COMMON (A 31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes Post)

Common sense isn't all that common.

I'm sure you've heard that one before! 

The same applies to common courtesy.

Look around you.  People act like they have no common sense or common courtesy.  They run red lights then get mad if you honk your horn.  You pull out of a side street with plenty of time and space, and the car coming way down the street speeds way up, gets on your bumper, and the driver lays on the horn.  Some nut in a car zooms around you on the interstate, then cuts in front of you and then crosses two lanes of traffic to get to the exit.  A car zooms around you on the street, races up to the next intersection and has to stop at a red light, while you come to a calm halt right behind him.  What is all that about?

Hmmmmm...  All those examples have to do with cars.  What is it about getting into a car that turns normally smart, polite people into crazies?  Do they think nobody can see them?  Do they lose their identities and become one with the machine?

It's a common problem.

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This post is part of the 31-Day of Five Minute Free Writes challenge link-up.  Today's writing prompt was for Five Minute Friday, "COMMON."  For more information on the challenge click here.