May 15 2008
Yah! Merci…
Picture this…
I am driving out of the medical center parking facility after a typical day at the office. Well, ok, so honestly, a day with me is nevah a “typical” day at the office as it’s always a GUH-REAT day at the office.. but ya know… let’s just say for arguments sake that it was a typical day…
I drive out of the parking facility and drive on to the roundabout that is near there. The traffic ON the roundabout has the right of way to other cars coming onto the roundabout, bút it doesn’t to pedestrians or cyclists on the path surrounding the roundabout. So typically, at the time everyone is getting out of the office ready to go home that roundabout is friggin busy… and it is hard for the traffic that is not ón there to find a gap to get on…
So being the decent person that I am, what I will do during such roundabout traffic jams is allow the car that I encounter at one of those entrance points thru. I mean, ya know, if everyone lets at least one car pass and get on, the world will be a better place, right? Well, sorta…
So I let this car get on, woman driver, woman passenger, and sure enough she made use of my leaving room for her to get on… She smiled… and she put her hand up as a sign of appreciation…
AT THE DRIVER IN FRONT OF HER!!!
(yes, that did say “in front of her” there)
* blank stare *
Uhm… SchgweetieHuneyBabeeee… The driver in front of you was not the one that allowed you to get on this busy roundabout in this busy ass shit traffi… It was actually the driver behind you… Being… ME!
Then I got behind her and saw her number plate… French…
Guess it must be a French thing… Right?
Right? Froggy?
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I seriously have no desire to conquer the roundabouts that abound in the Netherlands. I honestly think I’m content to just be a passenger after my many initiations into what is known as Dutch Traffic From Hell!
DutchieStyles last blog post..I’d like to thank the stupid people of my past…
The only thing worse is when you wait to let someone in/out/whatever and they just stare right through you!
I just mutter something about “you’re welcome”, and “I did it for my health” or something
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It warms my heart how everyone hates the French…
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There are blondes in France too ya know! Hahaha
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I hate roundabouts with a PASSION. They confuse me
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Are you SURE she was waving to the person in front? How could you tell?
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DutchieStyle: Just as long as you don’t talk to me I guess that’s ok.
Penelope: Yeah, my sentiments exactly!!!
Mr. Fabulous: Well, I didn’t say “hate”, I could say “find odd”… or “fucked up”… Like that?
FroggyWoogie: Err, she was dark haired… But maybe she was an outcast who was no longer allowed on your disciplined roundabouts and was sentenced to driving in Dutchyland?
B: Confuse you? Remind me to never drive with you, lol
Finn: I am sure. She was looking at and putting he hand up at the person in front of her… I know for a fact, lol. I was half behind her and she never even gave me one look.
Don’t ever visit Massachusetts, you’ll kill yourself.
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Oh, I hate that. Though, sometimes I look in the rear view mirror and wave, I guess it could look like I was waving to the person in front of me. Of course, maybe she was just oblivious.
Re: Froggy’s comment. We call them roundabouts in Indiana, but I could see people calling them traffic circles. Every area has their own names for things. hehe.
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Robin: no worries, have no immediate plans for that… lol
Lynda: Well, that wasn’t the case here as being on a small roundabout I was more next to her than behind her… It was just stupidity…
Gah!
AmyD: Oh don’t worry.. driver’s like that are not exclusive to L.A…. We have those here too…
See….they really ARE cheese eating surrender monkeys! ha..ha..ha..
I’m a BIG fan of the “OW” (Obligatory Wave) to folks that are kind enough to actually let me into traffic and I always pay it forward by letting someone else in. Manners?? While in a car?? Crazy huh, Dutchie??
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CinnKitty: Yeah, but ONLY in the car. OUTSIDE of a car it much more fun to have no manners at all, like on the hood… or summin…
Sounds like a French thing AND an air-head female thing.
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Some people have the theory that when someone does something nice to you, you’re supposed to pass it on to someone else. Thus, she was (maybe) passing the thanks on to someone else… oh, you’re right, this woman is seriously confused
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People are such douchebags some times, especially when they are behind the wheels of cars for some reason.
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CMG: I think mostly the latter, lol. Even though I AM a female I feel prone to think that.
Morgy: Yeah, traffic does not necessarily bring out the best in people…
Merry: LOL, yeah, I would be enclined to think it was more the seriously confused thing too…
All my friends that are french and italian know I have two sayings:
1. Goddamned french
2. Goddamned Romans (I dont’ call them italians.)
And I tell it to their face. :-)
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