Tuesday, May 15, 2007

cut in or die sitting

a while back a debate spun on the arrogance of those who deem themselves 'cutters'. it was accepted that these sorts were the spawn of satan and would hopefully meet their demise in some untimely road death, for no reason other than the sheer frustration of 'sitters' who get shoveled further and further down the queue as 'cutters' move into their more favoured position...

i have become an 'on one particular road only cutter', rather i am choosing to step out of the closet and admit that there isn't a damn fig of hope that i am going to be a sitter on the r24 or whatever the road be called.

the traffic department seem oblivious to the plight of the road user who struggles against all odds between the hours of 7 and 9am to make it from this road onto the n1; the town planning department was clearly inebriated when decision time loomed in their deadline schedule as they merged a minimum of 17 suburbs traffic into one lane over a bridge onto the only highway into the city and no amount of trying to coax yourself as far as possible to the car in front of you is going to stop me edging ahead of the insane queue...

i have tried to be a sitter - it made me a half hour later for work than is acceptable. to avoid such continuous displays of disregard for the authority of my boss' working hours and remain a sitter i would need to get up an hour earlier. easy, we all should make sacrifices for the greater good of common man, how selfish of me, silly, theres nothing wrong waking up 2 hours after you get to sleep, doing the necessary to equip you for the day ahead and arriving at work a full 3 hours before anyone else... however unlike some hierarchies this would be seen as dedication to the profession that wouldn't be rewarded with a reciprocal allowance of 3 hours early finishing - dedication is expected, not rewarded.

so i cut in, blissfully waving a courtesy hand, smiling to the clearly seething driver who cant believe the arrogance in my ability to squeeze into the smallest gap he has left between his car and the one in front of him. i always indicate, move into the flow of traffic rather than wait to be let in like a cockaroach (sic) on the side and never jump over a solid lane - so technically no laws are broken...

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