Rant 117 26/4/12 Subject: People who can't deal with the rain

Rant number 117


Oh my god! Something incredible and unusual is happening. There is water dripping from the sky. Its never happened before - ever. (Yes, I know that dry irony and sarcasm are hard to convert in the form of written text. I can confirm however that I am being a sarky bastard.)

After the talk of droughts, its rained pretty much constantly. Genuinely at the moment I can barely remember the last time it was warm and I was wearing a T-shirt - not a bloody coat.

The thing is though, that I do wear a coat - or carry a brolly. I deal with the rain.

Some buggers can't though - and it astounds me.

We get rain very often in this country, its like 'our thing'. People still can't deal with it though, they panic as soon as the droplets begin to fall. I don't know how they can't just deal with it.

Particularly I am referring to those in their vehicles - like the fuckers who held me up at every turn when returning from band.

On a miserable and horrible night I want to get home, safe and sound and in a timely fashion. I go with the speed limits or just under if things are bad, but I don't want to crawl along. People do though - its annoying.

People doing 60 miles an hour in the 3rd lane of 4 for instance. People taking bends at around 15 miles an hour. People crawling everywhere. There is just no need. A sensible safe speed yes, a speed I could conceivably manage by trotting no.

Why can't people just drive normally. We should be able to both respect and cope with the rain by now surely!

Rant over.