Saturday, December 11
Dec. 12th, 2021 02:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Nice weather.
Not so much grateful: While driving to town today, I drove behind a vehicle that was literally only doing about 40 km on a 100 km highway. They were even slowing down from that, then driving on the wrong side of the road, then straddling the middle line. It's not a terribly busy road, but this is still very dangerous. I know they expected me to just pass them like everyone else, but I actually remember this vehicle from a few weeks ago, doing the exact same thing on this same road. They likely live right near it. That day a few weeks ago, I did just pass them and let it go. Today, I wanted to get their licence plate number, but it was of course almost obscured by mud. They turned off, and I did too, to get the number.
By this time, it just felt stupid that all of this was happening. Stupid that they continued to drive all over the place, on the wrong side of the road down the gravel road. Stupid that they were doing almost 20 km an hour. Stupid that all of this was happening. Who knows if they were drunk, or just 200 years old and probably shouldn't be driving any more.
I called the RCMP, gave them all the information, and likely nothing at all will happen.
For some reason, this really bothered me. People doing obviously dangerous things bothers me. This person could have caused an accident, and killed either themselves or others.
You are SUPPOSED to report people driving like this, they even have PSAs on the radio saying "report erratic drivers", yet I can't help but feel that once again, I am the hyper-reactive person. Likely that's how the police felt about my call.
The whole thing made me upset. I know I am "that person". The equivalent of the nosy person in the apartment building always ratting everyone out. I can't help it, it drives me NUTS when people break the law. I don't mean I freak out at someone rolling through a stop sign when it's a back road and there's no one coming, or someone who just seems confused and is going the wrong way on a one way for a minute. When someone seems deliberately breaking laws. I hate it when people drive their quads in the ditch as fast as cars would normally drive on the road, and they jump onto roads to get to the other ditch. I was angry at our neighbors burning their giant pile of couches and insulation and other toxic crap a few weeks ago (it was a HUGE pile, like twenty truck loads of crap). I am angry about whoever it is that turns off the highway onto our gravel side road by curving through the ditch instead of making a safe and correct 90 degree turn. They use the ditch so much they've worn a path through it.
I don't know if it would bother many people as much as it bothers me.
Sometimes I think "would it kill me just to let stuff like this slide?".
Yet, on a local community page for a small village nearby, there are one or two people that always get on there and warn people about things like a person recently walking up the back alley, feeding dogs. Then, someone reports that their beautiful new puppy was missing from their yard. So, is the person who is always freaking out about strangers in the back alley over-reacting, or are they correct that this stranger was trying to steal dogs?
Am I over-reacting at this very erratic driver, or am I correct to report them?
Anyhow, it kind of ruined my day, because this kind of thing always makes me try to do something about the situation, and it makes me feel like I am a crazy person, and I know that likely nothing will happen to make it stop. That person will likely be right out there again tomorrow, driving like an idiot.
I did what I needed to do in town. I got more dog food, I picked up the mail and paid a bill, I bought some yarn for a mystery Santa gift for a mystery senior in our area (some kind of community program where a senior asks for something and you buy it for them, and neither one knows who it is), I went to the thrift store.
I also went to Winner's, but I didn't buy anything. It was nice to look around, but you know what? I didn't find anything that appealing. I don't know what it is, because I usually like the clothes and the shoes, even if I don't buy anything, but today everything seemed ugly and cheap. Maybe Winner's isn't getting as much nice stuff to clear out?
I came home, and tried to watch a movie called "Uncut Gems". Another Adam Sandler doing dramatic work kind of movie. It was kind of an interesting premise, but it just degenerated into his character being narcissistic, screwing up one thing after another, continuing to make the same mistakes, and lots of yelling and noise and violence that didn't feel like it was going anywhere. I gave up.
I AM grateful for our animals, and for being able to take care of needs like food and such, and to buy something nice for someone else.
Nice weather.
Not so much grateful: While driving to town today, I drove behind a vehicle that was literally only doing about 40 km on a 100 km highway. They were even slowing down from that, then driving on the wrong side of the road, then straddling the middle line. It's not a terribly busy road, but this is still very dangerous. I know they expected me to just pass them like everyone else, but I actually remember this vehicle from a few weeks ago, doing the exact same thing on this same road. They likely live right near it. That day a few weeks ago, I did just pass them and let it go. Today, I wanted to get their licence plate number, but it was of course almost obscured by mud. They turned off, and I did too, to get the number.
By this time, it just felt stupid that all of this was happening. Stupid that they continued to drive all over the place, on the wrong side of the road down the gravel road. Stupid that they were doing almost 20 km an hour. Stupid that all of this was happening. Who knows if they were drunk, or just 200 years old and probably shouldn't be driving any more.
I called the RCMP, gave them all the information, and likely nothing at all will happen.
For some reason, this really bothered me. People doing obviously dangerous things bothers me. This person could have caused an accident, and killed either themselves or others.
You are SUPPOSED to report people driving like this, they even have PSAs on the radio saying "report erratic drivers", yet I can't help but feel that once again, I am the hyper-reactive person. Likely that's how the police felt about my call.
The whole thing made me upset. I know I am "that person". The equivalent of the nosy person in the apartment building always ratting everyone out. I can't help it, it drives me NUTS when people break the law. I don't mean I freak out at someone rolling through a stop sign when it's a back road and there's no one coming, or someone who just seems confused and is going the wrong way on a one way for a minute. When someone seems deliberately breaking laws. I hate it when people drive their quads in the ditch as fast as cars would normally drive on the road, and they jump onto roads to get to the other ditch. I was angry at our neighbors burning their giant pile of couches and insulation and other toxic crap a few weeks ago (it was a HUGE pile, like twenty truck loads of crap). I am angry about whoever it is that turns off the highway onto our gravel side road by curving through the ditch instead of making a safe and correct 90 degree turn. They use the ditch so much they've worn a path through it.
I don't know if it would bother many people as much as it bothers me.
Sometimes I think "would it kill me just to let stuff like this slide?".
Yet, on a local community page for a small village nearby, there are one or two people that always get on there and warn people about things like a person recently walking up the back alley, feeding dogs. Then, someone reports that their beautiful new puppy was missing from their yard. So, is the person who is always freaking out about strangers in the back alley over-reacting, or are they correct that this stranger was trying to steal dogs?
Am I over-reacting at this very erratic driver, or am I correct to report them?
Anyhow, it kind of ruined my day, because this kind of thing always makes me try to do something about the situation, and it makes me feel like I am a crazy person, and I know that likely nothing will happen to make it stop. That person will likely be right out there again tomorrow, driving like an idiot.
I did what I needed to do in town. I got more dog food, I picked up the mail and paid a bill, I bought some yarn for a mystery Santa gift for a mystery senior in our area (some kind of community program where a senior asks for something and you buy it for them, and neither one knows who it is), I went to the thrift store.
I also went to Winner's, but I didn't buy anything. It was nice to look around, but you know what? I didn't find anything that appealing. I don't know what it is, because I usually like the clothes and the shoes, even if I don't buy anything, but today everything seemed ugly and cheap. Maybe Winner's isn't getting as much nice stuff to clear out?
I came home, and tried to watch a movie called "Uncut Gems". Another Adam Sandler doing dramatic work kind of movie. It was kind of an interesting premise, but it just degenerated into his character being narcissistic, screwing up one thing after another, continuing to make the same mistakes, and lots of yelling and noise and violence that didn't feel like it was going anywhere. I gave up.
I AM grateful for our animals, and for being able to take care of needs like food and such, and to buy something nice for someone else.
