Stick it up the Little Green Man
I'm getting frustrated with people. Not all people. Just some people. "City" people, specifically, and those who choose to cross the road at lights, just before the little green man comes up.
You know the people I'm talking about. Those which stand on the VERY EDGE of the street corner, wait until the cars have gone, and then start walking before the little green man pops up, and hence, get a 3-4 metre head-start on the rest of us who choose to wait.
Yes, these people are beginning to give me the shits!
What, I ask, is so important that these people feel they need to cross the road that second earlier, and risk getting hit? What is the real benefit? Why? WHY DAMMIT??
Well, I've come to the conclusion that it's an anti-social-conformity thing. A "stick it up the institution", if you will. I think that people's lives are so 'controlled' these days by social institutions that they are frustrated. So many things are out of people's control (especially if you work in the city). You have to catch buses, or trains, at particular times. People have to wait for an elevator before they can get to the floor they want. And many people only have a set amount of time for a lunch break before they 'have' to be back at work. People want to feel in control of their lives, and what they do, and hence all of these external control factors are frustrating people.
And so, when these people are on the edge of the pavement and see the road clear, they decide to take advantage of the slim control they have over the situation, risking their lives in doing so.
"Stick it up the little green man" they say, and leave the rest of us "conformists" waiting on the sidewalk...
Which one are you?
posted by Joe @ 2:08 PM
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4 Comments:
I used to be a VERY non-conformist light crosser...and in fact would cross when the man was red, or wherever I dam well pleased.
That was until...
I didn't do it one morning. I waited for the green man, and the guy that pushed past me and told me I was a fuck wit for waiting, got a ticket for J walking...
That was so dam satisfying... :)
I`m a bit of both I must admit, but only when I know the area and hence know exactly when the lights will change...over here in Europe, no farking way will I cross until I see a green man and even then I check each way 3 times before crossing..these Europeans are CRAZY drivers!
Joe said: "Yes, these people are beginning to give me the shits!"
Well try being a driver (you have been there) and having a couple of near misses getting to the end of ONE street.
I can understand the police crackdown on jaywalking.
I am tempted to think that it is evolution in progress.
Eventually the jaywalkers luck will run out and they will be removed from the gene pool!
On a different note, I wish you get the posting you want - plese let us know.
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