XxAxX said:

reporting back: i believe i made a few people not unhappy by refraining from blowing through that yellow light on the way home, thereby allowing them to make their desperate, last minute left turns without facing down oncoming traffic

SANctify me!

You're one of those yellow-light-accelerators? Wow, from your posts I never woulda thunk it. I hate you guys!

BlackAdder7 said:

PunkMistress said:

I was in line at the supermarket with a cart full of groceries.

A lady got in line behind me with only one item.

I smiled at her and told her to go ahead of me.

She lit up and said, "Thank you so much, ma'am! I was already running late!"

Yay!

aren't you too young to be called ma'am?

I was thinkin' the same thing.

BlackAdder7 said:

XxAxX said:

reporting back: i believe i made a few people not unhappy by refraining from blowing through that yellow light on the way home, thereby allowing them to make their desperate, last minute left turns without facing down oncoming traffic

SANctify me!

btw, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. what it was doing in my pajamas, i'll never know. thank you and good night, you've been a tremendous audience. I'll be here all week. tip your waitresses!

you're not getting the gist of this conversation. you've got to step outside of your boxers..um..box.

and now you're doing old Groucho? jeez, how about the honker on that one!

BONUS POINTS FOR CROSS-THREAD META.

kewlschool said:

I joined the 13th high floor club!!

JustErin said:

I'm nice to strangers every single day but I'm not about to start chatting with someone. I hate that shit.

See Reply #4.

FauxReal said:

I finally admitted to a friend that I threw up all in her sink while she was passed out like 6 months ago.

I think that made us both feel better that I came forward with that.

Ace said:

XxAxX said:

reporting back: i believe i made a few people not unhappy by refraining from blowing through that yellow light on the way home, thereby allowing them to make their desperate, last minute left turns without facing down oncoming traffic

SANctify me!

You're one of those yellow-light-accelerators? Wow, from your posts I never woulda thunk it. I hate you guys!

no, i'm actually not. i'm one of those people who dislike yellow light accelerators. also, tailgating morons and non-signaling weirdos. but for purposes of this thread i felt i had to play to my non-weaknesses, so to speak.

driving safely is my Big Thing in life, and if i got started and told you about how two tailgating fuckheads have slammed into the back of my car in the last 6 months (once because i stopped for a pedestrian in the crosswalk, and once because dumbass simply was following too closely in rush hour traffic and also failed to notice that traffic had stopped in front of him), well, if i began a rant like that here and now this thread might suffer from my excess...

BlackAdder7 said:

XxAxX said:

reporting back: i believe i made a few people not unhappy by refraining from blowing through that yellow light on the way home, thereby allowing them to make their desperate, last minute left turns without facing down oncoming traffic

SANctify me!

btw, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. what it was doing in my pajamas, i'll never know. thank you and good night, you've been a tremendous audience. I'll be here all week. tip your waitresses!

um, those weren't 'your' pajamas, remember? and no, i won't be needing them back.

thanks. i will treasure them always

Ace said:

physco185 said:

oh it's ok... and i hope your day is nice.....

and while i'm at it i'd make u a coffe 2 if u like

I don't drink coffee, but that's very kind of you. ...Unless you're just trying to butt-sex me.

how come u can read my mind???

r u psycho analysing me 2?

i'm with Ace and Erin here. i often think the best thing you can do is just shut up and let people have peace and quiet

XxAxX said:

tailgating morons

Don't get me started... Next time someone's on your ass, try switching on your hazards. If that doesn't work, gesture at them like you're a lunatic. Works most of the time.

Ace said:

XxAxX said:

tailgating morons

Don't get me started... Next time someone's on your ass, try switching on your hazards. If that doesn't work, gesture at them like you're a lunatic. Works most of the time.

not long after i typed that post, i drove to work.

no lie, an asshole was on me like one car length behind in rush hour traffic. i did my usual, three flashes of the brakes. that didn't work. asshole dropped back then pulled forward immediately. right back on my ass.

then i flashed the brakes three times and put on my hazards. dumbass fell back for two seconds then crowded up my ass again (this was on an icy, minnesota road, btw). i finally pulled into the adjoining lane, to effect a 'reverse pass' (my second to the last resort, before actually pulling fully off the road to let asshole pass) and asshole pulled in right behind me.

i had to reverse pass (dodge into the adjoining lane and slow down, fall in behind him) him one more time before he finally got the fuck off me.

i hate these people. HATE them. it really doesn't halp that in my line of work i handle accident injury claims, and these days around 85% of all of the MVA claims we see are the result of from-behind-impact.

disclaimer:

the author of this post normally disapproves of the excessive use of crudity and vulgarity with respect to language usage. however, due to the extremely important nature of the issue being discussed (the life threatening actions of moron tailgaters), the author feels that such crudity is wholly appropriate and even (fucking) on point.

[Edited 1/6/11 11:38am]

BlackAdder7 said:

PunkMistress said:

I was in line at the supermarket with a cart full of groceries.

A lady got in line behind me with only one item.

I smiled at her and told her to go ahead of me.

She lit up and said, "Thank you so much, ma'am! I was already running late!"

Yay!

aren't you too young to be called ma'am?

I typed up some progress notes for a coworker today who was way behind in her work.

PunkMistress said:

BlackAdder7 said:

aren't you too young to be called ma'am?

I typed up some progress notes for a coworker today who was way behind in her work.

Okay, now you're going above-and-beyond.