Holy Hell. Im amazed at the blatant rudeness people show others.
Going to get groceries, Im standing next to my cart looking at salad dressings, and this middle aged woman parks her cart right infront of me between me and the dressings. Its obvious Im looking at the dressings. She knows what she is doing because she looks at me after I look at her and she says, “Ill just be a second.” Really woman? I just give her a :rolleyes:, pushed her car back out of the way, grabbed my dressing, and moved on. Im usually the grocery getter since I cook most of our food, and EVERY time I go to get stuff crap like this happens. People will park their cart in the middle of an aisle so you can’t get by, look at you, and then take a minute to get what they want. Like they are the only ones in the store.
Onto driving, and about half the time at stop signs people will not follow the “rules” of who goes first. They’ll do a California stop and then gun it because they didn’t get to the stop first but don’t want to wait for me to go.
5ft off my back bumper is an acceptable following distance even though Im already going 5 over.
Using a turn signal to change lanes means the person in the lane will speed up and prevent you from changing lanes.
Making a left turn means you get to cut through the opposing directions turn lane as Im pulling up to said turn lane because you’re too lazy to go around another opposing lane of traffic.
You’re in such a rush making a left turn into the lane Im going in or through means you start your turn as Im passing so you come within 2 ft of hitting me. 1 more second would give you 15-20ft more distance instead of a near collision.
And not really “rude” but why does every MS/HS aged girl dress like a fucking whore? With their parents right there. I guess Im getting old at 27 or something but WTF is wrong with these people to let a ~13-14 year old wear gobs of make up, shorts that barely cover their ass, and shirts that would fit my 5 year old boys. Yeah I know what the pervs are thinking, and I was that age not “too” long ago…but even at my age and in SoCal girls didn’t dress like that. Not saying they need to be wearing ankle length dresses and bonnets but how about at that age something other than whore attire? Mothers living vicariously through their daughters? They don’t even look comfortable in that shit and the insecurity is so thick you can smell it. 17-19 is one thing but 12-14 is a whole shit load different.
Last but not least have a good a weekend, and Ill be making some tasty cheeseburgers here in a few.
Okay, I’m with you on the grocery store scene. Around here you take your life in your hands on “double coupon” day when the blue-haired set hits the aisles. When did getting old turn into a license to be boorish and rude?
And trying to get through a 4-way stop without being broadsided is virtually impossible. It reminds me of one of those old figure-eight demolition derbies… with two way traffic!
But the comments about the teenage girls made me immediately think of this clip:
and Brian (of The Family Guy) telling off the cool chick Connie when she starts raggin’ on Meg at the high school dance:
“So Connie, I think I have a theory about why you’re such a bitch. You see, Connie, you’re popular because you developed early and started putting out when you were 12, but now, you can’t stand to look at yourself in the mirror because all you see is a whore. So you pick on Meg to avoid the inevitable realization that once your body is used up by age 19, you’re gonna be a worn-out, chalky skin, burlap sack that even your stepdad won’t want. How’s that? Am I in the ball park?”
Dude, I see it everyday, and you’re not alone in your observations of society. I see the same things you do daily. My personal favorites in relation to driving:
“merge” and “yield” must now mean the same thing.
school zones are great places to crank up your subwoofer to full. Same with neighborhoods at midnight or later.
tailgating must be my problem, as I’m the only driver out there that doesn’t seem to be doing it
As an aside, I see girls dressed like you’re describing with their dads…makes me want to smack 'em in the head…really.
New issue (but hey, I’ll concede to the fact that I’m not getting any younger - I’m 45):
Young boys and pierced ears. What? My oldest son’s baseball team (comprised of boys ages 6-8) has two boys with pierced ears…both left and right ears. WTF is this? One of the kids has some sort of gemstones with (I shit you not) pink borders.
Totally agree with everything you said. Especially the last part. I have guardianship of my 6 yr old grand daughter. Couldn’t believe the trouble I had finding jeans that were not low riders. Really who in their right mind would market jeans that that are basically hip huggers for 4-6 yr old little girls. Oh don’t forget the bikini panties. Really?!!? I think Glen Beck nailed it “prostitots”. Sad reflection of our society today.
Just like the lady that pulled out onto the road from a parking lot without even looking. She pulled right out in front of me and almost killed us both. I had to slam on my breaks and came within inches of smashing into her. I blew my horn and the bitch gave me the finger. WTF is wrong with people?
You know the average age of virginity loss has been going down very fast compared to the last 50 years. I was talking to my sister in law a while ago warning her that guys will say WHATEVER it takes to get in her pants, and especially so if she is a virgin. I told her to date for at least a year if she was not going to wait for marriage, and to not think she is “in love” with some dude in HS. Have fun, go on dates, but don’t turn into a whore.
In the midst of this conversation she revealed SEVERAL of her friends had already had sex by the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Im only 27 and it was only a rumor of ONE girl doing it before middle school. This is because PARENTS let these aged girls walk around in the same fashion as Las Vegas whores, and then let them watch TV which is filled with garbage that promotes this shit. Even Disney channel has shit with young teenagers talking about “love” and drama llama type shit. The “kids” channels now is filled with sexual innuendos, love talk, drama, promiscuity, ect, and most parents have no idea because they never sit down and watch a few hours of it.
Earlier this week at this same grocery store I was pulling out of my spot, and this cunt pulls into the lane going the wrong way (directional parking). I stop mid way out of my spot, and she throws her hands up like shes pissed off at me. She guns it behind me and goes WOT down the entire parking lane going the wrong way.
I feel like its combat just to go get groceries, and its 5 minutes each way from our house. This in a middle to wealthy class neighborhoods. :rolleyes:
For 27 you are wise and mature beyond your years. I’m 50 and while no “prude” am still shocked at what I see in elementary schools today. My wife who has been an R.N. for 27 yrs. with most spent in E.R.'s says it is becoming more and more common for kids to have pubic hair at 8-9 yrs old. She blames all the steroids in meat and added preservatives in food. I’m thinking she may be right. As far as virginity loss I think its that and the fact we are in a complete meltdown morally and ethically in this country( hell world wide as far as that far as that goes). I remember when Aerosmith’s “Pink” was voted best song on “kids choice” awards. Really? I’m pretty sure Tyler wasn’t singing about a crayon! Where the hell is the parenting and supervision and yes censorship today?
I could go on for days about driver’s :mad: It never stops I had a woman bump my bumper repeatably on the freeway 5 yrs ago with my 4 month pregnant wife in the truck. She changed her mind quickly after 59-65 interchange when she tried it again in the turn and I hung my S&W M&P out the window. Still to this day I have no Idea why she did that 9 yrs ago when I used to ride motorcycles I had a teenage girl nearly run me over on a 4 lane road she had the AC wide open [ I could hear the condenser going and the windows were rolled up] and the radio wide open I could hear the radio over four lanes of bumper to bumper traffic and the Air conditioning going to top it all off she was on the damn phone I had to start kicking the passenger side door before she realized she was fixing to run my ass over when she decided to change lanes with out looking.
I have had older women tell me this sort of thing never happened back in the day they would never treat men like shit at least in public. When I go to the grocery store the same thing I can go on but what the hell its the same every were.
Lol. That’s why I don’t ride a bike anymore. Not that I felt a bike was unsafe unto itself…other people on the road will run your ass over and not even think twice about it. Probably be upset them running over another human being caused them to miss some TLC show.
Oh, I hate how these poor excuses of drives get all defensive when one calls them out on their mistake; I just remembered about a month ago my buddy and I were driving on a one way street and this dipshit tourist was driving in the same lane, except he was going the other direction: Straight at us. We honked, and the asshole raised his hands and had that “what did I do wrong” look on his face. Dumbshit.
I had to lay down my 35k harley last weekend because some oblivious broad pulled out in front of me. Me and my girl are mostly ok, but my bike is now in the shop for god knows how long…
Since I drive a manual I just put it in neutral and coast. Usually the first drop in my speed means they get so close I can’t even see their hood.
About 2 years ago I had this crazy chick behind my on a 3 lane freeway. I was in the middle lane going about 68 in a 65. Weekend day so traffic was light. She gets behind me so close can’t even see her head lights. She could go around me on either side (3 lanes we’re in 2 lane). After about 30 seconds of this I pop it out of gear, and just let off the gas. Drop down to 40 and this cunt is so close if Id even tapped on the brakes she would have hit me. Being in a 350Z I pop it back into gear and go WOT back up to about 65-70. What does she do? Guns it and gets right back behind me within low single digit feet. WTF is this? Go back to N and coast back down to about 40. She never switches lanes, and either side was open the entire time. Go back up to ~70 and take an exit. She keeps on going and I get back on the next on ramp.
Shit just boggles my mind. 3 lanes, open on either side, going OVER the limit, and people want to get within a few feet of my ass end. Nothing better to do with their lives? I actually enjoy driving, and love a curvy road. Got a sports car for a reason, and rode a bike for a reason. Loved taking things out on the autobahn, road up a HWY in Germany following the Rhein river with lots of curves, ect. Worked in a racing shop throughout HS to install parts on cars, had shop sponsored cars we worked on, ect. I think if we ever installed “priority roads” here the accident rate would go up 50% within a week. Traffic circles are already too hard to understand.
Sorry to hear it. My last straw was a woman coming onto the road I was on (3 lanes with 1 exit/entry lane so more like 4 lanes total) come off the on ramp, and jump over every lane into the number one fast lane. Even with jamming the brakes I had to squeeze between this bitches car and the curb. I could have reached out and touched her car. If that lane had been 1ft less wide she’d have smacked right into me and sent me into the curb/ditch at 50MPH.
Not worth the risk with 2 young kids and a wife at home. Still got my leathers, helmet, gloves, boots, and all that hanging up. It was either hang it up or start carrying chunks of ceramic off spark plugs…:mad:
You do that if an accident is unavoidable. Its better to intentionally put the bike down and let you go sliding off than smack into a moving car at a 90 degree angle. Provided you are wearing the proper protective equipment…
Bikes are generally not great stoppers, and its VERY easy to go down anyways by locking the brakes up. Stopping very quickly in a panicked situation is very difficult.
By putting the bike down you’ll slow down faster by sliding on the pavement than braking, and thus slamming into the side of the car or going over it and flipping in the air. A controlled slide is the safest method when there is no possibility of accident avoidance.
9 yrs ago when I used to ride motorcycles I had a teenage girl nearly run me over on a 4 lane road she had the AC wide open [ I could hear the condenser going and the windows were rolled up] and the radio wide open I could hear the radio over four lanes of bumper to bumper traffic and the Air conditioning going to top it all off she was on the damn phone I had to start kicking the passenger side door before she realized she was fixing to run my ass over when she decided to change lanes with out looking.