Saturday, September 19, 2009

Walking on the Highway

It's been quite some time since I wrote about something unrelated to my personal life or personal experiences I should say, but this has been on my mind for quite some time and I'm feeling the need to share it with my loyal listeners. Now I know everyone goes through a daily routine during the work week...or for the purposes of this blog I am assuming that we all do. And our daily commutes are probably very similar from day to day as well. I, unfortunately, have not been blessed over the years with a pleasurable commute. Rather, I have had the 'pleasure' of driving at least 50 miles each way to work for the past 4+ years. You know you're jealous.

As it turns out, I have come to notice one very common occurrence in the morning. People are walking on the highway. Highway 35 to be exact. For those who maybe not be familiar with this road, this is what I will consider the busiest highway in my area- maybe even all of Monmouth County. I cannot seem to wrap my head around actually walking on a highway. And so, over time, I have developed some assumptions as to why these people are endangering their lives on a regular basis.

Assumption #1: They are dealing with some sort of DUI/DWI situation in which their license was revoked and so now they have to walk everywhere. Believe it or not, there are buses that will take you around my area, but what do I know?

Assumption #2: Their car was repossessed and they have no other means of transportation.

Assumption #3: They are partaking in what will now be known as the most shameful walk of shame in the history of walks of shame. Because you wanna hear something crazy? This isn't even always men walking on the highway! Women are apparently out of their minds as well.

I'm not sure which of these, if any, is accurate, but I sure hope it's #3 because that makes this funny instead of sad.

Either way, just wanted to get that out in the open. I'm sure that you will now notice more people walking around your area on the highway thanks to reading this, so your welcome. Please feel free to provide me with some assumptions of your own in terms of why these folks aren't in cars or buses or what not. Who knows? Maybe this big energy..let's all be 'green' bandwagon has people taking things to the streets...literally.

Enjoy the lovely weather Everyone!

2 comments:

  1. did you ever think that they are broke and cant afford a car maybe?

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  2. to anonymous --

    did you ever think that there are less dangerous roads to walk one than a freaking highway? or maybe even... public transportation?

    i would like to think that as a car-less individual i would take as many precautions as necessary to not get hit by a car going 80mph.

    bravo, erin, i can't stand highway walkers.

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