Road Rage, Wow. Some people. Options

[Dantrag]

Well, I am officially a road-rage victim.

I was driving around with my brother, and I accidentally cut someone off. Well, the person behind the person I cut off,(I'm talking 8-10 seconds behind) decided that he was angry about it, so he pulled alongside us and began yelling profanities. My brother yelled back, and made a rude gesture, despite my objections, and the guy started following me very closely.

Well, when we hit a red light, this guy got out of his car, and began yelling at us, threatening us and daring us to get out of the car. (he had already tried to get in, but we thought to lock the doors and close the windows.) Well, obviously, we didn't, seeing as my brother has cracked ribs, and I'm no fighting person, so the guy gets mad and begins bashing my car.

Pretty soon, me and my brother start laughing at him, and he just beats the car more.

When the light changed, he got back into his car and pulled a u-turn. Luckily for us, a lady had backed up behind him to copy his license plate number and gave it to us after calling 911. She also gave us her name if we needed her to testify in court.

I just got a call saying he was arrested and confessed.

People never cease to amaze me; who does this other than maniac jerks? I honestly don't care much about the car, because it was free, I just wanted to see that guy taught a lesson.

[Kindred Spirit]

I try to avoid getting angry, not because angry people are funny (only angry people who can't hurt you are funny) but because angey people seem to lose most of their control. I like to keep my self control. When i get angry, I try to make sarcastic responses untill the anger is gone. Fortunately, since the people I usually get mad at are rather stupid, by the time they get the first remark, I'm already gone. Only problem with a razor wit is that you can cut yourself.

I don't like being angry. My family are the only people I get angry at, because my brother and sister have serious discipline problems and my mother and father never discipline them. I remember getting grounded for days on end when I was a kid, for doing much less than they do. My punk siblings never get anything more than sent to their rooms for a few minutes, and when they whine they get let out. They won't even stop misbehaving to listen while being yelled at and then continue misbehaving as soon as the lecturers back is turned, the way some kids do. They just keep on being idiots right through the lecture.

So, while not impossible to anger, I try to keep my cool. Partially because I don't want to hurt someone accidently, mostly because I hate looking like an idiot. And yes, I have occasionally been frustrated at a video game. Of course, I'm usually on the other side of the frustration. My friends tend to lose games and get angry at the game that's "cheating" them.

This post has been edited by Kindred Spirit: Nov 2 2005, 02:39 AM