jake_lex

I just got back from the store, and again I was struck by how angry some people must be. I was backing out of a space, my sight partially blocked by a big truck to my left. As I backed out, I guess another car was coming. It honked at me, twice, and I stopped. I didn't hit this other car, and I don't think I even came particuarly close. I got back in the space, let that driver go by, then pulled out.

As I drove out, I noticed that other car had parked. The other driver was getting out of her car, and she saw my car. Then she gave me this death stare, like she wanted to kill me. OK, maybe not, but this look of utter contempt, like "How dare you make me honk my horn." It was a look of real rage. I felt tempted to stop and ask her, "Hey, what's your problem?" but I moved on. I wondered if maybe I had hit her, but I hadn't felt any sort of bump, and I'd think if I had, she would have stopped where she was, anyway. So I don't know what her deal was. There just seem to be an increasing number of people who are just *mad* all the time. Full of rage, maybe stressed out. And little mistakes, little things you just do accidentally, become much worse, and escalate much more than they have to, or should.

Oh well, I survived.

P.S. I got a bottle of the new orange Mt. Dew. It's just orange soda. Buy the cheap stuff for 59 cents a 2 liter instead.