Comments on: Stereotype about Boston drivers ahoy

By: » Expedia Jim Carson: Contains no trans-fats, lead or red dye #2

» Expedia Jim Carson: Contains no trans-fats, lead or red dye #2 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:45:15 +0000

[...] The top half shows the default results. On first glance, it’s easy to miss the difference between “preferred vendor view” and the other options. I did. Since there was only one result Hertz for this itinerary, I initially ignored them, thinking they were just different ways of sorting the result (singular). And that result’s rates exceeded my perception of what I should be paying for a car for a day and a half, even if I was going to attempt driving in Boston. [...]

By: Director Mitch

Director Mitch — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:37:49 +0000

The last time I was in the area I kept this mantra going in my mind: “I’m in a rental car. I’m in a rental car. I’m in a rental car.”

This allowed me to transcend any caring about the vehicle I was driving and use it alternatively as a weapon, blockade, tank and race car. Merging lanes? #$%* you I’m in a rental car, so I just pushed my nose into the single lane. I need to move over a lane and the guy won’t move?. #$(% you I don’t care if the paint on my car gets scratched. And so on.

By: kevin

kevin — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:10:19 +0000

My only trip to Boston was a visit on a cross country driving adventure with a friend. We pointed to a parking garage that was catercorner from us, and asked a local how to actually navigate to it, since the flow of traffic from our position went the opposite way. As he started to explain, someone walking by interjected- “Don’t tell them, they are from California!”

He stopped talking, grinned, shrugged his shoulders, and continued on his way without another word.

By: woodstock

woodstock — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:54:18 +0000

It’s the only way to get around all the construction. The Big Dig has been going on for what, 10 years now? And now they discover they’re going to have to do a bunch of it over because [shock of shocks!] there was graft in the contract process…

There’s a reason with respect to driving habits people from New Hampshire refer to them as Massh**les.