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Daily gripe: typical asshole

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From: Walt Horning
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 00:00
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On the interstate that takes me to work, there is a place where four
lanes merge into 3. The left-most lane of the four must merge.

This morning, with a few thousand yards to go in the lane that ends, a
few people pass this clown, legally on the left. Because he did not
like people passing him, he moved deliberately into the lane that
would end in a few thousand yards to try to block the passers.

Later on down the road where the traffic thinned out a bit, people had
to pass him on the right.

What really makes this person an asshole is that while most of us will
at worse cuss a bit, someday some aggressive, enraged, very anger
person is going to get angry and another GW parkway thing is going to
happen. In fact, I believe this is how it happened.

One guy in the passing lane thinks he's a "cop", or "god" or just does
not want to see others saving time. This brings out the worst in
people. And this is exactly why in Europe the laws mandate no passing
on the right, but you damned well better pass fast in the passing lane
or risk a ticket.
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Date: 1999/01/27
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