Ever Apologize To A Guy In Traffic And It Was More Funner Than Chewing Him Out?

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

I always wanted to do that too and today I found my test subject. Anyway I live in a neighborhood where making this one left turn is not advised but I remind you I live here. Anyway, I gleefully make that not-advisable left turn with massive success. I heard a noise from the peanut gallery not seeming to agree. Using cuss words. I allow him to catch up to me at the red light then hail the man's attention. I had already noticed that if I were on one end of a teeter-totter and he was on the other with his identical twin brother who was holding a five pound bag of potatoes we would be equal. Perfect opportunity to express my right to free speech. After having the man's attention I asked, "I'm sorry, sir, but was that your voice I heard back there? Did I do something wrong?" I knew he woulda preferred exchanging F-Words over a shitty passive-aggressive insincere apology. He got angered enough to go forward a half car length. Did I mention I live in the neighborhood? That is one long red light there, Missy. I pulled forward a half car length and once again hailed for the man's attention. I kinda barked at him reminding him we weren't done yet. I asked, "So, we cool now?" He said yeah then I finished up saying, "Thank God for that. I was almost worried for a second", then I smiled at him like a rapist and went catatonic not breaking eye contact. He burned rubber when the light turned green.

But I apologized to the man, admitted wrong doing, showed remorse, and tried to rebuild our relationship. Why come he so mean?

 

[Pornfan99]

I had some ass-hat almost t-bone me before the pandemic - Fall 2019? I was coming from his right; he was taking a left-hand turn to get in front of me. I drive a gray car WITH DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS. As he pseudo-stopped, I blared my horn and slammed on the brakes. He was probably a foot from the driver's side door.. I think I yelled WTF!! A 1/4 mile ahead is a light, which was red. He pulls up along side me, and says that he did look, but my gray car blended into the color of the aged asphalt.. I yelled at him it was OBVIOUS he didn't look at all, nor did he stop. He again reiterated he never saw me. He had a right turn on red, and he departed the intersection before I got my green light.

You keep telling yourself that, dude.. Regardless of the color of the road and my car - daytime running lights are a safety feature, so that the vehicle is seen. Just like on motorcycles.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

I find his apology toward you to be somewhat amateurish. My apology was much better even if the undertone was shoveling scorn up the man's ass.

I'm an idiot. You guys know that. Somebody hit me with their car in the parking lot at the Supermarket. I popped up and was so angry I started punching his car and tried to flip it over. I noticed the guy behind the wheel was almost 90. I let him go after seeing the expression on his face. I also apologized for being a psycho. People get pissed off when you hit them with a car. Ya heard? Los Angeles too...

"Sorry 'bout that, Old Timer."

 

[tvstrip]

I remember as a young driver in my first year of driving, I mistakenly cut off someone. They forced me off the road and I was scared shitless and just started apologizing. They were actually taken aback by it, and just told me to be more careful next time and just drove off. Pretty sure that could have gone much, much worse.

 

[gmase]

I find his apology toward you to be somewhat amateurish. My apology was much better even if the undertone was shoveling scorn up the man's ass.

I'm an idiot. You guys know that. Somebody hit me with their car in the parking lot at the Supermarket. I popped up and was so angry I started punching his car and tried to flip it over. I noticed the guy behind the wheel was almost 90. I let him go after seeing the expression on his face. I also apologized for being a psycho. People get pissed off when you hit them with a car. Ya heard? Los Angeles too...

You popped up and were angry. That's good right there. No ambulance ride for you.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

You popped up and were angry. That's good right there. No ambulance ride for you.

As I said I am an idiot. I shoulda sold the car hitting me like Bill Laimbeer taking a charge when he played for the Pistons. When I get hit I'm too much of an ape, stop thinking, and only know to circle back and attack. I coulda taken the old coot for $50,000.

You can assume my wife was disappointed in her neanderthal husband but I remind her she married a caveman. I promised the next time a car hit me I would act more civilized.