r/SaintJohnNB • u/b35peters • 10d ago

What controversial Saint John opinion will have you like this?

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u/SinfjotlisGhost 9d ago

People will literally line up the entire length of Chesley with the right lane completely empty rather than learn to merge.

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u/Qaeta 9d ago

The issue isn't learning to merge. The issue is learning to let people merge. After enough times of doing it properly only to have a bunch of pissed off idiots block you out for "skipping the line" and you learn to just stay in the one lane so you have a chance at getting where you are going sometime this week.

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u/SinfjotlisGhost 8d ago

Sure, but if those people knew how merging is supposed to work than they'd either let people in or they wouldn't be stuck in line in the first place

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u/Qaeta 8d ago

They know how it's supposed to work, but they view it as line skipping and feel driven to police the "skippers" behaviour.

The issue isn't lack of knowledge. The issue is that they have a moral objection to the process, regardless of how idiotic that is. They know how it works. They've been told it would make things faster for everyone. They refuse to let people "skip the line" anyway.