Today I joined the "Sunday drivers" on the road (bad idea, I know) and after having escaped the guy who hovered just under the speed limit, I found myself at a green light being drag-raced by a Ford Windstar. I ran out of lane before he did.
After my initial howling response, I decided to pity this poor, poor, pathetic man who is reduced to driving a minivan and trying to beat cute girls in RAV4s off the line (I beat him off the line, but then ran out of room before I could safely pass. I make my car go quite well, considering its mechanical limitations.)...who knows how unhappy the rest of his little life is, after all.
Then even at the grocery store, there seemed to be a big "BLOCK MY WAY! CUT ME OFF! NO, NO! YOU FIRST, PLEASE!!!!!" sign over my head.
I became resigned to my fate, and moderated my road rage.
Thank you for your support.
After my initial howling response, I decided to pity this poor, poor, pathetic man who is reduced to driving a minivan and trying to beat cute girls in RAV4s off the line (I beat him off the line, but then ran out of room before I could safely pass. I make my car go quite well, considering its mechanical limitations.)...who knows how unhappy the rest of his little life is, after all.
Then even at the grocery store, there seemed to be a big "BLOCK MY WAY! CUT ME OFF! NO, NO! YOU FIRST, PLEASE!!!!!" sign over my head.
I became resigned to my fate, and moderated my road rage.
Thank you for your support.
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Re: Moderate Road Rage?
Mon, May 17, 2004 - 10:27 AMIf someone cuts you off in the supermarket, just pee on their cart.
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Re: Moderate Road Rage?
Mon, May 17, 2004 - 11:48 AMSarah...we're talking of the "outside" world.
Remember the "outside" world? -
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Re: Moderate Road Rage?
Mon, May 17, 2004 - 8:10 PMPffff.
There aren't any dinosaurs in the outside world. -
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Re: Moderate Road Rage?
Mon, May 17, 2004 - 9:58 PMNor pygmy's....
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Re: Moderate Road Rage?
Thu, May 20, 2004 - 7:38 PMMost of the other posts are funneh, so I'll moderately step in with something I've noticed: Road rage is a cumulative thing. I don't know what causes the situation, but I found that when I got pissed off at one driver, inevitably another driver, entirely unrelated, would piss me off soon thereafter. Either I was looking for something else to piss me off, or I was driving in a way that triggered it in others.
When I decided to consciously not care, not get pissed off, and choose my own reaction to the situation, things always got a lot more tolerable. (I'm going to have to practice sentence construction again in the near future)
