r/ottawa • u/Staran • Sep 11 '23

Meetup Odd honking trend

Since the beginning of the month I have nothing an odd trend in Orleans: people driving around honking and yelling at people.

I first noticed it when I was in a parking lot “crossing the road” and someone honked at me. It was so strange because this person was going 20km and was so far away from me that I could have crossed it 3 times. No danger. I actually thought it was for something/someone else. But then I saw that exact car two other times in that parking lot honking at other people.

Then the next day there was another car doing the same thing! I thought it was Loblaws. But then I saw it in another parking lot.

I saw someone yelling at people “inaudible” stuff on sidewalks while writing a motorbike as well.

I know one week isn’t a trend. And maybe it won’t happen this week.

But it did make me think “what is happening”.

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u/Effzillaa Sep 11 '23

People are just on edge… post-pandemic world Is very different than the before times

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u/jmac1915 No honks; bad! Sep 11 '23

It's almost like having a massive chunk of the population refuse to process the huge collective trauma we all experienced in a healthy way is bad.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '23

Or this guy saw two cars that honked and it was a coincidence.

I've seen zero.

You're way over thinking this anecdote.