I hope this isn't an omen.....
May. 1st, 2008 08:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osodecanelaSpent this morning with LJ and getting ready for my trip to Mexico City. Left for the office at 11:30 this morning and since I had not eaten b'fast, when I hit my morning coffee stop, I thought a sandwich for brunch would be a good idea.
I waited for someone in a pickup to pull out, then pulled in in front of the place. While I had my sandwich, and chatted with Summer for a couple of minutes, two wiry guys walked in and orders sandwiches, then left. When I went outside to split myself, they were sitting in their vehicle eating, a shortbed pickup with a trailer, right next to my car - with about 9 inches of clearance between the trailer and my door. No room for me to even get to my door, let alone get in.
SO, I walked up to their truck and asked politely if they were leaving soon. No time ,I was told. So I asked if he could pull up 3-4 feet so I could get into my car. (My Mercedes has bucket seats with a console between them. Getting in from the passenger side was not an easy option.
I was unprepared for the vitriol that came flying out of the window from the driver. The SOB started screaming about how inconsiderate I was parking my small car right where he needed to park given the size of his vehicle with the trailer. How dare I park there, when I had seen him.
Seen him? I had not! We were facing the same direction which means he was behind me and I'm not in the habit of looking behind me when I pull over to my side of the road.
It got worse from there. He started ranting at me; "You may own a Mercedes, but you don't own the road and you don't own me!!" Then he called me a fat pig and screamed I should be eating salads, not a sandwich for lunch - as though what I eat is his concern. He then slammed the car into gear, pulled a U-turn and sped ,off, tires burning rubber.
I stood there slack-jawwed, dumb-founded. I don't imagine he has a terribly pleasant life.
Perhaps he needed to get laid this morning and was told no.
Who knows? This was however, not about me, but about how crappy his day must have been. I was just the convenient outlet to heap his abuse on.
Dude, just remember, what goes around, comes around.
I waited for someone in a pickup to pull out, then pulled in in front of the place. While I had my sandwich, and chatted with Summer for a couple of minutes, two wiry guys walked in and orders sandwiches, then left. When I went outside to split myself, they were sitting in their vehicle eating, a shortbed pickup with a trailer, right next to my car - with about 9 inches of clearance between the trailer and my door. No room for me to even get to my door, let alone get in.
SO, I walked up to their truck and asked politely if they were leaving soon. No time ,I was told. So I asked if he could pull up 3-4 feet so I could get into my car. (My Mercedes has bucket seats with a console between them. Getting in from the passenger side was not an easy option.
I was unprepared for the vitriol that came flying out of the window from the driver. The SOB started screaming about how inconsiderate I was parking my small car right where he needed to park given the size of his vehicle with the trailer. How dare I park there, when I had seen him.
Seen him? I had not! We were facing the same direction which means he was behind me and I'm not in the habit of looking behind me when I pull over to my side of the road.
It got worse from there. He started ranting at me; "You may own a Mercedes, but you don't own the road and you don't own me!!" Then he called me a fat pig and screamed I should be eating salads, not a sandwich for lunch - as though what I eat is his concern. He then slammed the car into gear, pulled a U-turn and sped ,off, tires burning rubber.
I stood there slack-jawwed, dumb-founded. I don't imagine he has a terribly pleasant life.
Perhaps he needed to get laid this morning and was told no.
Who knows? This was however, not about me, but about how crappy his day must have been. I was just the convenient outlet to heap his abuse on.
Dude, just remember, what goes around, comes around.
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Date: 2008-05-02 05:16 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-05-02 07:32 am (UTC)It's times like that I want to be telekinetic - just pick up the whole shebang and move it enough to get in the car, and leave with the remark, "It's really stupid to piss off a wizard..." ;)
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Date: 2008-05-02 01:35 pm (UTC)*bearhugs*
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Date: 2008-05-02 01:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-02 03:23 pm (UTC)That is scary and sad.
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Date: 2008-05-04 07:18 pm (UTC)Hugs