Kim Du Toit, in his Glossary of Kimspeak speaks about the RCOB, and I have experienced it tonight.

No, I don’t get the RCOB the way he does, a lot of the things that make Kim see red, I have become used to, perhaps even expect. Like PT Barnum, I never underestimate the inherent asshattedness of the average American.

No, today’s RCOB is dedicated specifically to the morons that plan and execute highway repair projects in the greater Chicagoland area.

Tonight, I drove my usual 55 mile trip home in just under three hours. It should take 55 minutes. On saturdays, with no traffic, I can do it in 45 minutes. With tolls and construction, during the week, its more like 90 minutes, on average.

Trouble now, is that the construction is going on in several places at once (great game plan, you fuckmonkeys!) and it backs traffic up from the middle of Indiana all the way to joliet. It’s more annoying than it is possible to describe.

Now, I love my gig, love what i do, love the folks I work with. I wouldn’t change gigs for , well, it’d take a lot.

The commute is even ok, most days. It’s the days like today, when due to the combined evil forces of the Toll Authority and the construction crews, as well as the occasional idiot who “forgot” to fill up with gas before he got on the expressway, these are the days when I want to draw blood.

I can back down on my own rage at Mikey fuckface, I can cool down about Ketchupass, but one subject which leaves me in a perpetual rage is the morons who do this to my commute.
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