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Overheard a guy on the bus say something about traffic that stuck with me
I was on the 7:15 AM route downtown last Tuesday when this older dude sitting behind me told his friend, "Traffic is just a reminder that everyone else is also trying to get somewhere." That hit me weird. I usually get so mad sitting in gridlock on I-35, honking and cursing under my breath thinking everyone else is the problem. But he was right. We are all just people trying to get to work, drop kids off, or grab coffee before the day starts. Now I try to remember that when some minivan cuts me off. Has anyone else had a random quote from a stranger totally shift how you deal with rush hour?
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jenkins.reese28d ago
You ever have one of those random conversations you overhear that just sticks with you? That guy was onto something though - we're all just trying to survive the morning commute.
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hayden14428d ago
Yeah "we're all just trying to survive the morning commute" hits SO hard. I was stuck in traffic last week, same exit as always, and this guy in the next lane was just SCREAMING at his steering wheel. Not like road rage, just like pure exhaustion. I felt that in my bones. You ever see someone break down like that and realize we're all just robots running on coffee and bad sleep? That commute is a daily battle, man.
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stella_lane26d ago
Saw you mention it first @hayden144, but I think that was actually road rage just a different flavor lol. You can see it in their eyes when they've been fighting traffic for 45 minutes and something just snaps. We're all one bad driver away from becoming that person honestly.
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