The Wave

You know, I remember a time when if you were a courteous driver and let someone get into your lane in front of you, you'd get "the wave".

You know what I'm talking about. That little wave. The driver would raise his right arm up and just wave his hand back and forth once as a way of saying "Thanks".

Folks those days are over. I am still an avid waver, and also an avid letter-go-in-front-of-me-er I've noticed that the last 10 or 15 people who I've let into my lane HAVE NOT waved.

What is happening to society if we can no longer even thank a courteous driver for letting us into traffic? Are we just expected to be courteous? Are the perpetrators thinking, "I don't need to thank him because it is his duty to be a courteous driver"???

I do actually agree with that theory. We should just be expected to be courteous drivers at all times- however anyone who has driven on the freeway knows that the opposite is true. There still exists the way of thought that by letting someone in in front of you, you are admitting that they are superior to you. "How dare that person come up the on ramp and try to get on the freeway?"

Don't let the wave die. If it does the world will never be the same. Next thing you know- people will be selling drugs to puppies.