Irony

[Gerrinson]

On my way home tonight, I found myself stopped at a red light with one car in front of me. I can see the driver is on a cell phone, yakking away, complete with hand waving.

The light turns green, Talkie McCan'tShutMyYapperson doesn't take their foot off the brake and continues to talk. Grrrr.

I honk my horn once, briefly, as just a 'hey, time to go now'.

Talkie keeps talking. Cue my shock.

I give a couple more quick toots of the horn, which gets me a flipped bird in return. Just in time for the light to turn red again.

Next time the light turns green, Talkie is still yacking, but starts to slo-o-o-o-owly move forwards. Giving me time to get into the intersection just before the light turns to yellow. The lane splits into two shortly thereafter and I am off and on my way leaving Talkie to her phone call.

Why is this ironic, you ask? Because there was nice big bumper sticker on Talkie's car that reads: "Hang up the phone and DRIVE!!!"

Go figure.

[blas]

I've gotten the finger before too, for doing that exact same thing to someone who would NOT go when the light turned green (although I'm not sure if a cell phone was involved or not).

I mean, it was a protected left turn....we had to wait for the arrow.....and that arrow does NOT stay green long....just long enough to let a few vehicles through....and that moron just sat and sat there, I tooted the horn, and I got the finger and they sped off.

[Chromatix]

Irony? No.

Hypocrisy? Hell yes.

[Gerrinson]

Irony? No.

Hypocrisy? Hell yes.

Ah, yes, I'm always getting irony wrong. I wonder if I will ever use it properly.

Alanis, I feel your pain!

[Gawdzillers]

Irony is when things seem one way, but in reality, are completely the opposite.
So close, but hypocrisy is the better word.

[Andara Bledin]

I tend to lay on the horn if they won't go when the light changes.

If a short tap doesn't get them moving, then a nice long blast might disrupt their conversation enough to get them to move the hell out of everybody's way.

^-.-^

[Shalom]

I am reminded of a story I read somewhere on Usenet...

Guy was riding with a friend on a four-lane road, two in each direction. Red light ahead, truck in the right lane with an expensive car (Benz or similar) stopped behind. As they approach the red light in the left lane, they notice the guy at the wheel of the other car is reading the newspaper...

Guy's friend stops in the left lane just behind the other car, and says "Watch this." He suddenly lays on the horn and accelerates toward the red light. Newspaper guy associates the horn and the glimpse from the corner of his eye of the moving car next to him with the idea that the light has changed, and without looking up from the paper, lays on the gas... and rams right into the back of the unmoving truck that's still six inches in front of him with a hell of a bang.

Guy pisses himself laughing. First time he'd done that since he was out of diapers, he said. I wish I could find the original story the way he told it...

[Andara Bledin]

That would be pretty sucky for the guy in the truck, but I have no sympathy for the luxury driver.

I can't imagine reading while behind the wheel; there's just too much to keep track of while on the road.

^-.-^

[Gerrinson]

That running into the truck bit is similar to something I saw last year (I think I may have posted about it? )

Anyway, we have a T-intersection with a light, the main road has four lanes, 2 north and 2 south. This particular light has an odd sequence, since only people heading north can turn left.

Normally, you get left turn greens while straight through traffic stays on red, giving people time to turn. At this light, all the northbound lights turn green, while the southbound lights stay red for about 10 more seconds, to allow for people turning left.

Well, southbound douchenozzle sitting in front of me isn't watching the light, so when the northbound traffic starts to move, douchenozzle just slams on the gas and goes blasting through the red light. He nearly got nailed by someone turning out of the oncoming lane, too.

Idiot. Just because somone else gets to go, doesn't mean you do, too. Look at the bloody light!