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    I almost got hit this morning!

    I'm on my way to work this morning, minding my own business etc. The neighborhood I'm in isn't great, so most people tend to not hang around very long. That is, unless you live there, you really don't want to stay. Even so, most people are pretty damn careful when it comes to other cars.

    Not this guy. Rather than wait an additional half-second for a right-turning sedan to clear the intersection...this douchebag in a big SUV cuts over the double-yellow line (into *oncoming*) about a car-length ahead of me, nearly rams me head-on, forcing me to hit the brakes, jumps back into the proper lane, and then flips *me* off

    Seriously, what the hell is with some people?
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    "The world revolves around ME. You need to know this. You need to know when I'm going to do something dangerously illegal and get out of my way so I can do it -- and you'd better be well out of my way before you do it! Since I'm the center of the whole frelling universe, EVERYONE had better make allowances for ME. And don't expect me to show the same courtesy to YOU! Just stay the frack out of my way!"

    And THAT's what's wrong with people today -- too many of them think the above statement is true of them and them alone.

    What did you expect? "Welcome, sonny"? "Make yourself at home"? "Marry my daughter"? You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.
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      Quoth Captain Trips View Post
      Quote: What did you expect? "Welcome, sonny"? "Make yourself at home"? "Marry my daughter"? You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.
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      • #4
        Quoth protege View Post
        Seriously, what the hell is with some people?
        Obviously, you're supposed to watch where he's going. Don't you know anything?

        But seriously, I was coming home from work the other day, and by my house is a crossroads with a 4-way stop. There was a line of traffic crossing my path, and the guy to my left got to the stop sign a second before I did. So I stopped, waited for him to go, and then I went, turning left towards my house. I almost got hit by the guy behind him, who for whatever reason, thought he could just follow behind the guy in front of him without stopping. He stopped about halfway into the intersection, and I had to make a wide turn to get around him.

        The best part of course, was that he and I both had our windows down, and I heard him say, "Well fuck you then!" as I passed.
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          Quoth MadMike View Post
          The best part of course, was that he and I both had our windows down, and I heard him say, "Well fuck you then!" as I passed.
          Heh. I wouldn't have heard him say that, 'cause I'd be busy with a sarcastic "Nice stop," in their direction.

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          • #6
            Quoth MadMike View Post
            The best part of course, was that he and I both had our windows down, and I heard him say, "Well fuck you then!" as I passed.
            I like to respond to that with a sincere "sorry, I'm not desperate enough to fuck you. Try the combat zone."

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            • #7
              Quoth Andara Bledin View Post
              Heh. I wouldn't have heard him say that, 'cause I'd be busy with a sarcastic "Nice stop," in their direction.
              Yeah, I had that. I heard the word "sidewalk" as I was commenting "hey, oncoming traffic" to the woman who was turning until I yelled. (No, I'm not street legal. I can't see the point until they sell bells that actually do some good, instead of sounding like I lost my voice on the bike path and can't call "on your left").

              Screw her. I didn't try to call her an obnoxious jerk, she has no right to say she thought I was on the sidewalk.

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