Come on......really???

Ok people.........

I don't get it. Every year I am constantly amazed at what I see when a snowflake falls........

You all know what a road rager I have become(more of a closet road rager,actually). This time of year really is starting to get me a tad bent out of shape. Most of you have lived here ALL your life, that being said.....SNOW is NOT a foreign concept to you or me, nor should it be to the hundreds of thousands of other idiots that live here!!! Yet.........you see it EVERY year:

The first snowflake falls and the first idiot winds up in the nearest ditch!!! The roads can be dry as a bone, but you better believe there will be some moron with a license in just about every ditch and crevice along any major thoroughfare!!! I wanna know, exactly, HOW THE HELL DO THEY GET THERE?? Are they being proactive?? Do they figure - I'll end up here eventually, so might as well get it over with?? Try as I might.....I can't seem to rationalize what I see. I guess I should just give it up?!?!? Now, I am not perfect.....all of the time =)....but when it comes to driving, I feel I have the right to voice my views. I have never gotten a ticket, and until the moron in the Schneider National tank backed into me - have never really had an accident. I am careful, I am observant(as long as what I need to see is right in front of me), and I make sure to take utmost care when driving in inclement weather......wait....maybe I am PERFECT!!!! HA!!

My other favorite Winter driver is the "I have 4 wheel drive so I can drive like a jack ass" driver. You have seen them, in fact - when it happens to actually be a rough drive due to snow or ice - they are the ones barreling down the road in the fast lane while others are taking precautions and being quite careful.....funny part is....they're also the ones you see a mile or two down the road in a ditch!!!! This is where we take our revenge by honking and waving as they try to flag you down for help!!!! What you REALLY want to do is - stick out your tongue and go na na na - na na - na!! Most of us will forgo actually doing this in reality, but in our minds we are five and you know we just GOTTA!!!

I think most people must have - what I like to call "Seasonal Amnesia". We see the fluffy white stuff EVERY YEAR!! It's not new, it will be back next year and next year the same incompetent drivers will be in the same ditches!!! You can bank on it!!!

I gotta tell you what blew my mind this morning!! It's what got me to thinking about this stuff:

Last night, when I went to bed, I watched the news and got the weather report -you know, that's the job I should have....terrorize people with your reports and then watch the "shock and awe" when you're wrong(please detect the sarcasm, lots of it) which is 90% of the time!!! Not to mention - GET PAID FOR IT!!! Anyway....they were saying how horrible the rush hour drive in to work was going to be, so I adjusted my alarm accordingly. If it's one thing I hate more than anything, it's to be late. I am habitually early if anything. I got myself up and ready this morning, warmed up the Jeep and off on my merry way I went. Now we didn't quite get what was predicted - SURPRISE SURPRISE......NOT!!! After what I saw....I think we're lucky we didn't!!!

I had to make my usual caffeine stop at QT. I made it there in normal time, so I was in and out. As I'm driving up 141, I find myself behind this huge SUV that is crawling at about 30 mph in a 60 mph zone. The roads here had NOTHING on them, not even wet!!! COME ON......REALLY???? So while cursing under my breath....I pull over in the left lane to go around. I can't help but look over as I pass......here's what I saw:

There was a lady driving......on her ear, lodged between her head and shoulder is.....TA-DA...a cell phone...go figure. In the right hand was a make up brush that was furiously painting!! In the left hand, the one that was supposed to at least be on the steering wheel...was a cigarette that she was puffing like mad!! That means she was driving with her knees??? I have heard of multi-tasking but this was just plain ridiculous!!!! Can you even imagine what it would have been like had the roads been as predicted?!?!?!? I can guarantee this lady wouldn't have broken stride and would have been doing EXACTLY the same damn thing!!!! Who gets in their vehicle and decides it will drive itself??? At least she wasn't texting...huh?!?!? All I can say is - GET A BRAIN PEOPLE!!!

Okay....well there's my rant for the day...guess I better do some work!!!