It's not quite road rage I suffer from. It's more like a road grump inspired by other drivier's stupidity.
example: this morning, as on most mornings there was crazy parking all over my little side street. As I say this is normal because we have a kindergarten on our road and parents seem to need to park AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE to the entrance. Presumably they are afraid of making their children walk more than is absolutely necessary. Anyhoodles, they park over driveways and park people in and so on in their quest for kindy access. There's very little double parking because the road is too narrow. (Small mercies.)
This morning I hopped into my car and a lady who had parked over someone's driveway decided she wanted my park. Understandable. I can't fault her for that at all. What I fault her for is moving her car as soon as she saw I was in mine and then hovering RIGHT BEHIND me while waiting for my park. The nose of her car was in behind mine but her car's ass was sticking right out at an angle into the road. Her car wasn't small. This means I could see exactly nothing behind her. I had to pull out into the road blind because she couldn't wait. I stared at her for quite a while, but she didn't move to I just had to push my luck. As it turns out I am lucky today, no thanks to the kindy.
In other grumps, I've been thinking about politics. I can't help it even though I hate it. It's the main news story every day. I came to a revelation after reading a friend's blog and twingeing about her reason for voting. My revelation is this: I vote on ideals, not policies. I am in the minority.
Mostly I don't know much about NZ politics because I'm lazy and I can't be bothered finding stuff out. (Maybe I should start reading No Right Turn again?) This means that I just stick with the Green party because I believe in what they stand for. I only know what their main concerns are because I've seen a couple of their campaign signs while driving. I can't blame other people for voting for whoever will do best for them personally..those people are probably better informed than me!
Anyway. I didn't want to start a debate or anything. I just was surprised to realise the difference between why I vote for who I do and how most people vote. Neither way is right or wrong, just different.
And difference is the spice of life after all!
Posted by jenni at August 23, 2005 10:20 AM