Recently I’ve had to accept gainful employment. Tough sell for someone who has been self-employed for quite a while. But it sure beats the heck out of being broke, hungry and homeless.
The job itself is fine, it’s website/Internet related and pretty much right up my alley. And of course you can always learn new things and to be honest I’ve learned quite a lot which will be helpful in future pursuits.
The interesting thing to me is that I realized it isn’t the working a job thing that really bothers me – it’s the ant brigade – aka the daily commute. After just a few short months I feel I have a whole new insight on road rage and bizarre behaviors reported on the nightly news.
I try to be easy going and just go with the flow. But when you are half asleep, driving on a road with hundred of others who are also half asleep, coffee deprived, distracted and actually dreading arriving at the office being easy going can be quite the challenge.
In my commuter adventures my favorite pet peeves are:
The bicyclist who thinks that pedaling down the middle of the lane with 20 cars behind him makes perfect sense.
The senior citizen who is so unsure of the integrity of their brakes that they never take their foot off the brake pedal.
The school kids and skateboarders who want to play chicken at the four way stop when it’s your turn to move.
The guy who waits to turn left in front of you until you are 10 feet away from him.
The fruit vendor who stops traffic because the lady in the hybrid can’t decide which bag of oranges she wants.
The texting idiot who keeps drifting into your lane then flips you off when you tap your horn.
The guy who suddenly realizes he has to stop at McDonald’s and crosses three lanes to get there.
The list can go on and on but you get the picture.
The really sad thing is that most of what I do at the ‘office’ I could do from home in my jim-jams. Unfortunately, companies insist you present a body at their house and jim-jams are not allowed.
*Sigh* I live for the day when once again my biggest commute is from my bed to my desk.
How about you, what is your ant brigade like?
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Anita Rodgers Mystery Writer 