Monday 5:26 PM. Boston, Mass
Locale: Charles Street, a two lane stoplight leading to Storrow Drive
Perpetrator: Green SUV

Monday, Monday. If there's a day to have no idea where you're going, it's Monday. I know that directions are tough for some people, but I think that knowing West from East is pretty easy. Boston, in case any readers out there are in the middle of the country somewhere and have no idea where Boston is, is a port town. This makes it quite simple to know where you are going. It is literally one of the last parts of land in Massachusetts before you hit ocean. OK, so Cape Cod swings up and around a bit, but the point is, if you are anywhere in Boston and head East, you'd better be in a duckboat, because you're headed straight for water.

So this intersection is pretty strange. When you're approaching it from the Cabridge bridge, you have a choice of two lanes. When you take the left lane, you can either take your first or second left. One takes you to Storrow Drive West, one to Storrow Drive East. Once you make your selection, there are two lane stoplights leading to the entry. Today's winner clearly needed a compass.

As I'm about to go through the stoplight to head to the Eastbound entry ramp, I see the person headed toward the Westbound one turn towards me. Thankfully she stopped, but she then sat there blocking her lane of traffic with her turn signal on until she could get in. Needless to say, honking ensued. I know that directions can be tricky sometimes, but come on people. Think about the bigger picture. If you go West, you go to strange parts of Massachusetts. If you go East, you get wet. Messing that up just gets you to the winner's circle of my blog entry.