mistakenly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal and drives into somebody’s living room.

We also have drivers of all ages where a 70 mph speed limit is routinely exceeded by 20 to 30 mph at rush hour.

 

[saabfender]

In their defense, Mt.Airy, Pilot Mountain, and Hanging Rock (all in that area) are places I go to stop and smell the roses.

And get your Andy Griffith on?

 

[two fingers]

And get your Andy Griffith on?

 

[Ronzo]

Some truisms about Florida retirement communities:

• When a man’s spouse passes away, there will be at least 6 women at his door with a casserole when he gets home from the burial.
• They will all have gotten their hair done and be wearing black underwear - as a sign of respect for the deceased.
• Some will ask him to the dance at the clubhouse. Others will ask immediately to do the Horizontal Bop.
• There is ALWAYS one woman in the community who has maintained herself well, wears makeup that is a little more skillfully applied, dresses more provocatively, and wears higher heels than the other women who live there. This woman is utterly despised by the other women. She LOVES that.