Road Rage

Well, this last Sunday was rather interesting.

My wife and I decided we needed to go to Home Depot to pick up a few things. We got to the parking-lot turn-in in my wife's car, and she was signalling to make a right turn into the parking lot from the roadway. There was a pedestrian crossing the road, so she had to wait for him to get out of the way before she could continue.

When it was clear, she started making a right turn just as the guy in a beat-up white sedan behind her tried darting around her in the bike lane. She nearly side-swiped him, so she honked and threw her arms in the air. The guy in the white sedan promptly flipped us off. We left it at that - we don't sink to that level.

We pulled into the parking lot and parked, and this overweight short guy with no neck and a kid about 12 years old comes walking towards us. A conversation starts:

Fat Guy: "Maybe you should f*cking move next time instead of sitting there!"
Wife: "I couldn't move because there was a Ped in front of me."
Fat Guy: "A what!?"
Wife: "A PEDESTRIAN!"

Blank stare on Fat Guy's face. Couple of blinks. Apparently he has no idea what a 'pedestrian' is.

Fat Guy: "Stupid f*cking bitch."

The guy turns and starts walking towards Home Depot in front of us. He turns to us and says "I'd never hit a woman, but I'll f*cking knock your boyfriend on his ass."

I suddenly had a flashback that I was back in high school, and this is that fat bully in the corner who eats the heads off Barbie dolls during English class. It was obvious that this middle-aged fat man had the mental capacity he had back in 9th grade.

Now, I have to admit that a part of me wanted him to turn around so I could pummel him, but instead, the only thing that came out of my mouth was "Oh give me a break. Grow up." The guy didn't say anything after that. He just kept walking with his 12 year old son alongside him. I can tell that this is the model father right here. I know his son will be the next barbie-doll eating maniac in highschool, if he's not already. Of course, somehow I doubt that the kid will even make it to high school.