Here is an accurate, but allegorical depiction of the mentality of some drivers and their reaction to what they perceive as a driving error by another. (Caution: This is crass, but meant to highlight the stupidity of some. What they do is as intelligent as what this person thinks and then does):
"You're kidding? Really? You're going to break wind in my presence? It was accidental? You're old and sick and you apologize? I don't care if you're sorry. That is no excuse. I'll show you! Yeah, you've had it! Watch this! Not only am I going to crap myself in your presence, but I'm going to take it, smear it all over my face, and then clean my hands off on my white shirt. That's right–teach you a lesson!"
This isn't my most elegant nor appealing analogy, and perhaps it’s even a bit sophomoric, but how do we humans go from the point of bending over backwards to be apologetic (in person) when we bump into each other in a room or on the street, but we loose all sense of propriety behind the wheel, and we react to the original perceived misstep in ways that put our and other peoples' lives in greater danger?
Dumb. Very dumb!
Don't do anything stupid, thoughtless, or negligent in my presence, because I can top your stupidity with even greater stupidity. You don't believe me? Go ahead and try me!
Loren M. Lambert © July 25, 2013
"You're kidding? Really? You're going to break wind in my presence? It was accidental? You're old and sick and you apologize? I don't care if you're sorry. That is no excuse. I'll show you! Yeah, you've had it! Watch this! Not only am I going to crap myself in your presence, but I'm going to take it, smear it all over my face, and then clean my hands off on my white shirt. That's right–teach you a lesson!"
This isn't my most elegant nor appealing analogy, and perhaps it’s even a bit sophomoric, but how do we humans go from the point of bending over backwards to be apologetic (in person) when we bump into each other in a room or on the street, but we loose all sense of propriety behind the wheel, and we react to the original perceived misstep in ways that put our and other peoples' lives in greater danger?
Dumb. Very dumb!
Don't do anything stupid, thoughtless, or negligent in my presence, because I can top your stupidity with even greater stupidity. You don't believe me? Go ahead and try me!
Loren M. Lambert © July 25, 2013
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