I debated whether or not I should post this for a while after getting home tonight, but I decided that I just had to share. Along the lines of the terrible traffic situation where I live from my previous post, tonight's drive home was blessed with an extra added delight (I am being sarcastic). Warning...this post will get pretty disgusting.
After taking the turn off the freeway, I was "overjoyed" to find each of the two lanes as well as the exit lane completely at a standstill (being sarcastic again). It looked something like the picture below if it was set in Hawaii. When the traffic is backed up this much, it means three miles of moving at a snails pace, even when taking my little back way, which sadly is not such a secret anymore.
I tried to think positively. I was almost home. Soon, I could have fun catching up on everyone's blog posts. I turned to the espn radio station, listened to the latest Roger Clemen's talk, and tried my best to stay calm. I was doing pretty well. Then, with about one mile to go, the light up ahead turned red. The guy in the truck in front of me opened the door and started spitting. Gross! I hate when guys do this. But that was not all he was planning on doing.
Next thing I knew...
(warning this is the very disgusting part)....
He started throwing up, buckets and buckets. I will not describe the color and texture but believe me it was gross! I am a preschool teacher and get to see throw up now and then, but this was just disgusting!! And the light continued to stay red for the longest time while he continued to throw up. I tried my best not to look but it was right there in front of me.
After what seemed like ages, the light finally turned green. The guy closed his door and started to drive. His tires splashed right threw it, again, I will spare you the description. The woman in the car next to me was as grossed out as I was. I swerved to the right to avoid having my tires drive right through it also. Next thing I knew, the guy was pulling over and opening his door again. He was not finished. I drove as fast as I could to get by him before any of it splattered on my car.
I can still smell it and taste it in my mouth and my windows were closed!!! DISGUSTING!!! Needless to say, I have not been that hungry tonight and so far have only had a piece of toast.
Aren't you glad I shared?
Comments (9)
that is so gross!
Posted by angie | February 12, 2008 2:13 AM
Posted on February 12, 2008 02:13
Oh that is awful!! I am so sorry! That smell is probably my least favorite smell - it totally makes me gag. How awful! Maybe you can make some strong herbal tea to breath in the steam to make the smell go away!
Posted by Chiocciola | February 12, 2008 2:50 AM
Posted on February 12, 2008 02:50
Thanks for the tips, how sweet. I couldn't actually smell it thank goodness, it was just in my head after seeing it.
Posted by girasoli | February 12, 2008 6:23 AM
Posted on February 12, 2008 06:23
You know, sometimes it's not so bad when my allergies act up (as they are doing right now) and I am unable to smell.
Yes, it means food doesn't taste as good and I miss the smell of coffee in the morning......but there are some smells that I do NOT miss. This situation is definitely the type where I would be glad I couldn't smell.
I must say, I've never seen such a thing; he must have been really, really sick!
Posted by sandrac | February 12, 2008 10:33 AM
Posted on February 12, 2008 10:33
EEEEWWWWW!!! Poor you, as if the traffic weren't bad enough without having to watch someone barfing in the midst of it. (I hate the spitting thing too...cannot for the life of me understand how people think it's in any way acceptable to spit all over the place...yuck.)
Posted by Anne | February 12, 2008 12:59 PM
Posted on February 12, 2008 12:59
oh, gross!!! Did I ever tell you about the time I had a vomit flavored Bernie Botts Jelly Bean - ugh!
Posted by Kim | February 12, 2008 3:46 PM
Posted on February 12, 2008 15:46
Luckily, the smell just was created in my head with the vividness of the sight...I really did not actually smell it, but still it felt like I was smelling it...make sense?
Sandra, that was the first time I have experienced someone opening the door in the middle of traffic instead of just pulling over in the first place.
Anne, I agree.
Kim, did you actually eat one of these? yuck!! And the earwax flavor too??
Posted by girasoli | February 12, 2008 5:22 PM
Posted on February 12, 2008 17:22
I AM glad you shared because for some reason, this post is cracking me up! I'm sorry that you had to see it but....well, you just gotta laugh.
I went to Europe for the first time when I was 16 years old (it was a school trip) and I got horrible food poisoning in Paris, and I threw up on the Eiffel Tower AND at Napoleon's Tomb. How embarassing it was! I was sick as a dog but there was no way I was going to go back to the hotel and miss anything, so I just drug myself around, throwing up along the way. Ugh!
Posted by Annie | February 13, 2008 4:00 AM
Posted on February 13, 2008 04:00
Annie, I am always happy to provide a laugh. Bummer trip though. How brave you were to "soldier on".
My "throw up" story would be when I was on a chair lift in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, riding up with my uncle above a bunch of skiers. I kept saying I was going to get sick and the whole time my uncle kept trying to talk me out of it, saying it would be an ugly sight. I had a very bad case of high altitude sickness and did not recover until I touched ground in Seattle 5 days later. I was able to wait until I reached the lodge at the top and then had to "embarrassingly" take the gondola back down the mountain because I was just too sick to even ski. Bummer trip.
Posted by girasoli | February 13, 2008 9:36 PM
Posted on February 13, 2008 21:36