Feb 22, 2017 08:45
My workplace often has a couple of people somewhere who are just standing around and waving and saying hello. Sometimes they have placards that read, "Free High Five" or something like that. They're often over by the cafeteria. I wonder if it's a cohesive club. They're never handing out pamphlets or saying anything other than basic pleasantries.
The drive in to work was particularly rough today. One intersection was gridlocked and the driver in the car behind me was laying on his horn. I turned right, as did he. The road we turned on to is oddly wide, so he gunned all four cyclinders of his beat-up Dodge Neon to pass me on the shoulder on the right. My husband was in the passenger side and gave the guy the stink eye. The car suddenly swerved in front of me and slammed on the brakes hard enough to screech the tires. Lucikly, I had plenty of time to stop and the Dodge immediately started up again and squeeled off up the road.
There were a few other trials right out of a simulator test, but none quite so egregious.
I was feeling gloomy as I walked from the parking garage to my office. At one point, I looked up and happened to lock eyes with a stranger. He smiled broadly and said, "Hello!" I could not help but smile back and return the salutation.
What an odd start to the day.