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To come to a sudden, dead stop in the middle of a busy pavement to check your phone, consult a map, or simply contemplate existence, creating a human obstacle for everyone behind you.
Read full entry →Greeting a delivery driver using GPS timing rather than the sound of the doorbell.
Read full entry →A theatrical, insincere performance of fumbling for cash, designed to look generous while allowing someone else to buy the round.
Read full entry →A high-stakes, adrenaline-fueled burst of acceleration to pass agricultural machinery without causing a head-on collision.
Read full entry →The deeply selfish, laser-focused staring at a blank mobile screen utilized by a seated passenger when an elderly person boards the train.
Read full entry →The passive-aggressive expulsion of air used to punish a stranger for occupying a chair you mentally claimed but did not legally book.
Read full entry →An explosive, internalized anger directed at a commuter who waits until they are blocking the gate to begin searching their pockets.
Read full entry →A frustrating digital blockade that demands £15 a month to let you read three paragraphs about a local traffic jam.
Read full entry →The naive, idiotic belief that a piece of red tape will stop a delivery driver from testing the aerodynamics of your new vase.
Read full entry →An arrogant, oblivious amble into active traffic by someone wearing noise-canceling headphones who believes they are immortal.
Read full entry →The horrific, sudden confrontation with your own low-angle mortality caused by a slipped thumb in the camera app.
Read full entry →The terrifying, silent period following a vehicular crater-strike where the driver waits to hear if a wheel is about to detach.
Read full entry →The aggressive, deeply anti-social broadcasting of a private WhatsApp conversation to an entire carriage of innocent train passengers.
Read full entry →A post-2020 sociological terror where clearing a tickle in your throat on public transport makes you feel like a biological terrorist.
Read full entry →A deeply infuriating four-minute audio file consisting mostly of indicator clicks, swearing at traffic, and heavy breathing.
Read full entry →Deliberately extending a journey for no practical reason, purely to prolong quality time or an unfinished conversation.
Read full entry →An established, mutually accepted division of car journey responsibilities based on driving skill and music taste.
Read full entry →Engaging in near-constant, low-stakes squabbling that functions less as conflict and more as a private language of closeness.
Read full entry →Providing far more personal travel detail in an automated email response than any recipient actually needs or wants.
Read full entry →A dedicated, ongoing group chat thread devoted entirely to photographing and mocking terrible parking around town.
Read full entry →Reflexively resigned to minor misfortune, treating every inconvenience as further proof of a personal pattern of bad luck.
Read full entry →An act of quiet, unprompted generosity from a friend that reveals genuine care without needing a request.
Read full entry →Quietly and disproportionately pleased with oneself over an entirely mundane residential parking success.
Read full entry →Habitually adding unnecessary emotional intensity to entirely ordinary and low-stakes situations.
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