Auto anonymonity
It’s an odd thing how people do things in cars that they wouldn’t do otherwise. For example if you were standing in line at the bank, would you be ok with walking to the front of the line and jumping in? Of course not, you would probably be verbally and possibly physically assaulted. Would you be ok with waiting for a half hour in line waiting to get the latest and greatest of something and having someone from the back of the line come in and stand in front of you? No way, you would strangle them. Why is it that when people are in vehicles they think nothing of this behavior? I am witness to this every morning.
The traffic on the main road out of our place is backed up for over a mile every morning. The delay is made worse by assholes that will make a right turn towards the back of the line, go a 1/4 mile, make a left and then another left to reenter traffic a mile ahead. These people have no qualms in delaying the others waiting in traffic. Somehow they think their time is more valuable than others. As I see these idiots lining up to reenter traffic I fume as the ignorant people in line in front of me let these line jumpers back in without issue. I am amazed that these people don’t realize that the cars they are letting back in line have just figuratively flipped them off by jumping from the back to the front of the line. When my vehicle approaches the reentry point I leave inches between my vehicle and the one in front of me to give no illusions that any of these offenders will be allowed to jump in on my dime. I NEVER let them in. I will normally shoot dirty looks their way even though with the darkness and tinted windows, they probably never see. I instantly have severe disdain for any human being I see behind the wheel of one of these vehicles pulling this stunt. They are forever branded as self centered, thoughtless, idiots in my book. These idiots would never do something similar outside the protective shell of their automobile. F’in lemming jerks.