Hey Asshole, Round II

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

No, no, no. You have it all wrong. There is nothing wrong with any car driver if they have manners and at least pretend to extend some degree of congeniality.

Where there is a disproportionate number is the number of ASSHOLES in this area. It really has nothing to do with what they drive.

Though I give you points for puss-face (not a compliment) expressions of drivers fo certain cars here. Does that face (or a case of lemons) come with the registration? Holy crap!

My favorites are the massive, MASSIVE suv's which can only be driven with a cell phone pressed to the driver's ear. Why do they make them that way? Seems like a regular ol' key would be much easier.

[Anonymous]

as a general rule I think it silly to buy an expensive car as a status symbol. I see way too many people driving really expensive cars who probably can't afford them and it is kind of stupid. BUT, my wife has a BMW and I have to admit it has been a really good car that has held its value much more than mine. So who knows ....

And really, why care what kind of car someone else has? Why the hate on SUVs? My next car is definitely a Chevy Tahoe. Big motherf___er. Big, safe, comfortable and great for towing.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:This is entirely dependent on the type of car you were driving. If you were driving a BMW, you were as asshole. If you were driving a SUV, you were an even bigger asshole. If you were driving a Camry or an Accord, you were not an asshole. If you were driving a Subaru, especially an Outback, then the pedestrian was an asshole.

Normally, I would follow your approach and yield to those in or near the crosswalk, but try to get by at the first opening.

Jeff, you rock-too bad a few folks didn't get it.

[Anonymous]

OP--no, I don't think you're an a-hole. I think the horrible Valley Girl in the Jetta who very nearly ran over me, my husband, and my 3 year old son last Sunday as we legally crossed in the crosswalk as she sped into her right turn without looking should fry in hell, however.

[Anonymous]

op-no, i am a pedestrian, well, always because i dont drive and there could be good chance that either that person was having a bad day or was yelling at u for some other reason, maybe she just felt like it...

it was entirely innapropriate considering you had a child in the car. i have run into many many many drivers who are so disprespectful that dont even stop until they are inches from hitting me when im crossing with my children in their stroller. next time, if your child isnt with you, and they dont have one with them, back up and stop an inch from them... then they will have a reason to call you an a-hole.

[Anonymous]

OP, if you are old money, the pedestrian was the asshole. If you are new money, then, of course, you were the asshole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, if you are old money, the pedestrian was the asshole. If you are new money, then, of course, you were the asshole.

" I drive a Toyota Corolla four door, manual (stick shift). "

what if she's no money?

[Anonymous]

Well, then, obviously she should stay at home. People are around here are so ENTITLED. Where I come from (which makes the Taj Mahal look like a potato farm, by the way--and not a big fancy potato farm either), people would laugh at you for thinking that just because you have a car you should be able to leave the house.

[Anonymous]

your continuting on and not stopping makes me feel less bad about not always stopping at the Little Falls Drive crosswalk before Arlington Road. If I stopped or waited for everyone it would be a huge wait...plus, when there's a protected green arrow to turn onto Arlington Road, I'm going...I stop when people are in it, but if they are on the opposite side, I go through. And Bikers are the worst...pick to be either a ped or a car...not both when you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, then, obviously she should stay at home. People are around here are so ENTITLED. Where I come from (which makes the Taj Mahal look like a potato farm, by the way--and not a big fancy potato farm either), people would laugh at you for thinking that just because you have a car you should be able to leave the house.

i'm from idaho and i resent the implications of your post. YOU are the true asshole.

[Anonymous]

"Well, then, obviously she should stay at home. People are around here are so ENTITLED. Where I come from (which makes the Taj Mahal look like a potato farm, by the way--and not a big fancy potato farm either), people would laugh at you for thinking that just because you have a car you should be able to leave the house."

I have to agree with this one. I am especially wary of those who resent others with nice cars. I happen to like cars. We happened to have paid cash. So what? What is it to you? I obey the rules of the road and don't try to make myself the exception, like so many here.

I am absolutely convinced that the humungous SUV's are reserved with lacking driving skills, however. It's ususally a given that they are not paying attention and are trying to run someone over.

I especially appreciated the post about the phone instead of the key - so true!

***God forbid they hit me or anyone I know, they and their family will lose EVERYTHING - I guarantee it!****

But hating someone just because they have nice this or that (provided they can actually afford it, as so many here can not) is well, hating for the sake of hating. Really, find something that makes you happy instead of taking your frustrations out behind the wheel.

[Anonymous]

Opps....reserved "for"...

[Anonymous]

You're damned if you do, damned if you don't, OP. If you had waited for the pedestrians, the car behind you would have honked at you, for sure. And even if you were acting in an asshole-like fashion, that doesn't justify somehwat screaming that at you, esp. in front of your daughter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Well, then, obviously she should stay at home. People are around here are so ENTITLED. Where I come from (which makes the Taj Mahal look like a potato farm, by the way--and not a big fancy potato farm either), people would laugh at you for thinking that just because you have a car you should be able to leave the house."

I have to agree with this one.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Well, then, obviously she should stay at home. People are around here are so ENTITLED. Where I come from (which makes the Taj Mahal look like a potato farm, by the way--and not a big fancy potato farm either), people would laugh at you for thinking that just because you have a car you should be able to leave the house."

I have to agree with this one.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Laugh at PP1, cry at PP2.

And while we're discussing driving/pedestrian-related asshole-dom, let me add to the asshole brigade all of the pedestrians who don't cross in crosswalks, or even near crosswalks, dress all in dark colors at night, and walk SLOWLY, as though they are daring me to hit them (while giving me that look that says 'I'll walk as slow as I want and I know you wouldn't DARE to hit me'). And I'm not talking about 25 mph residential roads, I'm talking 6 lanes of traffic, 40 mph or higher. At this point, I become an asshole and stop caring whether I hit them, except that I don't want my car damaged.