Great write up. Last time this happened to me was in ‘97 walking down Riccarton Road in Christchurch attending Canterbury Uni but it has happened to my wife a few times recently. She is surprised but I, like you, are used to it and get over it.

I think Wellington is not as bad because there’s probably not as “much”, relative to Auckland say.

Like they say, “it is what it is” so we just handle the jandle and focus on the more important things in life.