Green light alarm!

So, in the past, I've been very kind-hearted about people who don't notice that the light has turned green.  You know, they're in front of you, the light turns green, and they're obviously not paying attention. I give them a few extra seconds to notice and then I give them a light tap of the horn to wake them up.

Well, in the more recent past it has become obvious that what they're doing is texting or watching TikTok on their phone while being the first in line at the light. That is just annoying and rude. I began to be much less patient with these fools and I began to give those people the few seconds and then a slightly more insistent blast of the horn.

But in the last few days, it has happened a lot more often. I'm not the only that has noticed either. As I'm giving these people a few seconds before giving them the blast, the person behind me has already started to lay on their horn.

Today on the way to the post office it happened again and it suddenly occurred to me.  These people aren't the least bit abashed about being honked at. They are using the car behind them as their eyes.  They are going to sit there watching their phone until the person behind them honks and signals to them that the light has turned green. They're not at all carried away by what they're doing, they're using me as their green light alarm!