Road Rage/ Meetings of the Minds

Have you ever been driving down the road and noticed two vehicles stopped off the road somewhere, driver side windows facing each other?  Or even in the middle of the bleepin' road?  I'll bet the only time you pay much attention to these situations is when they happen to be in the middle of the road.

This can get very frustrating when they decide they need to finish whatever business they have going on and there is no room to drive around them.  What do you do?  I get the urge to honk my horn.  I'll bet I'm not the only one.  But then you say to yourself  "I'll just give them another second, I don't want to be too big of a jerk."  But that second passes.  Then another.  And another.  Your hand raises to the horn to let the world know what kind of attitude you have, but you still don't press the button.  By now, you're getting beady little eyes and your knuckles are getting white from gripping the steering wheel so tightly.  Then you notice these two vehicles start to inch away from each other.  Only to stop again, because their business is still not done.  By now there's a vehicle or two in back of you.  You let the profanity fly, but you're the only one to hear.  That's the last straw- you honk the horn and you do it with authority.  You have somewhere to be, and it damn sure isn't being stuck in traffic- in Dillingham of all places.  The driver in front of you gets the point and floors it, racing off as if this is going to make up for the pain he/she has caused you. 

So what goes on in these meetings of the minds?  What's so important that a phone call (Let's not get into the lack of signal issue outside of a 100' radius of towers around here, though.  How many towers do we have- one?) won't do?  Or even pulling off the road at the next driveway?  Sometimes, I notice these little meetings while I'm going to buy some milk or grab a soda.  On my return trip, those same vehicles are still there.

The next time you see one of these meetings taking place, get out of your vehicle and start walking toward the stopped  ones.  I've never tried this, but somehow think it will work wonders.  Or if they are off the road (even though they're not doing any harm), pull up right behind them and just stare & act like you're taking pictures.  And if you're the one stopping traffic, get $*^% off the road!!!