Really People, Really?!?!?!

It was 5:33 am and I was well into my commute to work - don't be jealous.
I had lesson 15 of my "Learn Conversational Spanish" CD on. (Which, by the way - if you are in Mexico and see a handsome Spanish speaking man and want to grab a beer with him - I'm the girl you want with you because I have gotten as far as easily asking someone if they want to grab a beer at a local restaurant. Anyway, it is how I kill my commute.)

All of the sudden, all traffic comes to a screeching halt. I'm amazed to see so many cars lined up I mean, it is the crack of dawn on a kind of mild, back "highway" going towards RI on an overcast day. I rarely see cars on this commute let alone so many just stopped as far as the eye can see.

I turn off Mr. Spanish and tune into the traffic channel on my radio. Nothing. No update, no word, just a static and crackle. Grrreat. As I creep along the road at 5 miles an hour, watching the GPS continually recalculating the arrival time...later and later and later.

I can't help but wonder what the hold up is.

About 45 minutes later, I pass the cause of the hold up. A guy broken down, changing his tire on THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD!

Seriously, I know it is hard to look away from a car accident or something but a guy changing his tire on the other side of the road is cause to slow down the commute for 45 minutes??!!?!?! Really people, really? Get a life and get out of my way.