Good retorts, like hindsight, is 20/20
I guess this guy was having the mother of all bad days.
I was picking up a friend to go to a lecture on the Hubble telescope and I was trying to pull out of his side road onto a much busier main street. I see my chance to go when a car at the back leaves a big enough space to pull into. I wave my thanks to the other drive and step on the gas to go...
Which I immediately had to slam on my breaks because there is a guy in my lane jaywalking across the road. We lock eyes for a moment, the stare down. Mano e mano in car. I wave my hand for him to continue crossing the road. You'd think I flipped him off or something.
Jay Walker immediately starts giving me a tongue lashing, and not of the good variety. What kind of idiot am I? Why don't I watch where I'm going? Blah blah blah (Now mind you, I had maybe moved two or three feet from my original position, the nose of my car not even started into the lane. I was at least a good five feet away from him, I could see his feet on the asphault.
I don't remember what my reply was to him but his parting suggestion was that I should go procreate with myself. He got out of the road, I turned the corner finally and headed on my way.
Oh, the different things I thought of to say afterwards. Whatever. I still had an enjoyable time with my friends learning about the latest happenings with the Hubble.
I was picking up a friend to go to a lecture on the Hubble telescope and I was trying to pull out of his side road onto a much busier main street. I see my chance to go when a car at the back leaves a big enough space to pull into. I wave my thanks to the other drive and step on the gas to go...
Which I immediately had to slam on my breaks because there is a guy in my lane jaywalking across the road. We lock eyes for a moment, the stare down. Mano e mano in car. I wave my hand for him to continue crossing the road. You'd think I flipped him off or something.
Jay Walker immediately starts giving me a tongue lashing, and not of the good variety. What kind of idiot am I? Why don't I watch where I'm going? Blah blah blah (Now mind you, I had maybe moved two or three feet from my original position, the nose of my car not even started into the lane. I was at least a good five feet away from him, I could see his feet on the asphault.
I don't remember what my reply was to him but his parting suggestion was that I should go procreate with myself. He got out of the road, I turned the corner finally and headed on my way.
Oh, the different things I thought of to say afterwards. Whatever. I still had an enjoyable time with my friends learning about the latest happenings with the Hubble.