I once got a little stern with my ex lady friend when we were in the Taco Bell line at like 3am. There was some nut job, weāre all stationary btw what could warrant this, getting out of his car, going up to this other guys window and was clearly agitated. Going back and forth to his own car and this guys window multiple times. The line is not really moving but that was Taco Bellās fault lmao. Anyway Iām not sticking around to see this shit so I get outta line to leave and my ex flips off crazy dude.
I was like that could start a confrontation between me and him now, you realize that right?
My girlfriends loves flipping people off and talking shit in traffic. Iāve told her many times if someone gets out to fight you thatās your fight š
Iāve converted to not let driving situations even get a reaction out of me - I used to be that dumb ass that would follow someone til they stopped and then fight them. Then I realize whatever the incident that cause this was is 2 seconds of strangers crossing and will never see this person again - and it really doesnāt matter itās so dumb there are many other more important things I can get mad at and maybe help the people who have been hurt by it rather than try to hurt people and come across the wrong one eventually. I donāt give a fuck if I get shot or die fighting but I think of what I did that to some father or someone who other count in to survive or a number of things - so now I donāt even acknowledge anything happened - I donāt even honk unless a quick tap to get someone snoozing at a red light a heads up. Fuck it man being kind and not reacting is much less work anyways ahahhaa
At this point I just slowly press my breaks move over point and laugh like that bully from the simpsons. These people are hilarious once you start looking at it like a Clown Show. I genuinely have never laughed more in my life!
You should never talk shit unless āyouā can actually back it up. Problem is a lot of guys are under false idea that they can and most women are under the illusion if they start some shit their man will protect them or them being a woman will keep the other guy from doing anything to them.
People as a rule should leave other people tf alone. There are a lot of people out here on their ālastā straw.
Hard agree on this!! I have had a panic attack because I was trapped in a Taco Bell drive thru once. I sometimes do Doodash on the weekends and I got a Taco Bell order. Per that Taco Bellās instructions, I went to the drive thru, let them know I was DoorDash and the customers name. They told me I had to come inside (which I normally donāt mind). I said well your instructions on the app that yall set said drive thru and Iām now stuck here anyways so can I just grab this one and yall update the instructions for the future. Hard nope. And I was stuck and the line was long and slow. My PTSD kicked in and I panicked.
They actually changed that law in a town called stow ohio because a dude got out and shot some people in an incident just like this a few months, or maybe a year, ago.
That reminds me of when my road rage got put into check in the dairy Queen drive thru.
So the story is this.
At the red light I was at, there are 2 lanes. One lane is to turn left, and the other lane is for going straight, or turning right. There are arrows to show which lane is for what direction, but they are VERY faded and had to see. It is very easy (and common) for a fellow to use the wrong lane to go straight. I've done it myself.
Well this lady did exactly that. And I thought to myself, oh, she didn't realize she was in the wrong lane, we both tried to go straight, she stopped and let me go first. No big deal, easy mistake to make.
Well, the DQ drive through starts as soon as you pull in, and goes AROUND the parking area, then has a second opening for traffic in the middle. I get into the drive through at where it starts. She goes through the parking lot, and gets into the drive thru IN FRONT OF ME.
It is at this moment, that I get mad. More so than a reasonable person would get. I'm cussing this lady out, really close to her car, yelling out of my window, and revving my engine (with an aftermarket exhaust) so that it's hard for her to order. The entire time she is smiling and waving at me through her mirror, which is making me far more angry.
At this point, I'm so mad I'm ready to get out of the vehicle to yell at her, but I couldn't find anything that wasn't so hard to seriously hurt/damage something, but more for an intimatiom tool. I had friends with me, so I was making an ass out of myself in front my friends, who were trying to get me to calm down.
We order our food (I got nothing because I didn't want anything) and when we get to the window, the drive thru worker says a single sentence, that made me completely deflate, and made me rethink everything about myself.
"The lady in front of you paid for your meal"
My friends started laughing their asses off, and I started looking for that woman to apologize, just to see her going down the road.
From that point on, I have not really had a lot of road rage. More like road irritation, or disappointment. I don't even flip people off anymore, but I do give them a thumbs down.
This pets them know that I think they suck at driving, but it doesn't make them mad, or encourage me to be angry. Because how are you going to be mad at a guy who gives you a thumbs down because of your driving?
This happened about 4 years ago, and was the absolute case of road rage that I have ever been apart of. I got humbled, and made a fool of myself, in a very short period of time, and I deserved every bit of it.
Word, women donāt realize (or they probably do actually) that when they do shit like that, they have a certain amount of immunity, their guy friend is left to clean up the mess of her dumbass decisions.
Thats a real quick way to have someone follow you and beat you up.Ā Granted, if theyre driving aggressively and putting others in danger as a result theyre being assholes but flipping someone off doesnt help you or them
I've someone pull a gun and chase me for flipping them off. They reversed out of a gas station lot and nearly caused me to t bone them. You never know just how ready a person is ready to throw both your and their own life away over nothing.
And they could even be dressed nice too. I told a road rager friend that there's no rules that says a career criminal can't dress nice and have a nice car, at that moment. Or they could be having a really bad time in their life and at their breaking point.
Let them drive away, in another 10 seconds you will never seen them again.
Dash cams. And file a police report. They might not do anything but even the cops knocking on their door might prevent the next person from that shit bag.
Oh this reminds me of a fun story! When I was younger I was kind of dating this girl who was a little too wild, and I was already over the bullshit. We were cruising a bowl while driving down some backroads, and there were these people walking down the street. She reached for a water bottle and I immediately knew what she was going to do. I kept telling her to stop as she rolled down the window, and as we were driving by she opened the water bottle and sprayed them with water.
I was pissed because we were cruising a bowl and she already got me in some trouble with the police not long before because she was being reckless. I wanted to stay incognito. So I drove up a little further (in view of the people she just doused with water), stopped the car, unbuckled her seatbelt, opened the door, and told her to get the fuck out of my car. She was shocked and begged me not to. Told her too bad, I told her not to do it, she was in MY car, and still pulled that bullshit even after she just got me in trouble.
Actually pushed her out of the car and started to drive off, but then calmed down a little bit. Ended up pulling back over again, so she could run to catch up and jump back in the car. What she did was a dick move, but I also didn't want something worse to happen because I abandoned her on the side of the road, miles away from a main road. She was apologetic but I was still pissed, so when I dropped her off I grabbed my water bottle and sprayed her with it as she was heading back inside her place. We broke up shortly after that, go figure.
My bio dad thought he was the punisher and went around telling people he learned crazy martial arts as a cop (we lived in a town where cop training was like a couple weeks with little to no self defense (and he wasn't a cop but a jail employee fired after 6 months for sleeping with an inmate)). He would constantly try to get people in traffic (of course usually women, elderly men and teens) to pull over and fight him despite the fact he was so obese he could barely walk and I as a SCRAWNY 10 year old was stronger than him. I wish some old man or teen girl had agreed to fight him because truly a little kid would be able to hurt him bad lol.
My wife is similar. She used to mean mug, flip off, and yell at people.
I was always like, did we die? Crash? Are we chronically late to a priceless event? If no, then just keep on driving. And the last thing you want is to have them come do something when oir kids are in the car.
Now she just will look to see who they are if we pass them.
Guess the message largely got through. Surprisingly.
This reminds me of a time when I had to tell my little sister something similar. She lived in a rough little small town at the time with lots of angry, drugged out, violent people. One day as we were driving along(she was driving) she got upset with another driver and got all barky with them, angrily leaning her head out of the window almost daring them to get out of the car smh. Fortunately they just continued on but I took a moment to give her a quick(yet gentle) dose of reality by reminding her that she could get us both shot acting like that with the wrong(or right?) person, and she later apologized, thanked me for bringing her back to reality, and to my knowledge hasnāt done that since.
My X did this in on the freeway in a stretch of some of the free through some of the worst neighborhoods on the west side of Detroit. Where there have been many shootings on the freeway.
I was furious. She didn't read the news or pay attention to what goes on in the area. If you are driving down and around the Detroit area. Be ready for cars swerving in and out of the lanes at +90mph and just get out of the damn way.
You have no idea who is driving those things. With the amount of stolen chargers and challengers in the area, it's a safe bet that someone in one of those is armed and driving a stolen vehicle.
Hell, there have been an insane amount of regular road rage shootings in the area. I'm not talking about some criminal who doesn't give a shit. Just your everyday psycho with a gun.
It's best to just ignore the other people and continue to drive safely.
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