Wait your damn turn

[christopher575]

On the way home tonight, Alan and I saw a driver who was just a little too impatient. He forgot that every intersection in Seattle is a crosswalk. There's no excuse for it when it's clearly marked, either.

And he knew it wasn't his turn. He was stopped and waiting for the guy to cross the street. I guess it just wasn't enough that the guy was walking briskly, though. He obviously should have run as fast as possible. So the driver honked his horn at him toward the end.

I ran toward the car, both hands flipping the bird, and yelled, "FUCK YOU IT IS A MOTHERFUCKING CROSSWALK!"

I'm so happy that the window was open so they heard me. The guy from the crosswalk thanked me on his way by. Alan laughed. I felt great.

Seriously, everyone who feels put out by having to wait their turn at an intersection needs to seriously fuck the fuck off. I can't say fuck enough fucking times in a fucking goddamn sentence to ex-fucking-press my true feelings about this matter.

Please notice that if you scroll back, there's a story about an asshole pedestrian from earlier today. I'm an equal opportunity hater when it comes to waiting one's turn.

Comments

[poppychirpy.livejournal.com]

Here in LA, you have to be careful because cars dominate so they just turn when the light goes green, either because they didn't see you or they are simply more important. Or they probably think that since waiting for a car to turn is faster than waiting for a person to cross, then the one who has to wait the least is the one that has to wait by default. Come visit.

[cattycritic.livejournal.com]

I dated a guy that actually told me he really did think he was more important than everyone else when he was driving, when he was younger. Except that he still acted like that:

Once he was driving with my family in the car in Oakland and he fucking ACCELERATED toward a black guy in the crosswalk and scared the guy half to death. I have never been so embarrassed in my life, being a family full of white people in a Volvo in Oakland, with him driving at that poor guy. I very nearly hit him. I wish I had. I should have forced him to pull over and kicked his sorry ass out of the car and left him right there. We did at least all chew him out :/

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

He's in a fucking crosswalk YOU FUCKING TREE!!!!!!

[moonrock.livejournal.com]

Funny. nicolemarieh and I were just talking about similar situations yesterday. She punched some guys hood who actually went AROUND cars stopped at the light and nearly hit her in the cross walk. After the game on Saturday, Kyle and I were walking down Alaskan Way and a guy turnling left off Alaskan nearly hit us, I flipped him off, and this apparently pissed him off enough to start yelling out of his window to get the fuck out of his way etc, yeah -- WHAT? I started yelling back, and Kyle had to pull me away. =P

I fucking HATE people who don't pay attention at crosswalks. Every intersection downtown has one - OPEN YOUR GOD DAMN EYES. Kyle doesn't understand given that he never walks anywhere. :\

[cattycritic.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately people's instant reaction to getting yelled at isn't typically, "omg I'm sorry," but "YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS WRONGGGG NNOTTT MEEEEEE!!!!!!!!" It's either just an automatic self-defense reaction or they just want to save face. They aren't even thinking about, e.g., how they could be sued into oblivion or go to jail if they hit someone.

However I've noticed that when people calm down, afterward, they will sometimes realize what an asshole they were. So I have learned that you should object to bad behavior even if they don't admit *to you* that they were wrong.

[moonrock.livejournal.com]

After the football game on Saturday, some guy tried to pull out of a parking spot, but hadn't turned his lights on yet, and then decided he needed to honk at all the people who weren't letting him out of his spot. I yelled and signalled at him to turn his lights on, and the passenger felt the need to roll his window down and threaten to kick my ass.

It was AWESOME.

[devildork.livejournal.com]

in defense of some drivers not the impatient ones, but it is a cross WALK, not a cross and stop and have a conversation or check your make up in the middle of the road or stop and grab an apple out of your grocery bag or make a phone call,k allof these things have happened to me while i was waiting for someone to cross.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I never see drivers checking their makeup, fiddling with an mp3 player, or talking on the phone while driving. That would definitely be dangerous.

[devildork.livejournal.com]

i am not saying that it is not. i also think that it dumb as well. i also find it rude when they sneak into an intersection blocking the crosswalk and/or the intersection so that people can not get through.
what i am saying it that have the common courtesy that if people are waiting for you to cross do so in an rapid manner. i am not saying RUN. but get your fruit out AFTER you get to the sidewalk not in the middle of the street.
and i am not talking about people who are WALKING and doing these things. i am talking about people who have actually stopped in the middle of the street to talk or eat or whatever.

[mcfnord.livejournal.com]

next time shout even louder

[cattycritic.livejournal.com]

I never want to hear you complain about my "fight" with snarky Vivace idiots ever again, ever.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

Haha. But it's so hard for me to find and use a new running joke. If I were to see my creative director from the job I lost in 2001, I could call her Salad Buddy instead of her actual name.

[iambatgirl.livejournal.com]

"Seriously, everyone who feels put out by having to wait their turn at an intersection needs to seriously fuck the fuck off. I can't say fuck enough fucking times in a fucking goddamn sentence to ex-fucking-press my true feelings about this matter."

CANNOT tell you how MUCH this made me laugh!! In fact I may use this as my myspace quote, thank you very much. LOL!

I do not mind waiting for people at crosswalks, even granny's who like to take their time. It gives me time to stop, and to think, "smells the roses" if you may.

BUT.

I do not tolerate, driving through seattle, turning the corner only to find some idiot fuck in the MIDDLE of the street, fling his Man-purse around hitting random cars. THAT motherfucker derserves to get hit. Thank you, Ballard, for this wonderful expirience.

Other than that, yell all you want, I may join you!

[dannaramma.livejournal.com]

You have just reached "Hero" status on my list.