Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Cascade

A man stops in the middle of the crosswalk, waves back at someone who just called his name. He is slowed just enough that he doesn't clear the intersection until someone else jumps in, she doesn't mind walking against the light, she'll make it out of the intersection before the light goes red. Another man, waiting behind the wheel of a car, cannot turn left until all the pedestrians clear. This doesn't happen, and the opposing traffic starts up before he can go (that woman just barely made it across). Now the man in the car waits a few minutes for the lights to change, but this time he guns it right away, turning left as he gets his green, before the cars in the other direction hit their gas. They honk angrily. Everyone goes on to have a slightly worse day.

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