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duponthumanite Scribbled:
It was a bit of a mess when you misplaced your destination. Turn signals and indicators are tricky! It's a good story to read backwards too.
StephenClayBush Scribbled:
I suspect that many readers will become impatient reading your story and want to read around it, and thereby miss the detailed insight Brian offers into the world of trucking. More than that, though, it captures something of life itself, that sometimes when we screw up--regardless of fault--some of those around us grow impatient and want to have nothing to do with us but to clear the obstacle and
StephenClayBush Replied:
move on with life. Good story, Brian.
Brian W Porter Replied:
Many thanks.
Brian W Porter Scribbled:
Cleared up a questionable area. Many thanks Phantomimic.
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cwdowdy Scribbled:
Don't know how you kept your cool. Perhaps the other drivers were too busy texting to notice your problem.
Phantomimic Scribbled:
Insightful piece into the challenges a trucker faces. I guess this is part of the dehumanizing influences of our times; the rat race and the commute just turn us into "machines" eager to get home. Showing some courtesy slows us down one more minute and we can't have that, right? Sad....
suzanner Scribbled:
Such insightful writing about making a mistake - which has become unacceptable in a culture where we are not allowed to be that human regardless of who we're driving for... thanks, Brian.
Brian W Porter Replied:
I thank you for the flowers, and for the added observation, a fallacy of which I am guilty of occasionally.
enkidukid Scribbled:
Read it again - even better this time! Kafka must be smiling in his grave!
Brian W Porter Replied:
Many thanks.
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enkidukid Scribbled:
A fascinating read - reminded me of a time when I was stuck in a new town trying to find my way to a building I could see in the distance but I couldn't work out how to penetrate the circles of roads surrounding it!
Brian W Porter Replied:
Oh, God, I know that one so well. :-D
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Kenosis23 Scribbled:
You capture the frustration you feel very well here!
Brian W Porter Replied:
Thank you. That was something I wondered about.
Brian W Porter Scribbled:
Edited, and the latest punishment for transgression added.
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