Some things that bug me – Idiots Blog 1

Some things that bug me

It is none too difficult to bug me. For starters, I have a very low tolerance for anyone who I perceive as an idiot. That fact that I qualify as one many times in any given day should make me a hypocrite, but I cannot help it. Idiots are everywhere, and I seem to attract them like no one else. Or at least I do when I am in my car trying to drive.

Just this morning, some idiot pulled a U-Turn right in front of me. No big deal, except at that moment we were also right in front of an elementary school, with hundreds of kids around. But here is Mr. InAHurry, doing a U’y right there. (And of course there are no Cops around whenever something like this happens.) Or the other day, driving down I-69 close to the Indiana / Michigan border. There are no other cars around save mine. I am getting ready to pass two Semi’s in the left (fast) lane. NO ONE ELSE IS AROUND. And what does the moron, the IDIOT driver in the second truck do? Decides now, right as I am passing him, would be a swell time to pass the truck in the lead.

I have written this before, but I will do so again. It used to be that Truck Drivers were the best drivers on the road. Today, they are absolutely the worst. And if you are a truck driver reading this, and have been doing so for less than five years, YOU are one of the people I am talking about.

Everyone lives in this ‘Not me’ world. ‘Oh, he is writing about all those OTHER Truck Drivers, no me!’ To which I say, ‘No, I am talking about YOU!’

But it is not just drivers. That is only a symptom of a much larger problem. Americans in general are getting dumber and dumber, and the lowest common denominator is now the standard.

I don’t usually fly anywhere. If I can’t get wherever I want to go by car in a day, I probably won’t go there. But I see, just yesterday, that people are no longer allowed to bring lighters on planes. LIGHTERS. THIS is some of the most moronic and idiotic crap. You can bring matches, but not a lighter. This is how our government plans on protecting us. Because one idiot tried to light his shoe on fire, and was too much of a friggin’ idiot to even do that right, now NO ONE can bring a lighter on a plane. Matches? Sure, you can bring up to four packs of matches with you. BUT NO LIGHTERS.

Glad the government is out to protect me.

How idiotic is this? Guards who are paid almost minimum wage, who have NO real special training, and could not stop a troop of Boy Scouts from sneaking onto the property, guard Nuclear Power Plants. But does the government do anything to protect these installations? Nope, they pass regulations to stop Grandma Jones from bringing a lighter on a 747 because, you know, THAT is a deadly weapon.

But fear not, my continuing ‘Idiots’ blog will return soon.