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The 13 Stages of Sitting in Traffic on Long Island

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We’ve all been there.

1. Sitting at work and looking up traffic conditions, just knowing that you’re going to face bumper-to-bumper traffic on every road home. (It’s that time of the day again.)

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2. Sitting in traffic before you even get to the road you need to be on. (It’s kind of like warming up before a game, only it’s sitting in traffic to prepare you to sit in more traffic.)

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3. Rolling your eyes into the back of your head as you slow down on the entry ramp, knowing what’s ahead. (Can’t wait.)

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4. Yelling at the people that clearly don’t know how to merge. (It’s an “I-go-you-go system,” stop being so selfish.)

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5. Dreaming of how fast six lane expressways move as you sit in traffic on a three lane parkway. (If only Robert Moses knew how populated Long Island would become.)

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6. Being so bored in stop-and-go traffic that you start counting the orange construction barrels. (They never really seem to end, do they?)

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7. Having to merge into two lanes because of road work, only to realize it’s because they’re cleaning the medians. (Why they would choose to do this during rush is beyond me.)

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8. Becoming increasingly frustrated at the traffic because you know there’s only three reasons it’s happening. (Rubbernecking, construction that’s not really construction or good ol’ congestion.)

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9. Counting down the number of exits until yours. (Exit 32 is only five exits away. I can do this.)

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10. TFW when you finally get off at your exit. (*applause*)

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11. Going as fast as you legally can after sitting in traffic to make up for how slow you were driving in traffic. (It’s time for fast and furious: long island drift)

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12. Pulling into your driveway. (Finally.)

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13. Realizing you have to do it all again tomorrow. (Please don’t remind me.)

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