Monday, January 26, 2009

An Odd Occurrence

An old man flipped me off yesterday....

I was about to make a right turn onto fountain. I looked both ways and saw the man crossing the street towards me. So I was going to wait til he crossed fully before making my turn. So he walks towards my car. Closer and closer. I figured he was going to walk in front of my car, or behind it. NOPE. He just stood there. Right next to my car. Yes, i was probably out into the street way more than i should've been but i couldn't have backed up, there was another car behind me. If he had crossed in front of my car he would've been fine. But he didn't. He was just standing in the middle of the street next to my car for a really long time! So then I decided to make my turn, and get out of his way. So I turned. And as i turned, I saw him in my side view mirror, clearly flipping me off. No words were exchanged, no anger. Just a stillness in his stance next to my car, and a silent but strong flip of the finger....

Also, has anyone noticed that when you cook up Trader Joes ground beef or turkey, they always look like poop pellets? I wonder why this is.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

cranky old bastard. you should've put it in reverse, that would teach his geriatric old ass.

one time in a similar occurance an old man WAVED HIS CANE at me. it was too funny.

yeah, ground turkey looks like if rabbit food were meat. litte pellets. i think it's the lack of fat.

--tess

~sarah said...

i had someone toss a water bottle at me once in a similar situation - i was in the process of making a right turn on red when the light changed and he got a walk signal. clearly i should've stopped in the middle of my turn, backed up, and let him cross immediately.

people are just really self-absorbed sometimes.

Aaron & Sara Warren said...

No, Abs isn't crying in the picture with Bob. It was really windy and her hair was being blown in her face so she was squinting.