"you should watch where you're walking!"

[bmccasland]

I went to one of the local malls today, to run some errands, and to treat myself to lunch at a brewpub there.

While strolling through the parking lot towards the mall, a black Mercedes SUV starts pulling out right in front of me. I stop in my tracks, and look towards the driver, expecting him to perhaps check his mirrors and see me. Nope, he's chatting on his cell phone as his vehicle continues to roll. So as it rolls in front of me, I tap his window. He looks at me, still on the phone, then keeps moving. I walk on. As he passes me, he says through his now open window, "do I know you?"

"No, but you almost hit me as you were pulling out."

"Well, you should watch where you're walking!"

(I had to get in the last word.....)
And you should hang up your cell phone when you drive!


The beer was nice and cold in the brew pub.

[Zen]

Don't you know who that was?
It was Mr. Important!
Mr Important is a moron and karma is a beach.

[Eden]

I stepped out into a crosswalk today (one with a stop sign, so cars had to stop or be stopped anyway). The driver who was stopped started to go, slammed his brakes back on, then threw up his hands..... then he wanted to know why I was glaring at him.....

Dummy - you need to look at the whole picture - cross streets and sidewalks before you start to go, you can't just be on autopilot, stop and then go without looking and then to have the audacity to act frustrated. He's lucky my mouth was full or he'd have got more than a glare.

[XMcShiftersonX]

Good work Beth! People are such assholes these days, and the cell phone has a lot to do with it!

[zoom-zoom]

Good work Beth! People are such assholes these days, and the cell phone has a lot to do with it!

Yep...add a big luxury SUV to the mix and it's an a-hole with a penis extender. Ick.

[Crankin]

Yesterday, I almost got "crashed" by a woman in the grocery store, wheeling her cart, while talking on the phone. She continued to talk on the phone through more than half of her time there, so I just glared at her every time she passed me in the aisle. I only held my tongue because her teenaged son was with her. It was late afternoon and the store was crowded.
Zoom-Zoom, my DH drives a big, luxury SUV. I think he would have laughed at the penis extender idea.
He doesn't drive and talk, though.

[HoosierGiant]

Don't you know who that was?
It was Mr. Important!
Mr Important is a moron and karma is a beach.

HA! Oh sooooo true!