Bloggin' With Bitchass

I hate commuting!

Does anybody else have a commute to work that's longer than about 15 minutes? If you do, how in the world do you deal with it without going postal every few minutes? Houston traffic at rush hour is always bad, but in the past two weeks something has either gone tits up with the traffic signals, or there is some kind of disruption to the earth's rotation that causes everybody to drive about 25 mph slower than the speed limit. A drive that was taking me 35-40 minutes is now taking over an hour.

Twice today, while waiting in line at a red light, I noticed a driver in front of me talking on his cell phone. Of course when the light turned green, they must have taken that as notification of free calling minutes, because they sat at the green light and kept right on talking. They finally went through the intersection after the sound of honking horns behind them finally made it too difficult to hear the person they were talking to.

I also drive through about 4 school zones on my commute. I have no problems when the person in front of me slows down to the posted 20mph, but geeeeesh... do they have to keep driving at 20mph for two miles after they are past the school zones? These are the people who make me wish I had a dump truck so I could help them get back up to the normal speed limit in a more timely manner. Or better yet, I could maybe hire Pantyass to drive in front of me like a blocker, clearing out anybody foolish enought to get in his way.

There also seems to be some kind of intelligence draining virus running rampant here. The first sign of this affliction came today as I sat in stop and go traffic for 2 lights.... obvious breakdown or fender-bender... Nope... when I get near the source of the stoppage, I see a city garbage truck stopped in the right lane, and just as I get close enough , I see the driver and his faithful companion walking from a convenience store with sodas in their hands, laughing it up and having a good old time. They get in the truck and take off just as I am about to pass... grrrrrrrr........

The city's transit bus drivers, not to be outdone by the garbage workers, also enjoy the same privilege of being allowed to park in a moving line of traffic and backing up traffic for miles, I mean geeesh.. if it's a pee break they need, I say supply them with an official city catheter and put the other end of the tube in a bucket, but let's not hold everybody up here!

Last but not least is my favorite, the gravel trucks..... about 90% of the highways in Houston have construction going on at any given time. I know this because I recognize the guys standing beside the road in their bright colored vests leaning on their shovels, chatting, drinking sodas and smoking cigarettes. As a result of this construction there are hundreds of huge gravel trucks with uncovered loads merrily driving down the road, bouncing pieces of gravel off the windshields of all the cars behind them. Oh, and don't get behind these guys at a traffic light. I've seen people with walkers on the sidewalk who can accelerate faster than these rolling fertilizer spreaders.

OK, done with my rant..... I need a cigarette.....

Hiya Princess! Great to see you today!

little bitchass