This morning’s commute was interesting.
A Friday’s trip to work is normally almost a breeze during summer. Today could have been.
First, got behind a landscaper with a big truck also towing a trailer. Wouldn’t do better than 15 – 20mph and never heard of right-on-red. [Aside: I worked with a Chinese lady who was convinced there was a LEFT-on-red.] They also decided to replace a telephone pole just past that right turn, during rush hour, so that didn’t help. The rest of the drive went very well for a change, but once I got close to work there was another construction detour. Off we go into who knows what. Well, what is a major cluster. I did finally manage to work through that mess, including the bozo who went barreling down in the on-coming lane to make the same left that I was waiting patiently to do but I was waiting for those who were trying to make the left. Moron. Yes, it was a big honking SUV. Ford Enormous, or Cadillac Escalate, or something. It is a good thing I have no weapons mounted (yet) on my car. While this idiot was stuck on the wrong side of the road because someone was coming out of it and now had to back up, I slipped through, and found a new ‘shortcut’ option. Then of course I got near work, where there are even more detours. Finally, I made it to the parking lots, which again are ‘Under Construction’, and made it past the washed out parts and turned towards the area where I normally park to find my path blocked by…
Geese.
They don’t really care that you are heading at them with almost 2 tons of machine. They MIGHT move a bit, and they WILL be put-out about it.
I have had to wait for Wild Turkeys, too, during my commute through some of Boston’s oldest suburbs.
This picture isn’t them, but…
At least it is Friday!
Grins,
RW