November 26, 2015

Traffic safety part VIII

This definitely is one of those traffic related posts, again, so if traffic and stupid drivers don't interest you, just wait for the next blog post.
Everyone, even schoolkids (who are actually very smart these days) know that days get shorter and nights are longer. Therefore it can still be dark in the mornings. Would it then make sense to find out if your car has something called "headlights" and once that's done, then learn how to use the headlights. If your car is not equipped with headlights, consider taking public transport or painting your car with a fluorescent color. If your car is grey, beige, some sort of dark color, it kind of acts as a camouflage and I can't see you and your posh Nissan Maxima coming from wherever you are coming from. Even worse, if it's a so called luxury car. You would not want anyone to bump into your precious car, would you? So headlights do help. They may save your life and mine. My car is black, but that does not matter, because my headlights are on.

Don't even get me started on motorbikes and cyclists. Often you see them when it's already too late.
I'm not even going to mention those who drive 20mph, when the speed limit is 70mph.





November 17, 2015

Working with a psycho and driving amongst fools

Enough is enough.
I don't even know where to start. I slept on the living room sofa last night, news channel in the background. Sometime in the early morning hours I woke up to a sound of TV! Switched it and slept until 5.30am, groggy and disoriented and headed straight to shower. Well, I felt kind of ok then.

Bloody idiots in traffic! It takes me 10-15 minutes to drive to work, but there always a tailgater behind me or someone in front of me driving 20mph. Some of the cars apparently don't have a signal. It does not work when turning left or right, overtaking; it simply does not exist. No matter whether it is Toyota, Lexus or Peugeot, it's always the same. Wouldn't be polite to use the signal when overtaking, not just take off and suddenly cut in front of someone..? I recall writing blog posts about traffic on more than one occasion and it never gets better.

Psychos at work. Did you do this? Did you do that? That same old accusatory tone as always. NO I did not. It was a question about signing some sort of useless document- which I did NOT sign. I said so, adding that "I would not do something that would embarrass you or our department". That's it and then I turned my back and walked out of the psycho's office, nose toward the sky, but at least I did not slam the door shut behind me. This was morning. Then in the afternoon it was as it someone had won a lottery. His face was brighter than the sun and there was no trace of that grumpy old man in the morning. I don't know if it's written in their contracts that they have free rein when it comes to bullying. F..k.
Someone very wise said to me last week that I need to get out of there.

Yeah. I think I agree now. It if's not work that drives me crazy, then it's the traffic.

November 12, 2015

Bullying is for forever

Isn't it ironic that I chose to write about bullying in one of the university essays, and now bullying is an every day occurrence in my life in one form or another.
Maybe I'm the type of a person, who attracts bullies? This is not the first time, but now I am totally at a loss and can't think of what to do next.
I'm definitely not depressed about this, not yet. I started going to gym, because long periods of sitting in front of the computer made my back hurt. I still go horseback riding and enjoy lots of things in my life, but my feeling is that the end is near. Not an end as such, but maybe a move to another place, another country is an option. Just because it's an option and just because I can do it if I want to. Just because I want to escape the bully that is making my life hell right now.

All I can say is I have to keep my options open, including the fact that I could well be staying here for little longer.