Open Letters to the People Who Honked at Me Today, Part Deux

(See first installment here.)

Dear Woman in Whole Foods Parking Lot Who Looks a Little Like Me and Drives the Same Color Honda Odyssey as Me,
We could be friends. You don't need to be so rude. I would never have dreamed of stealing the parking spot you were waiting for.
Karen

Dear Middle-Aged Guy in Pickup Truck Behind Me on Main Street,
I had no control over the person in front of me who was waiting to take a left into the Walgreen's parking lot. Honking at me and shaking your fist didn't help the situation at all.
Karen

Dear Really, Really Angry Woman in Ginormous SUV at the merge of Centre Street and Parker Street,
You need to take it easy. I saw you. I wasn't going to ram into you. You should consider hanging up your cellphone, cutting back on caffeine, and taking up yoga. Oh, and, I am not an asshole. Just ask anyone.
Karen

Comments

[Susan]

Wow, this sounds like a bunch of Massholes you encountered. My sympathies.

[Anne Glamore]

Tis the season!

[Loren Deck]

I guess it's oddly comforting to know Mass drivers are no different than the self-serving lot that prowl So Cal. Serenity Now!

[Debra Hamel]

Reminds me of the other day in the school parking lot. I didn't get honked at or even get a dirty look per se. But it was odd. A woman walking with one or two little kids, but at the side such that they wouldn't have gotten hit by anyone anyway. And I'm driving, oh, 5-7 miles per hour. Looking directly at them. And I pull to a complete stop long before I'm anywhere near them. And the woman gives my car a look like there was a close call, like I was just waiting for an opportunity to floor it and run down her kids. Weird.

[Margaret]

Gee, you have those kind of drivers too? (smile) I have to laugh sometimes, or I could get really mad.

[LonestarJR]

Being called an asshole by someone who is talking on a cellphone while they are operating a moving vehicle is like being called heartless by a Republican. The whole idea kind of takes my breath away.

[Karen]

I know, and I couldn't help imagining that she was saying to someone on the phone, "And this ASSHOLE almost just hit me!" Maybe if I were indeed an asshole, I'd feel it was justified. Nah.