Posted on 12/28/2011 1:46:20 PM PST by cableguymn
It's been building.. No one opens doors for anyone any more, thank yous are few and far between. But today.. I am just blown away.
I am sitting in my van, enjoying some white castle while reading FR.
I hear a loud BANG on the side of my van. Look over and out the passenger window to see a 20 something kid who looks like he is a LONG way away from the beach. We lock eyes. He had banged his door in to the side of my van.. So I wait for him to walk around to the drivers side of my van.
and wait..
I look in my rear view mirror. He's headed for the door to the restaurant.
I open my door, and ask "hey, aren't you going to at least say sorry?!?!?"
"it's just a little paint man, my car is ok!"
(WTF!!)
It's a old work van, one more door ding is not going to kill me or it. However, his statement just floored me!
And yes, his stuffed Honda Civic had a Zero bumper sticker on it. Both 08 and 12.
I hate to say it. but the posts telling me to return the favor (if serious.. and I don’t think they are) is helping me prove my point.
I mean, I could have shoot him dead. pulled out the gas powered concert saw and cut the car in half, slashed his tires, peed in his gas tank... Just about anything short of running it over with my van, I could have managed.
The short circuiting of the center conductor to the shield which is ground. No reception and possibly damaged equipment.
On the coax cable of a transmitting device like a Ham radio, this can EASILY destroy the amplification circuits of your amp or radio...or both.
That's why all cable below 20 feet is armored and hidden on all my rigs.
This is another thing keys are made for...
a pin hole in a rubber brake hose would cause the slow and likely unnoticeable loss of brake fluid. at some point. the system would fail.
There were jerks 100 years ago. There were jerks 50 years ago. There are jerks now.
The difference is 100 or 50 years ago a jerk was much more likely to get the ass-whuppin’ he deserved without the police or lawyers getting involved.
I really miss white castles.
I KNOW it’s hard...but pray for his conversion and move on.
LOL!
;^\
Smile
How about; “his back was too me.”
Another old western
Smile
How about; “his back was to me.”
Another old western
No, no, no. We as Conservatives are duty bound to make sure that those who require an education learn from their mistakes. A verbal rejoinder is useless. After cleaning dried Coke from his wipers, or pumping air back in to four tires or paying to have some scratches buffed out of his shiite box...he will likely learn to either hold his tongue and apologize when necessary or at the least, control the travel of his car doors.
To do less would be an abrogation of our responsibilities.
Um, that’s a little extreme and could result in injury or death to some innocent bystander.
Bad idea.
Or poo on it like that old hippy did on the police cart in New York.
Ooops. Replied to wrong post...
Thank you for your reasoned response.
a good ass-whuppin normally knocked the jerk outta them.
Pretty much anytime I see a Zero bumper sticker on a car in a parking lot, it gets a key run down it's side...
Roofing nails. His tires. When he backs out, the nails go in.
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