Sqwertz wrote:
> Some people are perpetually late for everything they do and I have no
> pity for such people. With a few rare exceptions, there is nothing
> preventing people from arriving on time except their own contempt.

Right now they are doing construcion on the road that leads from our house
to Angela's dance studio. There is a lighted sign that sometimes says,
"Expect 15 minute delays". Note that it says "delays". Because sometimes
there is not one but two delays! Sometimes it just says "Expect long
delays." Some days we leave early and there are no delays. So we get there
far too early. Other days we leave as early as we can. Because we can't
leave until she is home from school. And we might still be late. This
problem is ongoing and we've been putting up with it for months now. And
the only other two ways to get there would be via Snohomish or via
Woodinville, both of which take us many miles out of our way, creating yet
another delay. To compound matters further, they are also working on the
Highway in Woodinville that we would have to drive down should we take that
route. So that's really no better. When there were working closer to home,
we could go about 4 miles or so out of our way and then cut back. But that
route won't help us now because the bunged up portion is past where that
road is. At least they are not re-routing us now. A couple of times we had
to drive down totally unfamiliar country type roads.