Life in the Fast Lane or WTF - a Blog Post by Platosgames

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10/4/2018 1:21 pm

Life in the Fast Lane or WTF

So, I'm not naive enough to think people are still all giving, friendly and able to coexist with their fellow man/woman on a consistent basis. But really, do people have to go out of their way to prove how narcissistic and rude they can actually be? I had two events happen in the last week or so, both out driving, that make me say , WTF people. One late last week, the other this morning.

First off, just for clarity and disclosure, I am not a "cautious" driver. Drive way too fast most of the time. I'm not a road rager though. I do talk to people a lot while I'm driving, like they can hear me. Not so proud of the fact that my youngest 17, has picked up my habit on that one. LOL Little stuff like when someone sits at a green light too long, "any particular shade of green you waiting on there buddy". Someone turning into a parking lot off a busy street at 2 MPH, "come on, you can do it. Yeah!!!, you made it safely off the street". Anyway, I digress.

Last week, I'm driving down a busy section of Bandera Road. Three lanes in each direction. I notice up ahead what looks like a traffic jam. Then I hear the horns going, people switching lanes. Think..ah...it's a wreck. As I get up closer I can see it's a car stalled in the middle lane. Everyone honking, people flipping the car off as they go around. I decide, fuck that. Pull my truck over into the right hand lane. Throw on the emergency lights and stop right beside her. Yeah, it's some teenage girl, bawling her eyes out cause her car was stalled.

So I get out, and walk over to her window, now there's more cars honking. People flipping me off, screaming things about my mother. I just smile and wave. I ask her whats up, she can barely get the words out, she's crying so much. I tell her I'm gonna push the car, to steer in front of my truck and then into the parking lot. At first I thought, damn you're getting old, when the car wasn't moving...then it dawned on me she had it in park. LOL So I get her ignition on, have her put it in Neutral, and we're off. Car's still honking and offering advice on some procreation matters, as they maneuver past us, but not a single one pulling over to give a hand. I'm like WTF people, really?!?!?!

Turns out she had a weak battery, and loose connections. I tightened her terminals, jumped the car and told her to either drive to the auto parts and get a battery or take it home. She gives me a hug, tells me thank you like 20 times, tries to offer me money. hahaha. Cute . As I'm driving off, I'm thinking what if that was my , and to all the asshats that didn't stop. What if that was your . WTF.

This morning, event two. I pull out on a access road. Going faster than I should as normal. Going into a turn around I notice a white SUV behind me. Sorta on my ass, but hell I figure that won't last long. As we come out the other side, I'm up to 60 in a 45 and he's still on me. Then pulls up besides me yelling , waving the arms around. You know, just intimidating as he thinks he can be. LOL. I smile, wave at him, and keep on driving. He gets tired of me and hits the gas. Then up ahead he's stuck behind some cars. So now he's doing his mad as hell spiel again, but directed at the driver of a black truck. He gets around that clog and off he goes. Yelling and waving at the driver of the black truck. So interested in letting us all know how we are just screwing up his entire life , he doesn't see the traffic stopped at the light in front of us. Bam, whacks a car stopped at the light.

So as I'm coming up on it, I pull off the road into a parking lot. I'm calling the cops to report the accident, and walking over. I'm there in time to here him yelling at the lady who's car he hit. LOL, dude, you hit a<b> parked </font></b>car. How is this her fault. WTF. I notice the guy in the black truck has pulled off the road and he's heading over too. The asshat notices me as I walk up and ask if everyone is ok. He starts to yell something at me, thinks for a second and just says , go away it's none of your business. I tell him, sure it is, I just called the cops to report the accident, and plan on sticking around to let them know what caused it. Dude is calming down a little, and now he's talking about how mom is going to kill him for wrecking her new car. LOL.

I'm talking to the now, explaining that he really needs to wise up. I'm getting older and a helluva lot calmer these days. 30 years ago, I'd have made him pull over and would have beat the crap out of him. These days, he's lucky someone didn't pull a gun out and shoot his ass. And all because, it's everyone else's fault that he can't drive the way he wanted to this morning. Or that he was in too much of a hurry to deal with everyone else trying to get somewhere too. Cops finally show up, I give him my statement and info, and I'm back off to work. WTF.

I know life is stressful. Hell, we're all in a hurry it seems these days. But people need to just chill out. Stop and help someone on the side of the road. Maybe someday, someone will return the favor. If you can't drive without having an mini aneurysm from the stress, maybe you shouldn't drive. Everyone just seems so angry and stressed these days. Maybe it's time to start re- learning how to co-exist with others, instead of just working to survive the day. And proving you've got the rude behavior down to a science.

Damn, I sound like I'm reverting back to the 60s.

" I refuse to belong to any organization that would accept me as a member" Groucho Marx