Carpool, stupid

Man I wish I could walk to work. Unfortunately, work is 30 miles away. OK, the title of this post should be "Live close to work, stupid", but for an unfortunately large number of us, that either isn't an option, or for some reason just isn't desireable. I could explain why that's true for me, but that isn't the point of this rant, so I will move on. When I drive to work I carpool. I carpool as often as I can. I am a bit of a carpool whore. I give up playing company softball, and happy hour with my colleagues all the time (unless I can convince my fellow carpoolers to participate) because I'd rather share the expense, driving, and most importantly boredom of sitting in traffic with someone other than the local radio traffic guy.

I go out of my way to carpool. So when I see newslines about gas pricing being high, when I read reports of traffic problems in the city, I am always annoyed that those articles never mention the most obvious solution. We could cut our consumption in half immediately if everyone decided to "inconvenience" themselves, to agree to arrange their schedule around one other person, and carpool. Imagine the affect that would have gas prices, not to mention your daily drive time. Hello reporters? Hello politicians? Hello miserable (stupid) people sitting in a car by yourself every morning?

On your way to work tomorrow, try to notice how many people are in the cars you pass. Ever see more than one person in the car next to you? Not really.

Rant over. You get my point.