Posted on 12/03/2014 1:44:41 PM PST by pabianice
I have everything but I am still too stupid and selfish to be grateful when something I desperately need comes along. I did errands for most of the day. Then I went to buy some iced tea for my wife at the Pavilions. I was waiting for a parking space when a man in a truck started to back up rapidly towards me. I honked at him and he stopped. He glared at me, then pulled into a space near me. He walked towards me. As I got out of my car, I said to him, “I’m sorry for beeping at you, but you were backing up towards me. I beg your pardon.” “No. You did it because you’re stupid and you’re selfish and you couldn’t wait a minute for me to park my car. That’s how stupid you are,” screamed the man, who was about forty, I would say, and about six foot six and REEKING of alcohol. “I am so sorry,” I said again, “but I was not the one who was beeping at you to hurry up. That was another driver. I just didn’t want you to hit me.” “No,” he shouted. “You’re an idiot. I know who you are and you’re an idiot.” He scared me and I thought for a moment of calling 911. I think it’s illegal to start screaming provocative words at someone out of the blue. Maybe I saw that on COPS. I was very glad that I was not armed because I could imagine the temptation to shoot when scared. However, the man walked away from me and I had an idea. “That guy is going to key my car,” I thought. So I retraced my steps to my car and parked it far away from his truck.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
At home he gets a bill from his (grown) son who he is supporting, along with the son's family. WTF? His wife adds to his son's bills by also piling-up charges to animal charities "in the tens of thousands of dollars a month." Ben's response? He is so ashamed of being angry -- will Wifey ever forgive him?
But as he says, "It's all my fault." Pitiful.
I thought the same thing when I read it. Diary of a Whipped Man.
He’s creating this world as well as living in it. Better him than me.
It is one’s own fault, allowing oneself to be used. I spend my days doing things for my husband and children that they can and should do for themselves ... but that’s the choice I make.
I had assumed Ben Stein’s son and family in Greensboro had a job or something, silly me. At least my one child away from home is self-supporting in general, although we buy her some dishes or a car part now and then.
I also assume he actually has enough money for all of this, and if they “end up broke,” when he’s dead, oh well.
Sounds like Ben needs to grow a pair and give his family some tough love and cut the purse strings.
diary of a Franken supporter....too bad his car didn’t get keyed and keyed good...
I read this scenario and my first thought was “I’m sorry officer. My accelerator suddenly stuck and I could not avoid him.”
LOL
At some point I would’ve said “Okay, I tried to be nice, but you don’t seem receptive to that so how’s about you go screw yourself, ya sassenach bastard!”
Very loudly (in my head, to myself). I likely would just watch him until he left. Unstable people are unpredictable. You don’t know what he’s going to do next and guess what? neither does he!
CC
He’ll have to ask his wife if he can get a subscription.
You know how squirrely evil SUVs can be.
:)
Sassenach: an English inhabitant of the British Isles: used, often disparagingly, by the Gaelic inhabitants.
Thank you, sir.
Yep. And he’s probably not doing his son any favors by paying for everything.
I don’t trust ‘em. When you least expect it they turn into minivans! ;^)
Dear Ben Stein, I hear you crying and I want to help you.
I am thinking of buying a new Porsche 911 or even better, a Porsche 918 Spyder. Send me the money I need and I promise to send you photos of me driving it and having a ball.
Each week, you can show the new photos to your wife. It will make her cry and feel bad about what her reckless spending has done to you. Soon, she will stop all the wasteful spending and in just a few months, you will have more money that you know what to do with.
I won’t charge a fee for this service, Ben. It’s enough for me just to know that I played an important part in making you and your wife happy again.
I am leaning towards red.... that color makes me feel 19 again.
Sincerely — Your new best friend,
Dan
p.s. If she starts this nonsense up again, I am thinking of a large sailboat for next year.
I’d say he shouldn’t have honked his horn and then apologized.If you don’t have the balls to stand up for your actions then you should just shut up!
Yeah, I think it originally literally meant “Saxon”.
You obviously don't really know or understand Ben Stein and his writings........LOL!
Ack!
Perish the thought!
Right now, I’m enjoying the cheaper gas that lets me drive my Yukon tank instead of the station wagon.
Half the gas mileage but way more fun.
:)
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