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Monday, April 21, 2008
Cell phones, stop signs and the finger
I practiced good patience Saturday toward a driver who decided it was more important to talk on a cell phone than actually pay attention to the automobile this person was supposed to be driving.
Trying to turn left out of the Lowe’s parking lot is bad enough on any day let alone a Saturday, but what made this day particularly complex was the person in front of me who opted to carry on with a cell-phone conversation rather than turn when the coast was clear.
Instead of laying on my horn I simply let it go. Then, at the next opportunity to turn, this person was still chatting and not turning. I then went back to my old ways and laid on the horn.
I got the finger.
At this point, the car behind me was honking his horn and finally, the person in front of me decided to turn, continue the phone conversation and still hang the finger on me.
I turned and sailed past this person to the next light where, ironically enough, my phone rang. Before I answered it, I looked in my mirror and there was same car and the same finger.
Instead of taking the call and staying parked through light until it hit red at a shot of revenge, I simply drove off while this person ripped by me on North Avenue, yelling at me as if I did something wrong.
I guess I was wrong for being impatient while this person was on the phone at one of the busiest intersections in all of the Grand Valley.
How rude of me!
