The weather was fantastic today so I decided to walk down to the neighborhood Walgreen's. It's a mile or so jaunt from my front door. As I am approaching the store I hear the unmistakable sound of a car slamming on its brakes. A split second later I hear a loud "Thunk!"
I walk up to the stop light where the fender bender occurred. Both drivers were out of their cars surveying the damage. The guy whose car got rear ended looks at the guy who hit him and says - "Why don't you fucking pay attention to where the hell your going?" He was not taking the accident very well! Any way, the guy who hit him says, "Fuck you asshole. It was a fucking accident! So fuck off!" The guy whose car got rear ended was probably 25-30 while the guy who hit him was probably in his 40's. I'm standing there watching the whole thing from the sidewalk and the next thing you know both are nose to nose. I was going to tell them to move their cars so other traffic could pass, but I don't like to get involved in other peoples confrontations. It's usually the dumb white guy from Kansas who ends up getting shot trying to be a good Samaritan. Fortunately, the cars behind them start honking for them to move. So they both jump into their cars and pull into the Walgreen's parking lot.
As I cross the street and head into Walgreen's, the guy who got rear ended says to me. "Dude, you saw what happened, when the police get here I want you to be my witness." Like I said earlier, I don't like to get involved in problems that don't concern me, so I politely decline. I head into the store and thirty minutes or so later walk out and see the driver who hit the other car in handcuffs. I ask the other guy what the deal was? Generally, you don't get thrown into jail because of a fender bender. Turns out the guy was drunk and didn't have insurance - "I just got this fucking car out of the shop a week ago! I get tired of all these fucking idiots driving around all fucked up, and to top it off! I'm going to get stuck with the fucking bill!" He then walks up to the window of the police car where the second driver was being detained and flips him off. There were two cops standing there watching the whole thing. All three of us begin laughing.
I am going to end this post with a thought I'm having...call it the village idiot thought of the day. "My ex wife suffered from road rage when she lived in Las Vegas. She was finally able to overcome it by listening to Hawaiian music her friend gave her."
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