Macrolog
Dublin Traffic is the Worst
Today was weird. It’s been raining continuously since some time last night. Meanwhile, most of the city’s motorists have forgotten how to operate their vehicles properly, meaning I was a) late for work this morning (for the first time in the six months since I started back) and b) stuck sitting on a bus on Abbey Street for FORTY fucking minutes, during which time the bus moved about 100 yards or so. (Luckily the driver decided to change the route home a bit after that so we avoided any more delays.) I mean, what is it with Irish drivers? One splash of rain and you forget everything you had to learn for your driving test? Fucking hell. You’d think they’d be used to the fucking weather by now.
The weather, by the way, was pretty artrocious today. It seemed like the sun set at 2pm, the clouds were so black and thick and full of evil water. I blame America and their polluting heavy industries for this….. well, okay, them and the Brits.
Work went by pretty quickly, mainly due to the setting-up for Tom Dunne’s radio show this evening, and because the rain kept people out of the store. Unfortunately for Laura, it didn’t keep away some stupid old bag looking for an argument. Uuugh. I hate people like that. Why can’t you be nice to us? We’ll be nice to you in return, we promise. We are sales assistants after all, not animals in the zoo. At least it’s Laura’s last day tomorrow so she won’t have to take any such shit for a while. Can’t wait ‘til I break out.
In other news, I went to Road Records on the way home from work to get the new Q And Not U record (which they didn’t have, unfortunately) and my New Bomb Turks ticket (which they did - hooray for me). They are so nice in there, them Road Records folk. Not like Freebird. Freebird is like High Fidelity with a humour by-pass. You know what I’m talking about, fellow Dubliners, don’t deny it.
Thu 14 Nov 2002 at 22:19 ·
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