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On my recent trip to the Smoky Mountains, we took a trip to Cades Cove. For those who do not know what this is, it's a long and winding one way road that loops around this area of trees and fields, about an hour's drive from Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Now that the description is out of the way, I'll tell you about Mr. Oblivious where the world revolves only around him and his trashy looking girlfriend. As stated, this is a one way road that you are stuck on until the very end. The speed limit is about twenty miles an hour. It's not so bad, as long as people pull off the road when wanting to view something fascinating. Occasionally, people stop, forgetting they have a line of cars behind them.
At the halfway point, Mr. Oblivious in his 4x4 lifted Chevy pick up truck, decided to do five miles per hour, with no one else in front of him. Every once in a while, he would stop, in the middle of the road, to view something, like a bear, or some horses, paying no mind to other cars behind him. After a couple of times, people started blowing their horns. Did this jerk him awake and make him be considerate of others behind him? Ummmm, no! It did not.
This dude continued at five miles an hour, with now twenty to thirty cars behind him, all blowing their horns, including us. What did he do? He just flailed his hands in the air, and continued doing five miles an hour. By now, this little drive around this loop was so painful that many of us could not wait for the end to come. It was so miserable being behind this guy.
When we came to the end, we had to stop at the restrooms, as did Mr. Oblivious. That was when the park ranger drove up alongside him and started chewing him out, right at the same time I did. I told him, "Man! You sure have a great way of pissing off other people!" His reply was simply, "Sorry, my bad", to which I heard the ranger going on about "See? That's what I'm telling you there, sir. You angered at least one person." I then walked away.
I know one person blowing their horn behind me can jolt me out of a dreamland state, but this guy beats it all. Twenty or more horns blowing at him didn't make him do anything better.
Now that the description is out of the way, I'll tell you about Mr. Oblivious where the world revolves only around him and his trashy looking girlfriend. As stated, this is a one way road that you are stuck on until the very end. The speed limit is about twenty miles an hour. It's not so bad, as long as people pull off the road when wanting to view something fascinating. Occasionally, people stop, forgetting they have a line of cars behind them.
At the halfway point, Mr. Oblivious in his 4x4 lifted Chevy pick up truck, decided to do five miles per hour, with no one else in front of him. Every once in a while, he would stop, in the middle of the road, to view something, like a bear, or some horses, paying no mind to other cars behind him. After a couple of times, people started blowing their horns. Did this jerk him awake and make him be considerate of others behind him? Ummmm, no! It did not.
This dude continued at five miles an hour, with now twenty to thirty cars behind him, all blowing their horns, including us. What did he do? He just flailed his hands in the air, and continued doing five miles an hour. By now, this little drive around this loop was so painful that many of us could not wait for the end to come. It was so miserable being behind this guy.
When we came to the end, we had to stop at the restrooms, as did Mr. Oblivious. That was when the park ranger drove up alongside him and started chewing him out, right at the same time I did. I told him, "Man! You sure have a great way of pissing off other people!" His reply was simply, "Sorry, my bad", to which I heard the ranger going on about "See? That's what I'm telling you there, sir. You angered at least one person." I then walked away.
I know one person blowing their horn behind me can jolt me out of a dreamland state, but this guy beats it all. Twenty or more horns blowing at him didn't make him do anything better.
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