my usual route to work takes me down airline drive to the interstate. i was stopped at one of the traffic lights that FINALLY started working, and there were four cars lined up waiting to go. i'm sitting in my car singing along to jessica molaskey on martini 106.1 ("how come you aint got me?" - one of those songs that i just wait all day to hear because i love it). i look at the other cars (and i'm sure they were judging me because i was singing by myself). the other drivers must have been on their way to work as well. however, they did NOT look as happy as i was to be singing along to a great song. maybe they hadn't had their coffe yet. i'm not sure.
SO. my leftbrain starts thinking. we live in a city without a strong mass transit system. (i love the streetcar, but it's not going to get me to work in the morning) and not many people are concerned with carpooling, as evident by the the four cars i saw this morning with one or two people in them. obviously, you're going to shout "what about the environment??" now for a second, i'm going to ignore all the environmental issues (oil prices, ozone layer, global warming, yada yada yada). i'm guessing the average commute is about 20-30 minutes. i find that i do some good thinking during that time. i have my cup of coffee - which i've only spilled on myself 4 times in the 4 months i've been working, thank ya very much. i started wondering whether we need that time to ourselves in the morning. time to wake up. time to think. if i was going to go back to psychology research, i would wonder if that morning commute - either by yourself or with a carpool - affects your social skills. do people who carpool - aka forced to socialize at the early hour - have an easier or hard time dealing with people all day? does that fact that they can't chose their own radio station AND deal with traffic AND deal with the other people in the car make those precious 30 minutes a pain in the ass and therefore sets the tone for the day? do the people who get to casually enjoy the ride arrive at work with a brighter disposition - maybe because of the simple fact that could sing or laugh or spill coffee on themselves without judgement from other early morning commuters? if someone knows if this study has been done, let me know; i'm curious now.
raaaaaandom, i know. maybe no one but me enjoys that drive in the morning.
and for the love of all that is good and holy, would someone PLEASE fix the bubbling crater in the middle of esplanade ave that has been there at least for the last 3 months now. it drives me crazy.
SO. my leftbrain starts thinking. we live in a city without a strong mass transit system. (i love the streetcar, but it's not going to get me to work in the morning) and not many people are concerned with carpooling, as evident by the the four cars i saw this morning with one or two people in them. obviously, you're going to shout "what about the environment??" now for a second, i'm going to ignore all the environmental issues (oil prices, ozone layer, global warming, yada yada yada). i'm guessing the average commute is about 20-30 minutes. i find that i do some good thinking during that time. i have my cup of coffee - which i've only spilled on myself 4 times in the 4 months i've been working, thank ya very much. i started wondering whether we need that time to ourselves in the morning. time to wake up. time to think. if i was going to go back to psychology research, i would wonder if that morning commute - either by yourself or with a carpool - affects your social skills. do people who carpool - aka forced to socialize at the early hour - have an easier or hard time dealing with people all day? does that fact that they can't chose their own radio station AND deal with traffic AND deal with the other people in the car make those precious 30 minutes a pain in the ass and therefore sets the tone for the day? do the people who get to casually enjoy the ride arrive at work with a brighter disposition - maybe because of the simple fact that could sing or laugh or spill coffee on themselves without judgement from other early morning commuters? if someone knows if this study has been done, let me know; i'm curious now.
raaaaaandom, i know. maybe no one but me enjoys that drive in the morning.
and for the love of all that is good and holy, would someone PLEASE fix the bubbling crater in the middle of esplanade ave that has been there at least for the last 3 months now. it drives me crazy.
posted by Catherine at 10:45 AM
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