I have this thing. See, it really annoys me when people drive with their windshield wipers on full throttle...and it's only sprinkling. Or, they're sitting at a traffic light and their wipers are swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh...and there's no need. I mean really, folks? Turn them down at traffic lights. Put them on the lowest setting necessary.
I don't know why it bothers me. Silly pet peeve, I guess. Probably a little South Florida snobbery in there, too. I mean, it is just rain. We So-Flas deal with it all the time. Get used to it. I understand some people might not be comfortable driving in the rain (I'd be the same in snow, most likely). I understand that sometimes you just haven't gotten around to RainX-ing your windshield and you have to put the wipers on high so the rain gets cleared. I know it's a stupid tick, so I try not to be annoyed...
And then yesterday. Preface: it has been pouring here for three STRAIGHT days. I love rain, but Florida style where it rains a bit in the afternoon, totally predictable. Not this day upon day upon day stuff! Driving in it sucks, and I've been driving a lot these last couple days, so I've been getting my money out of my wiper blades. I was reflecting on this pet peeve I have when I realized something.
I AM that person!
I was sitting a light - jamming out to my iPod, contemplating the day and the stuff I have to do and all that's going on in my life - and realized I hadn't turned down my windshield wipers. They were going dang-crazy fast. I was totally THAT person! I quickly turned them down and hoped no one noticed - noticed they were psychotically swishing or noticed my blatant hypocrisy.
Which reminded me of another driving-related silliness. I used to get inexplicably pissed at people who weren't tall enough to be seen over the back of their headrests. Like it was their fault or something. See, I live in South Florida and that usually means some old person who is in the left lane and needs to move the stink over to the right lane...and then I realized. You can't see my head over the headrest either.
That's because, as that brother-in-law of yours says, you're a midget. And Rick does the same thing with the wipers and it drives me BANANAS! Not Anna Bananas, just bananas. I'll turn them off for him and it irritates him. But then, I also change the radio station to whatever I want when he drives and that irritates him, too. Oh the joys of living with a man. They're an odd breed, they are.
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