OMG I lost my temper with a drumpter today....I feel bad

[demtenjeep]

driving to my doc office. I have to get on one bypass and merge on another. Following this slow car all the way and no way to get around it because of traffic.

Next, I enter my exit and right before exit is over the same car gets in front of me causing me to brake to avoid them hitting me. GRR

By this time, I notice the #fatdonnie sticker on their car but I am thinking I will not see them again

nope-not so lucky

I get ready to turn on the street I need from the exit. There are two left turn lanes. I get in the far one as that will put me in the right lane to turn into the doc office. They were in the lane next to me. They realize I guess they need my lane so they clip over ...again just missing my vehicle.

This time I honk and raise my hands (not fingers just hands)

so there is one more right turn lane before my doc's turn lane. They get in it and then get back out almost clipping my back end. I am PISSED by this time.

I get to my turn lane pull up the drive to my doc office and damned if that car doesnt' either.

and I'll be fucking damned if they didn't park right the fuck beside me. By this time I am furious.

I told them if they removed the fucking trump sticker off their piece of shit car they might figure out how to fucking drive.



I should have kept my mouth shut becuase I felt bad...but god damn

[Downtown Hound]

1. Don't feel bad

People need to stop feeling bad for expressing anger at these outrages.

[Tipperary]

8. Road rage is never good.

Ever. I just get the hell out of the way of people who drive like that.

[stopdiggin]

14. yeah, except

every time it seems like someone is entitled to a "righteous piece" .. I always come face to face with the blue haired granny that is escorting their "elderly" neighbor to a doctors appointment .. or the young mother that has just had TWO Happy Meals dumped all over the back seat of her clunker car. I can never seem to hit on the self-centered jackhammer that I really need to unload on ..

[CountAllVotes]

2. *sigh*

It is sad what the dump regime drives one to.

Behaviors that used to be non-existent pop-up.

This climate of fear isn't doing any one any good at all!

Think twice next time around ...

You never know whose path you may be crossing.

Hang-in there!

[demtenjeep]

3. usually I am pretty restrained in person because one never knows if it is a board member or

administration or a parent

but

after the 4th time I had just lost it.

doesn't help my vehicle is 4 months old and caused me to put off retirement

[democratisphere]

4. Anger management or a tranquilizer might help.

[demtenjeep]

6. I need to strengthen my trump pill I guess

look

once I can over look

twice I might get irritated

but 4 times I get down right pissed


I am an excellent driver and oh I don't know-I expect others to know how to drive

[democratisphere]

12. You are suffering from drumpf intoxication.

Very dangerous to be behind the wheel in THIS condition.
The cure for THIS is elect Joe Biden in 2020.

[demtenjeep]

23. this I plan to do

yes

[mnhtnbb]

34. "I expect others to know how to drive" There is your mistake

There are so many idiot, incompetent, thoughtless drivers out there. Lots of them. And the attitude now is "here I come, I'm special, the rules of the road don't apply to me, get out of my way".

Swear all you want in the car, but let it go.

[Vinca]

5. I don't know why you felt bad. The person was being an asshole, no doubt feeling entitled

to take whatever lane he wants whenever he wants it. The only risk with confronting Trumphumpers is the fools probably have weapons in the car.

[demtenjeep]

7. well-I am good and protected myself

trusty Lucille is always with me

[Tipperary]

10. That is nice to know.

So you would be willing to take a bad driving experience to gunplay?

Holy crap.

[CountAllVotes]

20. +1

n/t

[demtenjeep]

21. walking dead

Lucille is a bat

for my safety

[ProudLib72]

9. The only person you have control of is yourself

And you can learn to control how you react to these assholes. If you expect the worst, and you should expect the absolute worst from a deplorable, then you won't be shocked by their behavior.

[Ohiogal]

11. Situations like that bring out the worst in us

Life in America ....

[BigmanPigman]

13. I think you showed considerable restraint.

After the second time the guy almost nailed me I would have been flipping him off, swearing and honking my horn. That may not be smart but that is how pissed I get when someone almost kills me, especially several times in a row. I have anti-tRump stickers on my car and would have relocated my parking spot if I saw him pulling in and parking next to me (for my car's sake).

[Tipperary]

15. If this same bad driver had a Hillary or Obama sticker on their car, would you react differently?

People of all political persuasions drive like morons. It is best to get the fuck out of their way. Playing dangerous car games is a no win for everyone.

[demtenjeep]

22. no I wouldn't except for the trump sticker thing

I am protective of my only vehicle that I pay for

[Tipperary]

24. You should be more protective of yourself. Cars can be replaced.

Drive safely, and get out of the way of those who do not. Scary to me that you mention you have a gun and think that is a good time to use it.

[demtenjeep]

25. never did I say gun. It was a Walking Dead referenceA BAT

I am female

[Tipperary]

26. Ok, whatever. Get out of a car with a bat and attack someone. Super smart thing to do. Not.

Good luck if they have something more lethal. I would take advice from the other poster who suggested therapy and tranquilizers.

Anger is very bad for us. It will eat you up.

[nocoincidences]

16. When someone's bad driving

is screwing with my life, I don't feel any compunction to be nice about it.

Bad drivers kill and maim people, and they need to get a lot of feedback that their driving is NOT ADEQUATE!!

I treated the recipients of bad driving my entire career...my patience is non-existent.

[Hortensis]

17. :) Well, feeling bad is a good clue you're still far from

joining the deplorables, RW or LW.

"When they go low, we go high." Michelle, Obama of course. Still our First Lady as far as I'm concerned.

[TreasonousBastard]

18. Many years ago I was a kid working in a photolab and on the subway to work...

this woman did something to really piss me off. I don't remember what it was, but I do remember I let it pass.

So, I get to work, and everyone's in a tizzy because we farmed out a job without letting a customer know. The people we farmed it to were holding it up, and the customer was calling every five minutes.

So, the job is finally ready and I run downstairs to pick up the roll of Kodachrome and who is packing it? the woman who pissed me off earlier.

Taught me not to get upset at strangers.

[RhodeIslandOne]

19. Fuck them

[lunatica]

27. I would understand feeling bad if you had taken a bat to their car

Or had cussed up a storm of vile insults.

But yelling one sentence at them? Nope.

[Duppers]

31. I agree.nt

[Paladin]

28. Never EVER feel bad about confronting a trump douchebag.

trump and his idiot hordes have brought this once-proud nation to the edge of the abyss. And Democratic fair play and good manners have been central elements in this happening. Time to fight back!

[chowder66]

29. Isn't a #fatdonnie sticker anti-trump? Not saying they weren't wrong by any means. Just asking.

[Ferrets are Cool]

30. Why feel bad? I am

:

[Clash City Rocker]

32. Based on what you said, there's a good chance that person wanted you to clip their car

Someone drove in a similar way near me about a month ago. I had to brake several times, and eventually missed my turnoff because of that person. At the time, I thought it was a terrible driver, but later I realized that they probably wanted to be rear ended or clipped, so they could claim whiplash and file an insurance claim.

Someone like that is a middle-class version of Trump. Not surprised the driver would be a Trump humper.

[demtenjeep]

36. holy crap-I never thought of that

but I feel that was what they were trying to do now that I look back.

Like, I had to STOP and let them go when they moved to my lane getting off the exit. They did not look or seem to even care

[Clash City Rocker]

38. It didn't occur to you because you're a decent person

The driver I had to deal with passed me at one point, then pulled into my lane and stopped, and I didn’t realize what they were doing until I was halfway home. When you’re a law-abiding citizen, you probably don’t think that way.

[locks]

33. These posts are some of the most distressing

I have read in all my time on DU. You are lucky to be alive; our state (and I am sure yours) has had MANY incidents of violence from road rage, some of them ending in deaths. You cannot know whether even giving someone the finger will send them into a rage and many drivers are carrying a gun and would (stupidly) believe they have the right to "protect" themselves. Recently in my town two drivers got into aroad rage fight and a small child in one of cars died. I hope there were no children in the cars; think what kind of a lesson they would learn from the drivers' actions or even their words.

[EveHammond13]

35. PUBLICLY SPEAKING OUT IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO REMOVE THEIR FEELING OF IMPUNITY

[Joe941]

37. Trumpers deserve it - don't feel bad.