Sunday, January 11, 2009

What Happened to the Wave?

I just spent 3 weeks down in California. While I can get around via public transportation in Vancouver, I cannot do that in Los Angeles. Driving is absolutely necessary in LA. On one particular day, I had many errands to run. These errands included several cities, various freeways and many local streets. Because I was not in a rush to finish my errands, I was very generous about allowing cars to merge in front of me... especially when it looked like they were stuck in the wrong lane. During different times and places, I let in 10+ cars. Each time I allowed a car to come in front of me, I expected a courtesy wave. Isn't that part of proper driving etiquette?

But I only received
one courtesy wave!

What happened to the wave???

3 comments:

Shari Lau said...

Amen sista!

Albert said...

I thought wave meant goodbye or hello. =)

On a more serious note:
As much as they should, I deal with it by actually not expecting the wave. I give mine, but I don't expect others to do the same - it helps me be more selfless.

Unknown said...

Hi Eu! Glad to see you got back to Van ok. Nice haircut! About the wave...I usually wave, but I don't know if people can see me thru my tinted windows...and sometimes I'm really trying to concentrate & be safe, so I don't let go of the steering wheel at all. Best wishes for a great term! -- Trude