A 10 day traffic jam?!? This is why I take public transportation!

Get ready to send your sympathy to the commuters in China. They are stuck in the never-ending traffic jam caused by road construction. This problem has been going on since August 14th! And we thought we had it bad in Chicago? Puh-leeze!

Bumper to bumper traffic for 60 miles and the poor souls trapped in their cars only moving roughly a half a mile a day!! Can you imagine? I shudder at the thought!

Apparently, it is improving but not enough to erradicate the problem. Some folks have been stuck on the road for five days. The victims of this automobile apocalypse are passing the time by walking around, sleeping or playing cards.

The local townspeople heard about this predicament and wanted to help out. At a price of course. Who isn't an entrepreneur these days? They came bearing boxed lunches, instant noodles, water and other necessities that the stranded needed. The townspeople decided to hike up the prices because, well, nothing else was around and that's the decent human thing to do, right? Make these poor stranded folk bleed money while they bake in their cars? With no other option but to pay your insane prices? According to a story on ABC Chicago, a bottle of water which normally costs 15 cents was $1.50 and the price of a instant noodle cup tripled!

Here's a couple of things that ran through my head when my husband told me about this story.

1. What if you don't have any money on you? How do you get water and food? Both necessities to surviving out in the sun!

2. What about when they have to go to the bathroom? You can't hold it for 5 days! Did they bring in port-a-potties?

3. What about the people with kiddos? How do you keep a child happy who's stranded outside for a week?

4. What do you do if you have a baby and you've ran out of diapers, milk, etc etc! Hopefully the townspeople were selling those type of things too.

5. How is everyone handling it? Are people going crazy? (It was said that no cases of road rage have been reported. Good for you all! I'm proud of you!!)

6. What about those people who need certain medications?

7. I know I've already mentioned this, but I can't help it. What do you do if you have to pee?! Or you know what?!?

I think I learned an important lesson from this news story. It's the lesson that the Boy Scouts always tell us. Be prepared!