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A Melbourne real estate agent has just been sentenced to 5 years jail (meaning a couple of years if he doesn't get into trouble whilst inside) for stealing over 4 million dollars from clients.
What sort of an arsehole steals money from TRUST funds which are holding their own clients money meant to pay for home purchases, and spends it on jewelry and other "luxury" items. Are they not earning enough already with the current over inflated housing market? F*cking bloodsucking leeches. Is there no end to some individuals greed? How do you justify in your own mind such an action. This guy deserves 20 years in jail. No mercy for this sort of unconscionable behaviour. Have you ever become frustrated by the way traffic on a freeway comes to a complete stop?
Not a traffic light to be seen for the next 50km, and yet there we sit, going nowhere fast. What does it boil down to? People have no idea how to merge! It doesn't take a genius to work out that if you match the speed of the traffic on the road you are trying to merge into, you can slot in without disrupting the flow. And a bit of courtesy goes a long way, but it seems it's just too much for some drivers to give-way a little, because it would put them one car behind their current position in the race to where-ever (probably the next f*cking fast food joint). But it seems this message just doesn't get through. It should be compulsory for learner drivers to learn this skill, and it should be part of the driving test. New Zealand has the right idea, they actually tell drivers how to "merge like a zip" with big signs on almost every on-ramp. Or in the local vernacular "mearge leike a zup". Driving into the city this evening to catch a Rugby Union match - the first of the season - and I've not been able to get away from work on time, so I'm behind the eight ball and eager to get there as quickly as possible so I don't miss more than the first quarter.
What's the most direct route, and one would expect the quickest, given I'm directly paying a private company to use it? A Transurban toll road. Which used to be a public freeway, before they got their grubby hands on it. I only need to go one section from the start of the toll road, and get off on the very first exit, a distance of around two kilometers, so I can get to an inner city station where I know I can park the car and catch the train the rest of the way to the stadium. There's no where to park in the "entertainment precinct" unless you are willing to sell your first born child into slavery to cover the cost, and I'm such a tight arse that's just not going to happen. Besides which the traffic is a nightmare for the last couple of clicks, and I'd rather sit on the train than be stuck in traffic. Ha bloody Ha. There are plenty of overhead traffic warning signs well before the start of the toll section, but no inkling or warning of the cluster-f*ck awaiting just around the bend. |
AuthorA white middle aged man who doesn't understand why things need to be so annoying - usually the small things that just shouldn't be an issue. But then maybe I'm just a grumpy old fart who refuses to accept that my position of institutionalised privilege gives me no right to complain or feel outrage on behalf all members of our society? You can make up your own mind about that. Archives
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