And I see why the world is so f**ked up
Drive thru ATM Etiquette
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And I see why the world is so f**ked up
Interesting you should say that. I'm accepting of a certain order defined by lanes and centre lines. I prefer things move in an ordered fashion. How is straddling the centre line not a self serving doosh move?
Agree or disagree?
Self serving doosh move.
In your words:
Driver in white car gets ahead by putting others behind even though he's doing it in a clearly defined lane = d-bag.
Guy in ATM lane passes no one, puts no one behind, but he straddled the line = d-bag.
Interesting.
Disagree, he should have continued running the shoulder and got in front of that Jeep, after all who buys a Jeep Patriot!
Red_Liner740
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Depends....
Did he jump out of live lanes to skip 20 cars and go all the way to the front? ULTRA ****** as that is a total selfish move. Did he actually merge on the highway and the lanes were moving at the end while stopped at the beginning, and joining at the end of merging lane would not slow anyone down as he would have been travelling at the speed of accelerating traffic? Not ******, best case scenario for everyone.
I run into a similar situation at vaughan mills all the time. Imagine a T intersections with 3 way stop sign and two short ends of T all want to merge into the Long part of the T which has two lanes but opens up into 4 lanes down the road at which point everyone wants to make a left from the long T. So the idiots want to be "fair" and both short t's line up on one side of the long T blocking up the intersection while most if not all of the right T is free and open to the traffic. Instead of two lanes waiting for the light, then when light turns green two lanes make a turn and two lanes of traffic continue doing it.
It drive me insane.
Did he jump out of live lanes to skip 20 cars and go all the way to the front? ULTRA ****** as that is a total selfish move. Did he actually merge on the highway and the lanes were moving at the end while stopped at the beginning, and joining at the end of merging lane would not slow anyone down as he would have been travelling at the speed of accelerating traffic? Not ******, best case scenario for everyone.
I run into a similar situation at vaughan mills all the time. Imagine a T intersections with 3 way stop sign and two short ends of T all want to merge into the Long part of the T which has two lanes but opens up into 4 lanes down the road at which point everyone wants to make a left from the long T. So the idiots want to be "fair" and both short t's line up on one side of the long T blocking up the intersection while most if not all of the right T is free and open to the traffic. Instead of two lanes waiting for the light, then when light turns green two lanes make a turn and two lanes of traffic continue doing it.
It drive me insane.
Agree or disagree?
suzuki2000
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Agree or disagree?
If the driver made no attempt to merge perhaps a poor move - yes. but if along the ramp, nobody in the flow of traffic provided space for the merger, does he remain the ******? I have seen this from time to time as well. People will protect their "space" in the flow. The ramp driver perhaps needs education on how to merge effectivelty?
The merging car should not stop on the entry ramp either, so ultimately he/she will run out of space.
Agreed the guy who continues down and sometimes still along the shoulder, they are a goof. same as those that exit the traffic lane and try to use the ramp as a passing lane.
The problem with a static picture is that actual driving is a dynamic series of events. this picture has too many interpretations available. I can see that the trcuk is follwoing too close to the car in front of him, is it conceivable that the truck driver has been blocking the merging car out?
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I'm making an assumption here that when the OP got to the bank there wasn't a big line up cars waiting. There was one car at each ATM and then our straddler.... so correct me if I am wrong. IE, it wasn't very busy.
So our OP rolled up behind the straddler, and if the OP isn't a complete retard it would have been pretty obvious what the straddler was doing. I would do exactly the same thing in his position, which ever ATM opens up first is the one I would pull up to.
Instead of just stopping behind the straddler and maybe even doing the same thing as him, our OP thinks to himself this guy got here before me but if he thinks he can just sit here and wait for the next available ATM he's a d-bag! **** this guy! i'm going to get here after this guy and try to get an ATM before him... because HE'S the D-BAG! Not me!
Common courtesy? No.. **** that guy because he made a choice that I don't agree with but it really doesn't affect anything or anyone including me.. ya.. **** that guy!
So our OP rolled up behind the straddler, and if the OP isn't a complete retard it would have been pretty obvious what the straddler was doing. I would do exactly the same thing in his position, which ever ATM opens up first is the one I would pull up to.
Instead of just stopping behind the straddler and maybe even doing the same thing as him, our OP thinks to himself this guy got here before me but if he thinks he can just sit here and wait for the next available ATM he's a d-bag! **** this guy! i'm going to get here after this guy and try to get an ATM before him... because HE'S the D-BAG! Not me!
Common courtesy? No.. **** that guy because he made a choice that I don't agree with but it really doesn't affect anything or anyone including me.. ya.. **** that guy!
Drivers in slow lane are doing what's expected of them, not angling for advantage in any way. White car has been warmed via signage that lane will be ending but does not appear to have taken advantage of earlier openings but shoves to the front. Not fair play.
Guy at atm must surely realize 2 lane system to serve 1 each atm. He's trying to circumvent the system to his advantage. If one lane was serving 2 atms that would change everything.
Clearly people don't agree how these things work. Maybe signage would be in order.
How about a concrete barrier 3' high between the drive through lanes? Then ******** who make harmless decisions that don't affect anyone won't get home 2 minutes sooner. God, I hate ******** like that!
Jokes aside, this is exactly what happened. We all know it!
Clearly the bank dropped the ball by putting in the 2 lanes
This straddling the line, to me, falls into the category of little white offences one sees daily. My perception of the straddler may be skewed from those experiences. Personally, I would feel sheepish doing that(straddling). I would pick one lane and let the chips fall where they may.
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Clearly the bank dropped the ball by putting in the 2 lanes
I'm going to take that one step further and say that there are two types of little white offences. The kind that do affect other people's lives if even just a small amount, and others that don't. Our straddler's little white offence IMO was the latter. If someone chooses to do that I'd just humour them, let them get the next ATM and move on with their life.
However, if in the straddler's position someone passed me like the OP I doubt I would have become very upset.
^^+1
suzuki2000
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somewhat
Could I have waited, yes, should the driver before have picked a lane, yes. Am i more wrong - no, nor am I more right. I suppose I could plead that I beleived the straddler was in the left lane as I clearly had enough right lane so they must not be occupying the right lane.In the end it is an interesting experiment in social workings. Most people would take the opportunistic option including the straddler ahead of me. His attempt to split the lanes was oportunistic too, I just happened to one up him in this instance. I cashed in some Karma points At least I admit it.
O beyond any shadow of doubt his straddling the line was a jacka** move. Yep. I said that in my first post. But he obviously did it because he expected someone like you to come up behind.
Just driving around was by far the bigger dusche move. And not seeing it as one and thinking the first guy alone is the problem.....is the problem.
suzuki2000
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If this was two lanes into one I would agree with you, but this was two lane to two machines, side by side. The straddler was not "jumped ahead" of, they simply had the decision of what machine they would use made for them as they obviuosly were incapable of making the decision for themselves
Cheers
The straddler is counting on the next person behind him to enter into some kind of unspoken gentlemans' agreement. It is not an unreasonable expectation. Being passed, the straddler sees the world going to hell in a handbasket. Unfortunately the OP, informed by life experiences, might feel the same way. He may recognize the straddler as one of "those" people. And since we're doing a bit of guessing here, I bet he is. That the straddler doesn't recognize his problem.......is the problem.
MarcosSantiago
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OP, why didn't you posted this as a poll???!!
