What a drag it is getting old.
That sounds like a good line for a song. I’m going to write it down.
My latest experience with getting old came Sunday morning. It was rather chilly when I got up, so I put on a sweatshirt while I was on my computer.
Some time later it was warming up to the point where I was feeling rather warm, so I decided to take the sweatshirt off.
I stood up, then realized I was feeling a bit thirsty, so I went to the kitchen to get some water.
Had my drink, came back to the computer, sat down and started working again.
Thirty seconds later, I stood up again, took off my sweatshirt (the one I had stood up to take off originally), then sat back down.
Now, I turned (mumblety-mumble) years old, so I think I can be forgiven the occasional moment of forgetfulness. That same excuse doesn’t work to people younger to me when they’re behind the wheel of a vehicle.
I mean, I can only assume some of their behaviour is the result of forgetfulness. I would not want to suggest they’re too stupid to drive this way.
Take the people I see fairly frequently who seem to forget most parking lot entrances are not one-way streets. Apart from forgetfulness, how do you explain them exiting the lot by driving right down the middle of the entrance, making it impossible for someone (leke, say, me) to turn into the lot while they sit there.
And then, of course, they sit there looking at you, wondering why you aren’t turning, when there isn’t enough room for a skateboard to get past them.
Another example of what I hopis is forgetfulness and not stupidity is the person who comes up to a red light and fully intends to make a left-hand turn.
They know they want to make a turn, so I guess they assume that means the signal has been turned on, or that everyone else KNOWS they want to turn, even without a signal.
The driver sitting across from, who also wants to make a left-hand turn and has their signal on, has to wait after the light turns green to see what the forgetful person across from them is intending to do. Them not having a signal on, in theory, means they are going straight through.
However, when they don’t move after the light turns green, it opens up other possibilities. They may intend to turn left; they may intend to turn right; or they may intend to just get out of their vehicle and start walking to their destination (if they can remember what that is).