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The same simmering discontent has been building in me for the last few years. Worst left-lane drivers in the US? Washington State. Rudest airline attendants in North America? Air Canada. Rudest sales help in Europe? Germans. Most arrogant professionals? MDs.
In short, Cary is sadly accurate. Make your own list--the conclusion is inevitably the same.
Are we to expect doctors, Germans, and the drivers of Washington to wake up tomorrow and realize they're assholes? That's like Bush supporters and homophobes suddenly coming to their senses. Miracles don't happen. We either adjust to it, flashing wry grimaces to other club members when possible, and live with it. Or don't, and head to the roof with the AK-47.
For the time being, I'd rather live with it than end up in prison. And that, my fellow club members, is about the only deterrent stopping me.
