super_vixen
09-09-2004, 10:14 AM
I don\'t know if its a fluke, bad timing or what...but since getting this car less than a month ago, I have nothing but bad luck!
In the past week alone, I have had about 5 confrontations with other drivers/pedestrians. Here are some examples:
1. while at the mall last week, I was backing into a spot, and some idiot with a Jetta decided that instead of waiting his turn (he was behind me), he\'d try and get AROUND BEHIND ME!!! HELLO! I\'M BACKING UP! He came out of nowhere (I had the first spot in a row and he came around the corner while I was backing up). So he starts to honk at me like I\'m doing something wrong. Then I\'m sitting in my car cursing at him...instead of going off to park, he parks his car right in front of mine and waits there. I\'m in the car unstrapping my son and he comes over to me and starts telling me I should watch where I\'m going because I almost hit him. I wasn\'t about to be blamed for something which obviously wasn\'t my fault. I told him that perhaps he should slow down and pay attention to my reverse lights and wait his turn....I had the right of way. Of course, being Mr. Macho and perhaps knowing he was in the wrong says \"Well I don\'t want to argue\"...ya..F*$& off!
2. I had to go to Purolator on Friday to pick up a package. On my way there a lady ran a red and came within inches from my car. Not pleased. Then I parked in front of the store and left the rear window down slightly because I was leaving my son in there. I locked the car and ran in. I was gone about 45 seconds. My son was just fine, and its much harder to take him in and out (and it would take about 10 min longer to sign/pay and carry the package and him out). As I\'m getting to the door to leave the store, a lady is waiting there. She says \"is that your blue car\" I say yes, and then she proceeds to give me this lecture that I should never leave my child in a car and it \"only takes seconds\"..etc. etc. She would not shut up. First of all..he\'s a healthy 19 month old...the AC had just been on full blast...the window was down, and it was only 22 degrees out! Not to metion, even if he was a newborn, it would still take a LOT longer than \"seconds\" for a child to die inside a car. Science speaking of course. I told the lady right where to go and to mind her own business. If she wants to try taking car of a overly energetic child, she can have her hand at mine and we\'ll see what she thinks.
3. Today while driving to work, I was about 1.5 hours late, thanks to traffic/accidents. I decided to stop at Tim Hortons for a coffee. Im in the left turn lane, and I have to cross 2 lanes of traffic and then onto a side street to get into the drive thru. The drive thru is always backed out onto the side street, so sometimes there isn\'t much room to fit. The cars in the other lanes stopped and motioned for me to go thru, so I thanked them, and started to cross the 2 lanes. There was a pedestrian there, but he had stopped and I thought he was waiting. Then as I\'m getting across the 2nd lane, some little red car decides he doesn\'t want to wait and zips out from behind another and comes right at me...I\'m not sure he would ahve stopped in time, so I gunned it into the side street to avoid being hit. I guess Mr. Pedestrian had decided that he should walk across at this time, because I had to swerve to avoid hitting him, and the only place for me was in front of him (he had tons of room to walk around and should have been watching himself anyways)...so he comes over to my rear passenger side and starts pounding (like with fists) on my window and roof. I was so angry! So I cut him off...yes I was partially in the wrong...but seriously..grow up. HE then came over and starting pounding on my drivers window calling me an \"*******\" and telling me he was a pedestrian and had the right of way...well maybe next time you should look before you blindly cross a very busy intersection..especially when you stop like you\'re letting me thru!
UGH! I am so angry. I\'ve never had this bad of luck with a car before...I don\'t know how many times I\'ve either wanted to kill someone or cry my eyes out this past week.
In the past week alone, I have had about 5 confrontations with other drivers/pedestrians. Here are some examples:
1. while at the mall last week, I was backing into a spot, and some idiot with a Jetta decided that instead of waiting his turn (he was behind me), he\'d try and get AROUND BEHIND ME!!! HELLO! I\'M BACKING UP! He came out of nowhere (I had the first spot in a row and he came around the corner while I was backing up). So he starts to honk at me like I\'m doing something wrong. Then I\'m sitting in my car cursing at him...instead of going off to park, he parks his car right in front of mine and waits there. I\'m in the car unstrapping my son and he comes over to me and starts telling me I should watch where I\'m going because I almost hit him. I wasn\'t about to be blamed for something which obviously wasn\'t my fault. I told him that perhaps he should slow down and pay attention to my reverse lights and wait his turn....I had the right of way. Of course, being Mr. Macho and perhaps knowing he was in the wrong says \"Well I don\'t want to argue\"...ya..F*$& off!
2. I had to go to Purolator on Friday to pick up a package. On my way there a lady ran a red and came within inches from my car. Not pleased. Then I parked in front of the store and left the rear window down slightly because I was leaving my son in there. I locked the car and ran in. I was gone about 45 seconds. My son was just fine, and its much harder to take him in and out (and it would take about 10 min longer to sign/pay and carry the package and him out). As I\'m getting to the door to leave the store, a lady is waiting there. She says \"is that your blue car\" I say yes, and then she proceeds to give me this lecture that I should never leave my child in a car and it \"only takes seconds\"..etc. etc. She would not shut up. First of all..he\'s a healthy 19 month old...the AC had just been on full blast...the window was down, and it was only 22 degrees out! Not to metion, even if he was a newborn, it would still take a LOT longer than \"seconds\" for a child to die inside a car. Science speaking of course. I told the lady right where to go and to mind her own business. If she wants to try taking car of a overly energetic child, she can have her hand at mine and we\'ll see what she thinks.
3. Today while driving to work, I was about 1.5 hours late, thanks to traffic/accidents. I decided to stop at Tim Hortons for a coffee. Im in the left turn lane, and I have to cross 2 lanes of traffic and then onto a side street to get into the drive thru. The drive thru is always backed out onto the side street, so sometimes there isn\'t much room to fit. The cars in the other lanes stopped and motioned for me to go thru, so I thanked them, and started to cross the 2 lanes. There was a pedestrian there, but he had stopped and I thought he was waiting. Then as I\'m getting across the 2nd lane, some little red car decides he doesn\'t want to wait and zips out from behind another and comes right at me...I\'m not sure he would ahve stopped in time, so I gunned it into the side street to avoid being hit. I guess Mr. Pedestrian had decided that he should walk across at this time, because I had to swerve to avoid hitting him, and the only place for me was in front of him (he had tons of room to walk around and should have been watching himself anyways)...so he comes over to my rear passenger side and starts pounding (like with fists) on my window and roof. I was so angry! So I cut him off...yes I was partially in the wrong...but seriously..grow up. HE then came over and starting pounding on my drivers window calling me an \"*******\" and telling me he was a pedestrian and had the right of way...well maybe next time you should look before you blindly cross a very busy intersection..especially when you stop like you\'re letting me thru!
UGH! I am so angry. I\'ve never had this bad of luck with a car before...I don\'t know how many times I\'ve either wanted to kill someone or cry my eyes out this past week.