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June 14, 2005
it was only a matter of time
Anyone who has spent five minutes driving around Chicago knows that the CTA bus drivers drive like fucking ass holes. They'll cut you off. They'll stop in front of you, change lanes, swing around while turning, whatever they feel like. Well, they finally . This morning, a bus making a left swung around and side-swiped Christina's car while she was on her way to work/school. No one was hurt, especially not the bus, but the car took some damage. I haven't seen it yet, but from what I hear, the driver's side mirror got taken down and there's some damage to the front-right side of the car including the bumper and maybe a bit of damage to the hood. It's all taken care of and the insurance company really treated her well, thankfully. Still a shitty ordeal.
These bus drivers are absolutely insane. They drive around like their in a Miata, not a fucking gynormous, stinky-ass bus with all these people on it. It seems as though the bus considers cars to be ants -- they'll either move or die and, really, it doesn't affect their next move at all. So I'm annoyed. It's one of those things that is absolutely impossible to change. It's certainly worth bitching about though.
In other news, a town that literally is NEVER in the news made headlines last week. And that town is my home town -- Wilmette. Some guy, who must have had some sort of personality/rage disorder, pulled up outside a restaurant in downtown Wilmette. (Yes, there is a downtown Wilmette. Don't blink or you'll miss it.) So this guy got out of his car with a shotgun and shot and killed a mother (who was also a waitress there) eating there in their outdoor section. The guy then drove away, drove up to the house in Wilmette she was renting, and shot himself with a handgun in her back yard. My main question is how did this guy got not one, but two guns? Other than that, I care not to speculate. It's just a shame. And, man, there's no crime in Wilmette. I'm sure it'll really mess with some folks, as well it should. I'm not ignorant enough to say that the folks that live there have never been exposed to violent crime. It's surprising though when something like that happens right out in the street in an area where shit like that just doesn't happen. Though I must say, it's a bit absurd that this story is still being covered regularly even though no new information has been released. It's been a weird week/weekend. Here's hoping things calm down.
Posted by ben at June 14, 2005 11:29 AM