During a regular school day, I might come across a hundred people doing something completely irrational, and all this starts before my day does. I usually wake up in the morning and turn on my computer screen only to close the messenger windows of people I don’t know, offering me “favors” of different sorts. These people cannot be serious, can they? I can’t understand how any rational person could even contemplate such a thing.

After a shower and saying goodbye to my parents, I get in the car. This is where it gets really hairy. What should be a ten-minute drive usually turns into a forty-five minute drive. Of course, t

But don’t get me wrong, people are wonderful. I especially enjoy the people who talk on cell phones while they drive, and drive as if there is no one else on the road. A veer off the road here, a screeching halt there. It doesn’t matter because they have a cell phone that makes them feel important. There is no reason for that. Keep in mind that all of this occurs before the morning rush.

Somehow, I survive another battle through traffic and make it to school. Rushing to make it to my first class (without being too late), I duck to avoid the airborne cigarette that the lady next to me flicks out. I am completely visible, and yet she still manages a near miss. In between classes, I utter, “Excuse me” countless times to avoid the people who aren’t watching where they’re walking. Isn’t it reasonable to assume that you drive on the right, and you should walk on the right? Getting to class should not be that difficult.

here are always a couple of people who never learned where the turn signal switch is. I sometimes wonder if I am supposed to read their minds. Reason tells me that I might get rear-ended if someone doesn’t know that I’m about to turn, so I use my turn signal.

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