The weather forecast has said it's gonna rain on Friday since freaking Tuesday. But the students are supposed to go on a picnic tomorrow... I was told I wouldn't have any classes because of the picnic, just show up to desk warm... I'm really not optimistic that it's gonna happen. ):
Quote from: scpru on May 11, 2017, 07:38:24 amThe weather forecast has said it's gonna rain on Friday since freaking Tuesday. But the students are supposed to go on a picnic tomorrow... I was told I wouldn't have any classes because of the picnic, just show up to desk warm... I'm really not optimistic that it's gonna happen. ):Why, just why, do people prefer the mind-numbing boredom of doing nothing all day over what is actually fairly easy work?
Today's drive to work was a gauntlet of frustration:- Pull up at 4-way intersection, where I must yield to traffic. I want to go straight so I wait for a gap in the traffic on the road I'm driving through and for the car facing me to turn left. It's a quick wait, usually not more than 10sec, to get a gap. The driver behind me, who wants to turn right, is incredibly impatient and can't wait the 10sec for me to go straight so he/she tries to force their way on my right, this driver is in a massive 4X4 and the road is pretty darn narrow, it's not possible for two cars to drive side by side, in the same lane. The driver is forcing their way on my right, coming very close to my car, the car in front of me is turning and this asshat is too busy to notice. Not only is Einstein forced to drive on the pavement, scraping his rims, to get on my inside but he/she turns right at the same time as the car in front of me turns left. The block each other and I shake my head, drive around the car in front and go on my way. - Entering another narrow road, with car parked on both sides, obstructing the view into the sidestreets. I'm always very careful on this road as drivers from the side streets should stop , or at least slow down, to make sure there's no oncoming traffic, yet rarely do. Obviously, an Equus comes charging through one of the side streets, and would've smashed into me if I wasn't driving 30km under the speed limit. - Obviously feeling left out, the pedestrians decide to make their contribution. I'm driving down the same narrow road where I was nearly cut in twain, by an Equus. This HS kid is walking down road, very close to the middle, engrossed in his phone. I slowly begin to drive around him, but he's so oblivious to his surroundings that he begins walking skew and into the path of my car. I hoot.... nothing, I'm driving around him, pushing on my hooter and he comes within about 30cm of my car, his head doesn't leave his phone. He hasn't noticed that he nearly walked into traffic.- A member of team cyclists decide to have a crack at it. After finishing War and Peace, while waiting for the traffic light to turn green, I move off and as I'm changing to 2nd, this cyclist just decides to change into my lane, making me slam the brakes to avoid impaling his silly old ass. Trot music blaring from a radio in the basket of his bike, he decides to over into another lane, forcing oncoming traffic to slam the brakes as well. He gets the special AWDGF award (Ajushi Who Doesn't Give a F)- Finally, before I can pull into the school parking lot, the entrance is blocked by parents, in their cheap little 4X4s who refuse to drop their kids and move off, opting to drop their kids, give them a 30min pep talk, then consider moving off. The school traffic guy goes up to their cars telling them to move and the pretty much just ignore him.F*, I hate driving here.
A buddy of mine and I were thinking about making posters and getting others to also join in on putting them on out cars. The posters will be in order to try to raise awareness, and will be in Korean. They will say things like "I will run you over."...Joking. We are thinking of things like "The left lane is for faster traffic, move over", "For everyone's safety, use your indicator", "Get off of your phone", maybe even "This lane is also for straight, you can wait" (just for you)...
Scarn walks into mom's touch and orders a Jalapeno chicken fillet burger with fries to go.
Quote from: lifeisgood6447 on May 11, 2017, 09:40:20 amA buddy of mine and I were thinking about making posters and getting others to also join in on putting them on out cars. The posters will be in order to try to raise awareness, and will be in Korean. They will say things like "I will run you over."...Joking. We are thinking of things like "The left lane is for faster traffic, move over", "For everyone's safety, use your indicator", "Get off of your phone", maybe even "This lane is also for straight, you can wait" (just for you)...That assumes that people would follow protocol if only they were aware of it. Everybody with a driver's license passed a driving test. They know the best practices for the road. If they don't follow it, they just don't care (or are trying to anticipate the heedlessness of others). Everyone knows the speed limit and every 'knows' to break said speed limit until their navigation tells them a speed trap is coming at which point everyone knows to slam on their breaks to get down to speed until the ding-dong announces all clear. I have a hard time believing that the guy walking down the busy sidewalk with a cigarette burning between his fingers and sharing his smoke with all in his vicinity is not aware that this might be inconsiderate to others. They do. They don't care. Sometimes I wonder if they don't indeed feel some perverse pride or pleasure from asserting themselves in obnoxious ways to strangers. Forcing others to yield involuntarily to one's whims.It also assumes that signs make a difference. So many urinals here have signs posted above requesting that the gentleman to kindly take one step forward, yet look at the floor and observe the pools of piss.Quote Scarn walks into mom's touch and orders a Jalapeno chicken fillet burger with fries to go.I appreciate the detail~
Quote from: Aristocrat on May 11, 2017, 08:58:12 amToday's drive to work was a gauntlet of frustration:- Pull up at 4-way intersection, where I must yield to traffic. I want to go straight so I wait for a gap in the traffic on the road I'm driving through and for the car facing me to turn left. It's a quick wait, usually not more than 10sec, to get a gap. The driver behind me, who wants to turn right, is incredibly impatient and can't wait the 10sec for me to go straight so he/she tries to force their way on my right, this driver is in a massive 4X4 and the road is pretty darn narrow, it's not possible for two cars to drive side by side, in the same lane. The driver is forcing their way on my right, coming very close to my car, the car in front of me is turning and this asshat is too busy to notice. Not only is Einstein forced to drive on the pavement, scraping his rims, to get on my inside but he/she turns right at the same time as the car in front of me turns left. The block each other and I shake my head, drive around the car in front and go on my way. - Entering another narrow road, with car parked on both sides, obstructing the view into the sidestreets. I'm always very careful on this road as drivers from the side streets should stop , or at least slow down, to make sure there's no oncoming traffic, yet rarely do. Obviously, an Equus comes charging through one of the side streets, and would've smashed into me if I wasn't driving 30km under the speed limit. - Obviously feeling left out, the pedestrians decide to make their contribution. I'm driving down the same narrow road where I was nearly cut in twain, by an Equus. This HS kid is walking down road, very close to the middle, engrossed in his phone. I slowly begin to drive around him, but he's so oblivious to his surroundings that he begins walking skew and into the path of my car. I hoot.... nothing, I'm driving around him, pushing on my hooter and he comes within about 30cm of my car, his head doesn't leave his phone. He hasn't noticed that he nearly walked into traffic.- A member of team cyclists decide to have a crack at it. After finishing War and Peace, while waiting for the traffic light to turn green, I move off and as I'm changing to 2nd, this cyclist just decides to change into my lane, making me slam the brakes to avoid impaling his silly old ass. Trot music blaring from a radio in the basket of his bike, he decides to over into another lane, forcing oncoming traffic to slam the brakes as well. He gets the special AWDGF award (Ajushi Who Doesn't Give a F)- Finally, before I can pull into the school parking lot, the entrance is blocked by parents, in their cheap little 4X4s who refuse to drop their kids and move off, opting to drop their kids, give them a 30min pep talk, then consider moving off. The school traffic guy goes up to their cars telling them to move and the pretty much just ignore him.F*, I hate driving here.Just one of those days, huh? I have those from time to time (all of the time).
Quote from: donovan on May 11, 2017, 10:18:05 amThat assumes that people would follow protocol if only they were aware of it. Everybody with a driver's license passed a driving test. They know the best practices for the road.Doing the driving test here was/is a joke and I can only hope that get gets more difficult.
That assumes that people would follow protocol if only they were aware of it. Everybody with a driver's license passed a driving test. They know the best practices for the road.
Not quite like this...but you get it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ-Xxf3BIkw
Quote from: AgentMichaelScarn on May 11, 2017, 09:33:09 amQuote from: Aristocrat on May 11, 2017, 08:58:12 amToday's drive to work was a gauntlet of frustration:- Pull up at 4-way intersection, where I must yield to traffic. I want to go straight so I wait for a gap in the traffic on the road I'm driving through and for the car facing me to turn left. It's a quick wait, usually not more than 10sec, to get a gap. The driver behind me, who wants to turn right, is incredibly impatient and can't wait the 10sec for me to go straight so he/she tries to force their way on my right, this driver is in a massive 4X4 and the road is pretty darn narrow, it's not possible for two cars to drive side by side, in the same lane. The driver is forcing their way on my right, coming very close to my car, the car in front of me is turning and this asshat is too busy to notice. Not only is Einstein forced to drive on the pavement, scraping his rims, to get on my inside but he/she turns right at the same time as the car in front of me turns left. The block each other and I shake my head, drive around the car in front and go on my way. - Entering another narrow road, with car parked on both sides, obstructing the view into the sidestreets. I'm always very careful on this road as drivers from the side streets should stop , or at least slow down, to make sure there's no oncoming traffic, yet rarely do. Obviously, an Equus comes charging through one of the side streets, and would've smashed into me if I wasn't driving 30km under the speed limit. - Obviously feeling left out, the pedestrians decide to make their contribution. I'm driving down the same narrow road where I was nearly cut in twain, by an Equus. This HS kid is walking down road, very close to the middle, engrossed in his phone. I slowly begin to drive around him, but he's so oblivious to his surroundings that he begins walking skew and into the path of my car. I hoot.... nothing, I'm driving around him, pushing on my hooter and he comes within about 30cm of my car, his head doesn't leave his phone. He hasn't noticed that he nearly walked into traffic.- A member of team cyclists decide to have a crack at it. After finishing War and Peace, while waiting for the traffic light to turn green, I move off and as I'm changing to 2nd, this cyclist just decides to change into my lane, making me slam the brakes to avoid impaling his silly old ass. Trot music blaring from a radio in the basket of his bike, he decides to over into another lane, forcing oncoming traffic to slam the brakes as well. He gets the special AWDGF award (Ajushi Who Doesn't Give a F)- Finally, before I can pull into the school parking lot, the entrance is blocked by parents, in their cheap little 4X4s who refuse to drop their kids and move off, opting to drop their kids, give them a 30min pep talk, then consider moving off. The school traffic guy goes up to their cars telling them to move and the pretty much just ignore him.F*, I hate driving here.Come to my town mate. There is a roundabout with a giant sign on it that says 'cars on the roundabout have right of way and oncoming traffic must yield'. I've lived here 3 years and never seen a single car yield to a car on the roundabout. The worst part is the cars going around the roundabout stop to let people on. Here comes Scarn, car on roundabout going around. I yield like the model citizen I am. Car on roundabout stops to let me on. I yield. Car behind me blasts horn. I ignore him. Don't move. Car on roundabout doesn't move. 3 way shootout on the roundabout ensuing. Car behind me blasts horn again. Scarn, becoming seriously disillusioned with mankind winds down window and points at the giant ****** aforementioned sign. Car on roundabout edges forward and moves on taking the hint. Car behind blasts horn again. Scarn pulls onto round about right next to sign, comes to a grinding halt and points at sign with middle finger. Car behind blasts horn and chases me down the street. Scarn pulls into mom's touch parking lot and gets out car. Villian in car who blasting horn suddenly has a case of oh shit, i done fucked up now and decides to keep on driving to nowheresville. Scarn walks into mom's touch and orders a Jalapeno chicken fillet burger with fries to go. Gets in the car and contemplates the drive home and the infamous roundabout that is waiting.Mom's Touch is the best domestic fast food in the entire country. It's so, so good.
Quote from: Aristocrat on May 11, 2017, 08:58:12 amToday's drive to work was a gauntlet of frustration:- Pull up at 4-way intersection, where I must yield to traffic. I want to go straight so I wait for a gap in the traffic on the road I'm driving through and for the car facing me to turn left. It's a quick wait, usually not more than 10sec, to get a gap. The driver behind me, who wants to turn right, is incredibly impatient and can't wait the 10sec for me to go straight so he/she tries to force their way on my right, this driver is in a massive 4X4 and the road is pretty darn narrow, it's not possible for two cars to drive side by side, in the same lane. The driver is forcing their way on my right, coming very close to my car, the car in front of me is turning and this asshat is too busy to notice. Not only is Einstein forced to drive on the pavement, scraping his rims, to get on my inside but he/she turns right at the same time as the car in front of me turns left. The block each other and I shake my head, drive around the car in front and go on my way. - Entering another narrow road, with car parked on both sides, obstructing the view into the sidestreets. I'm always very careful on this road as drivers from the side streets should stop , or at least slow down, to make sure there's no oncoming traffic, yet rarely do. Obviously, an Equus comes charging through one of the side streets, and would've smashed into me if I wasn't driving 30km under the speed limit. - Obviously feeling left out, the pedestrians decide to make their contribution. I'm driving down the same narrow road where I was nearly cut in twain, by an Equus. This HS kid is walking down road, very close to the middle, engrossed in his phone. I slowly begin to drive around him, but he's so oblivious to his surroundings that he begins walking skew and into the path of my car. I hoot.... nothing, I'm driving around him, pushing on my hooter and he comes within about 30cm of my car, his head doesn't leave his phone. He hasn't noticed that he nearly walked into traffic.- A member of team cyclists decide to have a crack at it. After finishing War and Peace, while waiting for the traffic light to turn green, I move off and as I'm changing to 2nd, this cyclist just decides to change into my lane, making me slam the brakes to avoid impaling his silly old ass. Trot music blaring from a radio in the basket of his bike, he decides to over into another lane, forcing oncoming traffic to slam the brakes as well. He gets the special AWDGF award (Ajushi Who Doesn't Give a F)- Finally, before I can pull into the school parking lot, the entrance is blocked by parents, in their cheap little 4X4s who refuse to drop their kids and move off, opting to drop their kids, give them a 30min pep talk, then consider moving off. The school traffic guy goes up to their cars telling them to move and the pretty much just ignore him.F*, I hate driving here.Come to my town mate. There is a roundabout with a giant sign on it that says 'cars on the roundabout have right of way and oncoming traffic must yield'. I've lived here 3 years and never seen a single car yield to a car on the roundabout. The worst part is the cars going around the roundabout stop to let people on. Here comes Scarn, car on roundabout going around. I yield like the model citizen I am. Car on roundabout stops to let me on. I yield. Car behind me blasts horn. I ignore him. Don't move. Car on roundabout doesn't move. 3 way shootout on the roundabout ensuing. Car behind me blasts horn again. Scarn, becoming seriously disillusioned with mankind winds down window and points at the giant ****** aforementioned sign. Car on roundabout edges forward and moves on taking the hint. Car behind blasts horn again. Scarn pulls onto round about right next to sign, comes to a grinding halt and points at sign with middle finger. Car behind blasts horn and chases me down the street. Scarn pulls into mom's touch parking lot and gets out car. Villian in car who blasting horn suddenly has a case of oh shit, i done fucked up now and decides to keep on driving to nowheresville. Scarn walks into mom's touch and orders a Jalapeno chicken fillet burger with fries to go. Gets in the car and contemplates the drive home and the infamous roundabout that is waiting.
Like in the comment above, why not just quote Basedcowboy? Just delete the rest. There is so much extraneous crap, makes the comment huge and you only wrote 2 sentences in reply, hahaha. Basedcowboys comments stands on it's own, too. EDIT: Waygook.org user #basedcowboyshirt, my apologies.
Come to my town mate. There is a roundabout with a giant sign on it that says 'cars on the roundabout have right of way and oncoming traffic must yield'. I've lived here 3 years and never seen a single car yield to a car on the roundabout. The worst part is the cars going around the roundabout stop to let people on.