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Ghoulish Delight · 10-17-2006, 01:30 PM

I'm with Alex on this one, Moonie. I don't reward people for being impatient jerks. If someone's riding my ass in an attempt to get me to get out of their way, I'm not going to just roll over and let them. I will continue to drive calmly as I am driving (usually, as Alex, already over the speed limit). If they want to freak out, that's their problem. If someone's flailing their arms, mouthing obscenities, and hitting their horn because I coasted up to the set of brake lights in front of me rather than gunned the accelerator in bumper-to-bumper traffic, I'm not going to then lurch forward like they want me to the next time. Perhaps they'll figure out that going 10 feet at 20 mph only to stop isn't going to save them time, perhaps not. But I'm not going to waste gas and brake life to make them happy.

On the flip side, I will admit to an occasional bit of impatience while waiting in line, though I'm usually far more impatient when the result of the hold up is an employee who's too incompetent to their job efficiently vs. a customer who can't always be expected to know a store's procedure (do I slide my club card first? do I sign the screen or a real recipt? do I sign at all?).

Moonliner · 10-17-2006, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I'm with Alex on this one, Moonie. I don't reward people for being impatient jerks.... "

A quite resonable response, but tell me in response to an aggresive driver would you "guarantee I'm about to make your live much worse" or "experience a sudden loss of power that results in me exactly matching the speed of the car I'm passing" and would you "take several miles" to express your ~~anger~~ feelings?

Ghoulish Delight · 10-17-2006, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

A quite resonable response, but tell me in response to an aggresive driver would you "guarantee I'm about to make your live much worse" or "experience a sudden loss of power that results in me exactly matching the speed of the car I'm passing" and would you "take several miles" to express your ~~anger~~ feelings?

If they're being sufficiently jerky, yes I've been known to be purposefully obstinant.

10-17-2006, 01:30 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I'm with Alex on this one, Moonie. I don't reward people for being impatient jerks. If someone's riding my ass in an attempt to get me to get out of their way, I'm not going to just roll over and let them. I will continue to drive calmly as I am driving (usually, as Alex, already over the speed limit). If they want to freak out, that's their problem. If someone's flailing their arms, mouthing obscenities, and hitting their horn because I coasted up to the set of brake lights in front of me rather than gunned the accelerator in bumper-to-bumper traffic, I'm not going to then lurch forward like they want me to the next time. Perhaps they'll figure out that going 10 feet at 20 mph only to stop isn't going to save them time, perhaps not. But I'm not going to waste gas and brake life to make them happy. On the flip side, I will admit to an occasional bit of impatience while waiting in line, though I'm usually far more impatient when the result of the hold up is an employee who's too incompetent to their job efficiently vs. a customer who can't always be expected to know a store's procedure (do I slide my club card first? do I sign the screen or a real recipt? do I sign at all?). __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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