{"id":62169,"date":"2021-07-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/62169\/15-things-lebanese-people-do-while-stuck-in-traffic"},"modified":"2021-07-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T00:00:00","slug":"15-things-lebanese-people-do-while-stuck-in-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62169\/15-things-lebanese-people-do-while-stuck-in-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Things Lebanese People Do While Stuck In Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese traffic keeps getting worse and worse, especially with everything going on. And if our traffic jam thoughts were bad before, they&#8217;re DEFINITELY a lot worse now.<\/p>\n<p>  Here are a few things most of us are guilty of doing while getting stuck:<\/p>\n<p>  <b>1. Decide to call your great grandma to pass the time <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Sarlak mit sene mesh sheyefa, bas yalla, shu 3endak? <\/p>\n<p>  <b>2. Try to finish work tasks on your way TO WORK <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;Ma fi dayi3 wa2et, khaline balish&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>  <b>3. Decide to reply to your WhatsApp messages that you&#8217;ve been trying to avoid<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  This level of boredom has officially been reached.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>4. Start cursing the situation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  But that won&#8217;t do any good.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>5. Bet 2ati3 kel el siyarat, hek btousal &#8220;asra3&#8221; <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Good strategy smallah. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>6. Bet arir tetghada bel siyara, la2an je3et <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  W enta w 3am tekhod 2arshe miel sandwich el siyarat 3am bi zamroulak la temshe.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>7. Start scanning people in their car, trying not to make eye contact <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;Yi hayda byeshbah eben 3amme&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  <b>8. Swear to all the gods that this is the last time you get behind a steering wheel<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Knowing very well your mom is gonna force you to make a trip to the supermarket once you&#8217;re back home.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>9. You start talking to yourself because there&#8217;s no one else to talk to <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;Shu awlkon el mama 3amle ghada, nshalla mesh mjadra&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  <b>10. Start having a concert in your car and just vibing<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  While the other car just stare at you. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>11. You decide to fucking park until it dies down. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  And then frantically starting the car bas yemshe l ser.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>12. You start making friends with the car next you <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;Ehhh, ekhte bi Canada w leike ana wein&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>  <b>13. Check Google Maps 17 times hoping the estimated time to your destination will magically diminish. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <b>14.  Insta stalk your cousin&#8217;s fianc\u00e9&#8217;s brother, because you&#8217;re that bored<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;Yi aymtan sar 3endo wled hayda&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  <b>15. Permanently damage your lungs from the 23 cigarettes you smoked in just half an hour<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  The car is gonna stink of smoke for DAYS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese traffic keeps getting worse and worse, especially with everything going on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":431637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-62169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[72],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>15 Things Lebanese People Do While Stuck In Traffic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lebanese traffic keeps getting worse and worse, 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