Worcestershire Journal – The math of getting there on time
by Karl - April 16, 2009 8:56am
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Where
Time
The amount of time that you are late
Equals
Speed limit
The number of cars doing the speed limit.
Plus
Cruisers
The number of police cruisers on the road.
Plus
School buses
The number of school buses you have to follow.
Plus
Work Crews
The number of work crews you encounter
Divided by
Importance
On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is the most important, what you were doing to make you late in the first place.
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There’s another calculation when taking a taxi, wherein the passenger says something like, “I’m in a hurry” which, unfortunately, turns all the traffic lights in our path red, draws school buses like a magnet, takes us on a course through all the construction in town, and inevitably prompts the passenger to ask me why I haven’t taken a “shortcut”… whereupon I’m tempted to ask, “If you’re in such a goddam hurry, then why did I have to wait for you to get into the cab for ten minutes?!?!”
But I never jump down anyone’s throat like that, despite any urges to the contrary. I just smile as the meter clicks away.