Thursday, August 26, 2004
Things that make you go, WTF????
Today, while driving to work, I got stuck behind an Orkin truck. I noticed that the vehicle tailgate sported a warning to the effect of "Don't follow too closely! This vehicle makes frequent stops!"
What the hell is up with that??? Do I really need to be worried that the Orkin man is going to slam on the brakes on the beltway to get out and exterminate something? I think there may be bigger issues afoot if the Orkin man is making sudden stops all over town to indiscriminately kill things.
Doesn't the Orkin man have to slow down and pull off the exit like the rest of us? Does he get to pull those stunt car type of moves like th General Lee in the Dukes of Hazzard??? Should I assume that if I call Orkin for say.... an ant problem.... that the exterminator is going to come screaming into my driveway and stop on a dime IN HIS TRUCK right in my kitchen? And if some foolish tailgater has been following too closely, they too run the risk of ending up in my humble abode?
Old ladies and soccer moms who drive 30 mph under the speed limit in the fast lane and hammer their brakes anytime they sense a cop may be within 25 square mile radius... shouldn't THEY have a "This vehicle makes sudden stops!" sticker plastered all over their Caddies and/or mini-vans??? Isn't following ANYONE too closely a problem? Why does the Orkin man get such special treatment?? I wanna know. I really wanna know!!!
What the hell is up with that??? Do I really need to be worried that the Orkin man is going to slam on the brakes on the beltway to get out and exterminate something? I think there may be bigger issues afoot if the Orkin man is making sudden stops all over town to indiscriminately kill things.
Doesn't the Orkin man have to slow down and pull off the exit like the rest of us? Does he get to pull those stunt car type of moves like th General Lee in the Dukes of Hazzard??? Should I assume that if I call Orkin for say.... an ant problem.... that the exterminator is going to come screaming into my driveway and stop on a dime IN HIS TRUCK right in my kitchen? And if some foolish tailgater has been following too closely, they too run the risk of ending up in my humble abode?
Old ladies and soccer moms who drive 30 mph under the speed limit in the fast lane and hammer their brakes anytime they sense a cop may be within 25 square mile radius... shouldn't THEY have a "This vehicle makes sudden stops!" sticker plastered all over their Caddies and/or mini-vans??? Isn't following ANYONE too closely a problem? Why does the Orkin man get such special treatment?? I wanna know. I really wanna know!!!
// posted by Stephanie Cake @ 8/26/2004 03:21:00 PM 
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