The drivers we love to hate

We’ve all got Pet Hates. Some people have their top 3 that tick them off the most, some people have their top 10 and me, well, I just have lots!

One of them is bad drivers. Bad drivers, I hear you say. Everyone hates bad drivers. So let me get more specific. I hate bad drivers that have fast cars, take off slowly then go a bit faster then slow down again. Yep that’s exactly what happened to me and as you might be able to tell it ticked me off to no end!

Here I was in the FAST lane and behind an Audi TT. We were doing 40 in a 70 zone. I couldn’t go round coz there was a Grandma in the left hand lane. I breathed a sigh of relief when Mr Audi sped up to 60. Better than 40 I thought. So we then get to some traffic lights and he takes off slower than a drunk snail and I find myself becoming increasingly irritated. We finally get to about 65 and then he takes off like someone just stuck a rocket ship up his exhaust pipe.

So let’s take a minute to think about all the scenarios of why this guy was such a (insert explitive here).

A. He was just being a d*%k.

B. He had no idea how to drive his car.

C. He was just a really bad driver.

D. He was precious about his precious car.

You know really at the end of the day it doesn’t matter. Some people just shouldn’t be allowed on the roads, no matter how nice their car is.

Well I’m glad I got that off my chest!

When smoke gets in your eyes…

…and up your nose and in your mouth. I was waiting to be picked up from the airport on Tuesday night and much to my disgust had 2 people to my right smoking and another to my left, yep you guessed it, smoking. I’m unsure of what the rules are for just outside the doors of an airport but it made me question (in my head of course) how far can outdoor smoking bans go?

It took so long for smoking to be banned from outside eating areas and even then I think there is still a bit of a grey area. On Tuesday night I had to walk to the other end of the front of the airport to get away from the smoke, it was so bad. But who has more rights? As a non-smoker I have the right to freely walk the streets and shouldn’t have to worry about someone blowing smoke my way, but then I would imagine that a smokers argument would be that they have chosen to smoke and it’s their rights too, to be able to walk around and smoke.

Obviously I’m completely on the non-smoker side and I think that if someone has chosen to smoke then they should be considerate of the people around them.

Call me irresponsible

Well not me personally, I just liked the reference to Michael Buble!

Anyway, who I would like to call irresponsible are dog owners who don’t pick up after their pooch. As a new puppy owner the first lesson in being a good mum when taking your puppy for a walk is to pick up after your little darling. It’s not that hard to take a plastic bag with you and scoop up any little eggs that your furry friend decides to leave on the footpath during your walk.

But of course there are numerous people, well basically bad pet owners, that just don’t clean up after their pet. I was totally gobsmacked, yes gobsmacked, when I got home from our walk yesterday & was informed by the other half that a lady had pulled up in her car down the side of our house and let her dog out to take a crap (sorry gross I know) on the grass, then drove off giving my other half a dirty look for looking at her like she did something wrong.

I’m sorry but that is beyond despicable. Having a pet is like having a child. If you’re not prepared to look after it and take responsibility for it then DON’T HAVE ONE. Plain and simple.

Well I’m glad I got that off my chest.