Mukilteo Musings

Ten on Tuesday

Ten Things That Annoy Me When I Drive (as usual from yanowhatimean.com)

Mukilteo is a ferry town so we have some unique traffic situations. The ferry lets off a line of cars about every 30 minutes or so; the ferry route, like Edmonds which is also a ferry town, snakes through residential areas in addition to our main business areas.

1. When I try to turn left into the Post Office and nobody in the line of cars getting off the ferry slows to let me turn.

2. People who think the ferry lane to get on the ferry is a right turn lane. The signs are obvious that at the corner of the Speedway and the Boulevard, you can only turn right from the LEFT lane. OK so ferry intersections are quirky.

3. People who turn right on red at this intersection.

4. People who block us locals at this intersection from side streets.

5. Actually, the entire intersection annoys me.

6. People who cut in a ferry line.

7. People who honk at others in a ferry line coming or going.

8. People who leave their car unattended in the ferry line and cars have to move around them--unless, of course, they are running back to their car with LATTE in hand and they wave a thank you wave--all is understood and forgiven.

9. People who do not return a thank you wave if you let them into a line of traffic.

10. Ending up behind a big truck as it pulls off the ferry because it is a rather steep hill from the ferry and you cannot go around and they are so slow and there is absolutely nothing you can do except hope a big log doesn't slide onto your windshield.

And finally, this is some follow up to my post below about our unfriendliness. I received quite a bit of feedback actually. People in the Seattle area may be a little aloof but we are very polite and when the ice is broken, are very nice and sincere. I have been at tons of meetings where no one talks even if seated at the same table--at least for the first few hours. But if somebody starts a little conversation, the ice breaks and we are quite friendly.