That's NOT an excuse....

[thegiraffe]

I was driving to Tampa on Monday afternoon to visit my grandpa. I live kind of near Orlando, so it's a pretty easy drive down I-4. About halfway there, I was starting to get tired, so I ran by a McDonalds in a REALLY nice part of town (i.e. lots of spoiled rich kids) to get a cheeseburger and a coke to keep me awake. I went through the drive thru because I frankly didn't feel like getting out (I've been packing all week, sue me). The car in front of me was taking FOREVER to order, and after I put my window down, I got to hear why.

Me: ta-daa!
Car: Idiots in the car
DT: Poor drive thru person

Car: Yeah, and I want a wrap. No, I want a salad. No, I think I want a wrap salad (or some other random thing) No, not with *couldn't hear*, with *this*! (rudely).
DT: Ok, is tha-
Car: Oh, and I want a fruit bowl!
DT: A what?
Car: Oh, nevermind! *random yelling, etc*

I pull through and pay and get my food, and the idiots are pulled off to the side of the drive thru doing some sort of a chinese fire drill it appears (half of them are out of the car). I'm feeling particularly snarky, so I roll my window down.

Me: excuse me, have you ever worked food service? (to the driver)
Car: Me? No.
Me: Well I have, and you were incredibly rude back there. That was completely uncalled for.
Car: Well, it wasn't me. It was them (pointing to his passengers). They're *whispers loudly* drunk.
Me: That's NOT an excuse. *drives off*

Honestly, it's 4pm on a Monday and your friends are smashed enough to be that rude to a poor drive thru guy? I think you need some new friends.

I felt so bad for the poor guy, I was really nice to him to make up for the idiots.

[donruss]

I'm from central FLA also and let me tell you, there is no such thing as an easy drive down I-4.

[Bright_Star]

4:00 PM on a Monday & drunk already? That's so sad...lol.

[Bliss]

I'm from central FLA also and let me tell you, there is no such thing as an easy drive down I-4.

Try going down I-4 at night under rain so thick you can't see beyound 20cm off your car, and you're forced to follow the tail lights of a large truck to try and stay on the road.

[Evil Queen]

Try going down I-4 at night under rain so thick you can't see beyound 20cm off your car, and you're forced to follow the tail lights of a large truck to try and stay on the road.

That is until the truck winds up off the road. Been there, took pictures. On I-4 oddly enough. (Dad was driving, I was too young at the time)

[thegiraffe]

Oddly enough, I drove in real heavy rain both to Tampa and back (welcome to a Florida summer). I hate when drivers, particularly those with white cars, don't put their lights on. It makes them much harder to see (white cars because they blend in more with the spray from the road). I had to follow tail lights a few times because that was the only way I could kind of tell where I was going. I could barely see the lane lines for most of the way though.

Heavy rain + driving = major suckage.

[tropicsgoddess]

I've gone to the Orlando and Tampa area quite a bit during my teenage years (half of it was vacationing with the family and to visit my ex). I don't know how anybody could go through I-4 without wanting to , let alone Irlo Bronson Hwy.

[Becks]

4:00 PM on a Monday & drunk already? That's so sad...lol.

That's not sad. That's dedication!!!

[wagegoth]

Why is it the white, gray/silver and black cars, the ones hardest to see in bad weather, are the ones that will NOT turn on their lights when it's pouring rain? I've seen this everywhere I've driven. Driving over the Sierras, dealing with pouring rain, really cold, with some snow mixed in, hideous, all you can see is gray nothing, and the b**tards won't turn on their lights so you can at least see a dim spot of red through the schmutz.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

That's not sad. That's dedication!!!

That's not even dedication--that's Wisconsin for ya.

It has never ceased to amaze me how many of my fellow Wisconsinites are completely lit by mid-afternoon on any given day. And it's not even as if they're at a ball game or anything.

[Becks]

It has never ceased to amaze me how many of my fellow Wisconsinites are completely lit by mid-afternoon on any given day.

And yet I spent the first 24 years of my life in WI and mostly only saw drunk people at ballgames and along frat row in Fort Atkinson.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Oh. Well my city has an overabundance of bars. You almost can't swing your arms without hitting one.

[blas]

Same here, IPF. You know it's a problem when you see people stumbling around at 10:00 AM.

Although it does make for easy bar hopping and less driving.

[Primer]

Oh. Well my city has an overabundance of bars. You almost can't swing your arms without hitting one.

Sounds like Wausau.

[MoxisPilot]

*Wave from an Ex-Tampa resident!*

...I'm pretty sure there's something wrong with the water along I-4, I-75 and I-275 that makes people act like complete twats.

I'm glad I left.