Mean people suck.

Remember those bumper stickers? I think I need to get one made into a placard, or possibly "calling cards" that I can hand out when people irritate me: "Mean People Suck, and you're lookin' like a Hoover, babe!"

On my drive into work, there's a particular place where there are two very poorly synchronized stoplights; the first is where people turn to go to the Hospital and the second is where they turn to go to the Catholic school (and Good Lord, there are a lot of people who go there!!! Invest in a bus, folks!).

Frequently, the second of the two lights has not yet turned green when the first has, this couples with all the Catholics trying to get to school (again, splurge for a bus, folks) who back up the left lane, and traffic gets backed up to the first light (the two lights are less than a city block apart).

Now, I have a driving pet peeve: I HATE people who block intersections. That doesn't get you to your destination any faster, and it's really, really anti-social behavior. So, I try to always stop BEFORE the intersection, even when I have a green light, if traffic is not moving.

Well, apparently the world of right-turn-on-red people think that I'm stopping there to let them go. Twice now in the past week, with traffic backed up INTO the intersection, I've stopped early only to have someone from a side street pull in front of me, and FURTHER block the intersection!!!!

Memo to right-turn-on-red-lighters: If turning right on red will block an intersection, it's probably NOT the right thing to do....