More disappointing than George Bush the Lesser being elected with more votes than any president in history ... Oh, I'm an asshole. That's what the guy in his brand new Ford Super-Sized Expedition with the temporary tag called me as I was starting to write this post when I pointed out he was in one of the handicapped parking spots illegally. He claimed that he ran into the building to throw some stuff in the mailbox. A good excuse? Running? I said, "There’s a spot right over there. You won’t park there because it has a "reserved" sign?" That’s when he called me an asshole. "Stupid asshole," actually.
I must admit to you right now that I did not remain as calm as I could have and said, "Fuck you," which is definitely not the right thing to say; but I was starting to write about how disgusted I am about the passage of the lousy marriage definition amendments in Ohio and 10 other states, and he interrupted me. I was angry.
So, I'm sitting in the white VW Beetle with the black "The Who" sticker on the back bumper and kind of blocking his forward motion ... did I leave that part out -- the part about pulling in front of this monstrous hunk of gas-guzzling mostly-foreign steel, plastic, and Naugahyde.
He took unkindly to me talking like a Republican to him and slid out of his big-ass American assault vehicle. And then he ordered me, "Get out of that car, asshole (not even a capital "A")!"
And he said it like so totally authoritatively ... I mean, what was I supposed to do? I felt like if I didn't like comply with the dude’s command, I was going to be in big trouble or something. I didn't want to be fuckin' with the wrong guy by not getting out, for crying out loud, if you know what I mean.
So, I got out of the Beetle. Now, I don't really know what this blond dude was thinking. He was about 35. Maybe he thought I was older than I am. Or maybe he thought I was as old as I am. Or maybe he thought that only a pussy drives a white VW Beetle. Or maybe he thought I was afraid of a short guy with hair, let alone the big hair that he did have. Or maybe all those.
I really don't know what he was thinking, but when I got out, he tricked me and scrambled quickly back into his SUV; then, he backed up and pulled around the Beetle. I think he was trying to make like he was going to hit me. And as he drove away, he lowered the window and flipped me the bird.
Typical. One of those "W" stickers on his brand new vehicle.
Posted by Bill at November 4, 2004 09:46 PMThose SUV drivers are a rude, thoughtless, and sneaky bunch. I'm surprised he didn't just drive right over the top of the VW Beetle with the black "The Who" sticker on the back bumper.
Posted by: Philip at November 4, 2004 10:15 PMDo you take pictures of the license plates and report them to the police? Can you do that?
People really suck!
OF course, you and Stace have me so trained I refuse to let Kenzie go in the handicapped bathrooms now and make her wait until one of the others are empty.
- Dana
Posted by: -d at November 5, 2004 09:59 AMThe thing about Bush getting more votes than any other candidate is driving me crazy. Could it just possibly be because WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY THAN EVER BEFORE? ARggggg.
And Philip, I drive an SUV. I know it's evil, but I do it anyway. It's fun.
Posted by: TW at November 5, 2004 10:54 AMAh, the accuracy of generalizations...
Making such a comment about SUV drivers is like saying, "it's a guy thing"- some people get very offended at generalizations, ya know...
Posted by: lucy at November 5, 2004 05:03 PMSome people who drive big white four-year old Expeditions with a gouging hole in their front grill from a close encounter of the Buzzard Kind are actually middle-aged hippie chicks who voted a straight Democratic ticket and live in a Red State where driving lots and lots of miles is the norm due to the size of said State. Just a possibility *grin*
Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at November 7, 2004 05:35 PMYeah. I'm guilty, too. My SUV is a little purple one, but it still qualifies I'm afraid. But my daddy bought it for me a few years back when we were hurting financially almost as much as we are right now and I don't have the heart to do anything different with it since he paid for it and it's now paid for and it has nearly 100,000 miles on it AND it's paid for and what are you gonna do when your daddy bought it for you trying to help you out by getting rid of a car payment nightmare? I still got out and voted Dem and cancelled out daddy's vote for W that day! :) Even if I couldn't convince him not to vote for that evil empire.
Posted by: Keri at November 9, 2004 04:32 AM