First things first. I never ever claimed tthat I can draw. This is my drawing of a traffic sign. This traffic sign means that the right hand lane ends and that they need to merge left. I even looked it up to make sure that I was right ( and I was! )
You need to know that I have anger problems. Not so much now but
in my past. And it flared up last week. That's why I need to confess!
The set up.
I'm at a stop light and I'm in the left hand lane and a guy in a van is next to me in the right lane. There are no cars behind us. Just him and I. Light turns green and we both go forward and this sign is right on the other side of the intersection. Now to me, the merging person needs to pick up speed and get ahead or slow down and get behind. The guy in the van does neither! He keeps pace with me. His lane is about almost gone and still he is right by my side. I look over at him and he's just looking forward and so I not wanting to hit him put the brakes on so that he can be in front.
Right there, a hot bright burst of anger flared up. I gave him the international "you're a jerk sign" with my right hand. I signed to him for a few seconds to make sure he could read it. ( Sorry Mom ) When he was past me I started to think that I might know him! He could go to my church! ACK! WHAT DID I JUST DO? I was behind him all the way up to my road worrying that I new him. Praying that he didn't turn left on the road that the guy from church lives on. As we go closer and closer to that road I was hoping that he would not slow down and not put on the blinker. He didn't, just went on by.
Whew! That learned me! Don't sign to people in anger. The next Sunday I took a real good look at the guy and the Church guy has a full beard and the jerk van diver was clean shaven.
You're going to get a lecture! And here you are broadcasting it. I do understand your anger, but as Mom once said (or it could have been Dad) would you rather be right or dead? Sometimes you have to make the choice to not be dead instead of right. Glad to see that slower life in a library is working for you.
ReplyDeleteahhh....Krissy Krissy Krissy...
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your burst of angers are getting fewer and far between!
Still a funny story. Bet mom chuckles a bit...
I totally understand your frustation. I think I know the intersection you are talking about and yes, many people do the same thing...they just don't get it.
ReplyDeleteFeeling anger is natural...hey, we aren't perfect! Thanks for your honesty, tomorrow's another day.
AHHHH.... STRESS OF THE HECTIC LIFESTYLE YOU LIVE IS STARTING TO GET TO YOU I SEE!!!! TEE HEE
ReplyDeleteSometimes it is hard to control tempers. My is hot and fast and usually ends with me putting my foot in my mouth. Sadly, my little bursts of temper are usually aimed at those I love best. But, hey I'm teaching my kids a valuable lesson in forgiveness right!
ReplyDeletePakArt, thats why I put on my breaks. He can go in front. I think I got so mad was cause he was not in anyway,shape or form paying attn to what was going on. What if I was not also?
ReplyDeleteI know what you're saying. I wasn't trying to say you didn't make the right choice. Too many double negatives? I'm sick. Let's blame that.
ReplyDeleteI've had a similar situation several years ago too. I was on my way to college and there was this guy purposefully driving slower than the speed limit. I go to pass him before a turn (it was a legal pass) and he begins to speed up. I was so upset I also gave him a sign as I slowed down to get back behind him. There was another car coming towards me. To my surprise, he "signed" me back. I was so embarrassed that I had let him get to me like that. Like Pak Art said, would I rather be right than dead?
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