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I Was a Patient JLEDI Yesterday
On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:07:17 -0700, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote: >http://i2.tinypic.com/2j2hy1d.jpg > >So I was pulling into a strip mall parking lot yesterday evening (I >was at the position marked in blue in the above picture). As I'm >preparing to make a left turn along the path indicated by the blue >arrow, I noticed an SUV stopped in the traffic lane at the location >marked in red. A pedestrian was standing on the passenger side of the >SUV attempting to enter the vehicle. In a scene straight out of >"Saturday Night Fever," the driver of the SUV kept moving forward and >reverse just as the pedestrian's hand was about to touch the door >handle, preventing him from gripping the handle and opening the door. > >Now, I suppose I could have taken the path marked in yellow. Yes, it >would have been driving the "wrong" way, but this was, after all, a >parking lot, and the proper lane was being blocked by a MFFY. Or I >could have continued straight ahead and taken the long way around. >Instead, for a (literal) change of pace, I decided to follow the >teachings of the JLEDI masters in this group, and I sat there and >waited while these two assclowns ****ed around. Finally the pedestrian >got in and the SUV pulled forward, clearing the way for me to complete >my turn. > >Net loss: 30 seconds of my valuable time. >Net gain: NOTHING. > >So I gotta ask you JLEDIs: what's in it for you? What do you get in >exchange for the time that you allow others to steal from you? Do you >get a warm fuzzy feeling inside? Do you feel better about yourself in >some way? And what is it that stops you from defending yourself >against those who would use you as their doormat? > >What am I missing? You wasted more than 30 seconds doing this post. What's missing is a sense of proportion. You complain about time lost, and you'll lose far more than that in this thread. -- Bill Funk replace "g" with "a" |
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