A little twisted metal

OK, time for another rant. I'm making awesome time yesterday leaving a client's location. The weather was kind of shitty but traffic was still moving. I come around a corner by a busy shopping mall..... and I run into a sea of red brake lights. Takes 3 red-green cycles before I can get through the intersection and when I finally do, I see the reason for the tie-up:

A minor accident involving a small sedan, a sport utility vehicle, and a gaggle of confused middle aged women who obviously had no clue "what do we do now?" They were in their lane and scrutinizing the bumpers of both cars as if looking for Waldo. My issue? There are two lanes going each direction. This itty bitty fender bender was contained to only one lane coming from the opposite direction.

Ultimately, the reason for the tie-up was the people in front of me who who had to stop and look at the scene of the "accident" as if there was hot lesbian porn pasted everywhere. People leaning out their windows and asking "is everybody alright?" Of course everybody is alright, you feeble-minded testicle. They can't even find a scratch on either bumper, much less broken bones or third degree burns resulting from a spilled Starbucks eggnog latte. Turn your head 90 degrees to the right, close your stupid mouth, and put your foot on the pedal on the right.

OK, so I was inconvenienced by only about 5 minutes. I still got to my office in time to call on a few people, close a couple deals, and earn some more Christmas cash. But holy crap, that was unnecessary. Does this piss off anyone else as much as it does me? Or are you one of the people who sees two cars on the side of the road, and you just have to stop (or at least slow way down) and look at what damage might be?