Okay, not quite the outrage that spawned my last post, and fewer irrational calls for death...
But for the past two days, I have been stuck in really bad traffic on the commute home (for me, traffic is rarely a serious problem because of the route I take). Anyway, as traffic crawled for about 45 minutes and then remarkably picked up with not even a flat tire in sight, I realized what the problem was.
There was a sign by the side of the GW Parkway slowly rotating through a message that said -- depending on when you started looking -- "MAJOR EVENT." Now, living in DC after 9/11, the words "major event" have a catastrophic connotation. Like everyone else, I watched the sign with intense interest, assuming the worst.
After what felt like ten seconds, it then said "EXPECT DELAYS." Okay, so now I'm thinking that there has been a serious accident, possibly with fatalities. I begin to brace myself for an extremely long ride home and remind myself not to rubberneck at any grisly roadside scenes.
Finally, and somewhat ironically, after another long pause it finally says "SEPTEMBER 11, 2005." So, it's not even that something that is happening today, or even during the work week at all. But it's a major event happening on Sunday. Good, thank you for clearing that up.
The same problem happened yesterday. And I'm sure it will happen today and Friday as well. It makes me want to get out and give the sign a good shove. That'll show 'em.
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