Rubbernecking

I hate the word rubbernecking. The only thing worse than the word "rubbernecking" is the act of rubbernecking. I've been driving since I was 17 and I've come to realize that people will slow down to look at just about anything.


Keep on moving fucko!!!!!!!!!!!!! 


Hypocrite! 

With the huge snowfall here over the last couple of days, there are sure to be some car accidents and fender benders over the next few days. I never understood why people slow down and gawk at car accidents. What are they hoping or expecting to see? Someone on fire? A head laying on the median? A corpse? What is it that the average commuter hopes to see? Let's say that head actually IS laying in the road.....and you see it....now what? You have a good dinnertime story later on that night? A good water cooler story at the office? I just don't get it.

The head may be something out of the ordinary to see, and I can somewhat understand someone slowing to take a peek, how often do you get to see a head on a highway? But what pisses me off more than anything is when you are stuck in traffic for like an hour and you FINALLY get up to what's causing the slowdown and it is some dude broken down on the side of the road looking under his hood. What the fuck???????? People acctually slow down to see some clueless asshole looking under his hood? One morning, some dude was broken down and parked over on the side of the parkway. He was in a suit, apparently on his way to work when he broke down. What was he doing? He was doing what 90% of people who break down on the road do, staring under the hood. What the fuck is that going to do??? Unless you know how to fix a car, why even bother? If it's something minor, and you are somewhat bright, perhaps you can do a quick fix to get yourself to a local service station. If it's something major why fuck with things under that hood???? You aren't going to fix your transmission with a plastic spork from last week's Taco Bell run. Just call someone!!!!! I like just watching the look on these people's faces who think they are going to fix their electrical system with a 7-11 coffee stirrer and a Big Gulp lid.

About six years ago, I came home from work, dinner in hand, and discovered that a jogger had collapsed in front of my house. All the neighbors were outside watching the EMS crew performing CPR on the man. I saw that the medics were there and that my meal was getting cold, so I headed in to eat my dinner. The next day I ran into my neighbor and he asked me why I did not come over to see what was going on. I responded by asking him what value was I going to bring to the situation? EMS was working on the guy, what was I going to do? Had I come home and discovered the guy in the road with nobody around, sure I would have helped. But since EMS was there and the man was getting care, what was I going to get out of watching with 50 other people besides a cold dinner? If I were the jogger, I would not want an audience watching me......

So the next time you see something on the side of the road, even a head, keep it moving!!! A plane crash, ok, stop and have a look. Earthquake damage, ok, I'll let that slide. A fuckin' volcano erupting, by all means, slow down and snap a picture or two, but a fender bender, get a life!!!!

Have a great start to the week everyone!