Every day, I commute more than 30 KM to my workplace and back. On a bike.
The commute throws different characters at me. Some are rude, some apologetically slow, some don't even realize they're on a vehicle... you get the drift.
The variety I hate - absolutely, positively despise - are the wannabes on scotterettes.
They don't have the power to overtake the vehicles in front, yet incessantly honk as if others are impeding their speed.
I used to get irritated at them; then my brother showed me a better way to deal with them.
All you have to do is go to the side of the road, and make a gesture asking them to move forward.
9 out of ten times, the guys (yes, not girls) fail to use the open space/advantage offered.
I'm sorry. Make it ten out of ten.
You meet these kind of guys every day; the ones who are waiting for all the signals to turn green, so that they can zoom around without a worry (to paraphrase a dialogue from Life in a metro, a Hindi movie).
"there were unforeseen obstacles, I couldn't get the thing done" is awfully similar to "The traffic was horrible - no one was giving way".
The one who complains doesn't see the problem in what s/he has; everything has to be the fault of someone else.
If you take the reason for complaining away, their inability pops out like a cat in a group of dogs.
Why not improve your ability to handle 'unforeseen' work? Why not get a more powerful vehicle?
You know the answer.
Too much effort.
The commute throws different characters at me. Some are rude, some apologetically slow, some don't even realize they're on a vehicle... you get the drift.
The variety I hate - absolutely, positively despise - are the wannabes on scotterettes.
They don't have the power to overtake the vehicles in front, yet incessantly honk as if others are impeding their speed.
I used to get irritated at them; then my brother showed me a better way to deal with them.
All you have to do is go to the side of the road, and make a gesture asking them to move forward.
9 out of ten times, the guys (yes, not girls) fail to use the open space/advantage offered.
I'm sorry. Make it ten out of ten.
You meet these kind of guys every day; the ones who are waiting for all the signals to turn green, so that they can zoom around without a worry (to paraphrase a dialogue from Life in a metro, a Hindi movie).
"there were unforeseen obstacles, I couldn't get the thing done" is awfully similar to "The traffic was horrible - no one was giving way".
The one who complains doesn't see the problem in what s/he has; everything has to be the fault of someone else.
If you take the reason for complaining away, their inability pops out like a cat in a group of dogs.
Why not improve your ability to handle 'unforeseen' work? Why not get a more powerful vehicle?
You know the answer.
Too much effort.
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