Or in this case, rush hour.
This guy is my hero. Without him, I'm not sure how we'd make this u-turn every day. We'd probably still be parked next to the curb - husbear growing a ZZ Top beard and me "showering" with wet wipes. So, I'm declaring Officer SO and SO my new hero.
For what it's worth, I really have no idea what he's doing but if I were to hazard a guess (based on extensive research of course), I'd say he is diligently telling drivers to do what they would have done anyway....drive through a green light. I can see no real reason why he needs to be out there, snuffing down gallons of car pollution just to tell us to go in the very direction we were already headed. But who am I to question authoritay?! I'm sure he and his family are just glad he has a job and judging by the super efficient way he waves people in the right direction, I'm guessing he's been doing this a long long time.
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| One of my favorite things about the Philippines so far is this hand waving gesture. I guess a video would have been more appropriate here. Anyway, it's like a come hither gesture but with the palm facing down. To me, it looks like they're trying to catch a bug or some such thing. I love it and am determined to perfect this particular hand signal before we depart. |
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| Guess he doesn't have eyes in the back of his head afterall. |
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| And the infamous "pointy finger" traffic signal. What makes this even more ridiculous is just how many cars are in the possible crosshairs of said pointy finger. Maybe it's meant to be more of a general pointy finger guide and necessarily intended for one vehicle? But I gotta tell ya, it FEELS personal...like he's pointing at your SOUL! |
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I would avoid being overly critical.....he's armed!
Ha - I'd love to be able to tell you that being armed correlated exactly with being well-trained and responsible but let me put it to you this way. An armed guard processed my return at a retail store the other day....as part of his regular duties. I'm thinking they don't really get a lot of practice with the ol' sidearms ;-)
He's got style though. He uses the whole package too, whistle, hands, pointy fingers, and hard to decipher signals.
I am waiting for him to start using his legs - maybe one day he'll do a little traffic ditty.
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