What Are They Thinking?

In this installment of "What Are they thinking" I have a driving issue. Anyone who knows me well knows that I have a low tolerance for anything blatantly idiotic. This is because I am very judgemental. On the Meyers-Briggs personality type I am an ENTJ (Extroverted, iNtuitive, Thinking, Judging). My J score was as far to the J side as it could be. So when I encounter someone like I did yesterday, it just sticks in my craw.

I was behind a gold colored sedan on the drive home. The guy was driving in a really erratic fashion - hitting the brakes when no one was near him, stopping at railroad tracks for no reason, driving 10-15 miles UNDER the speed limit. I finally had a chance to get around him and looked over - I'm sure with a disapproving glare - and saw the reason he was so distracted. He was READING A FRICKING BOOK! He had it propped on the steering wheel and was very focused on it and not the road. At the next intersection, where he stopped about 4 car lengths behind the next car, he pulled out a pen and began underlining things and writing notes in the margins!!


Here's his car. I'm really disappointed that this picture didn't come out better, but as I was actually driving, I couldn't get a picture until I was stopped in a turn lane. I was hoping to get a clear picture so you could see all the detail, but this is the best you get with a cell phone camera and moving traffic. The white blob you see in front of the door jamb is the book. I was hoping to get his licence plate too, but again, cell phone camera.

So What Was He Thinking? Here are some possibilities:

• "Must...finish...'Harry Potter and the Order Of The Phoenix'...before it comes out on Wednesday..."
• "This 'Driving For Dummies' is really a good read!"
• "It just doesn't get any better than Penthouse Forum."
• "'The Assault On Reason' is Al Gore's best work yet!"
• "But Officer, the review says 'you can't put this book down!'"

Your turn - What was he thinking?