Everyone agrees - commuting sucks
There weren’t many silver linings from the pandemic, but if there was one, it was working from home. DaleHulm/Creative Commons
Casual Friday Everyday
Zoom meetings in your pajama bottoms (or less), and no one’s the wiser? Yes, please! MART PRODUCTION/Pexels
Nobody likes commuting
But now that most of us have been coerced into returning to the office, one of the low points of the day is the commute. Reddit user cyklone36 found himself in a situation while on his way to work that started his day off on the wrong foot. Michigan Department Of Transportation/Creative Commons
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Wanna jam?
He was on his way to work and about to switch lanes to get over to his exit when the car to the right of him that he’d passed suddenly sped up, blocking access to the lane he needed to get into. Mariordo/Creative Commons
Hi honey, I'm not home!
When he looked over, he was shocked to see that it was his wife, smiling and waving, happy to (not literally) run into her husband. Gustavo Fring/Pexels
No wave for you!
Already annoyed at the driver regardless, when he saw it was her, he didn’t wave back or smile. Road rage will do that to you. Maurits90/Creative Commons
Text sadness
Somehow, he made it to work without taking it out on other drivers and got a text from his wife saying she was sad that he hadn’t waved back. Karolina Grabowska/Pexels
Two ignores for the price of one
He assumed she was joking and didn’t respond to that either, making him two for two on ignoring her. Leticia Curvelo/Pexels
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Recreation of their argument
Later on, they got into an argument because she was hurt that he didn’t smile, wave back, or respond to her text. John Kennicutt, U.S. Marine Corps/Creative Commons
Let's see what the internet thinks...
Internet reaction was divided. If you’re going to play road games, you might as well play them with your significant other. Reddit
Maybe 7am on a freeway is not the time for cuteness?
In his defense, he did give her a signal, but it was a turn signal. Reddit
All you need is love...
Maybe he did want to wave back, although it seemed like he wanted to only use one finger to do so. Reddit
Both Bad Drivers
Or they were both in the wrong, doing dumb things on the freeway, which must have been almost as annoying to the other drivers as reading about it on the internet. Reddit
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Phone Check
Ignoring her text once she contacted him at work might not have been the best way to resolve the situation, either. Logan Moreno Gutierrez/Unsplash
Love check
Does he love or even like his wife? Reddit
Video games solve everything, right?
Hopefully, they've smoothed things over by now and are living happily ever after. Because that's how the world works. Lucas Andrade/Pexels
