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I have, but I wish I hadn't. Flipping someone off is so impotent. I'm more likely to look at them in bewildered astonishment that says: "I'm not a person who flips birds. I am a person who can be astonished at sheer driving stupidity, and I just witnessed a blatant show of that. What the hell is wrong with you?"
When I know I am about to be flipped off, I just don't look. Nothing is more impotent than flipping the bird at a person who doesn't care enough to look.
I'm sure most of the people I flip off don't see me. It just alleviates some of the tension and frustration inherent in the hellishness of the drive to work.
When I was a younger driver (would say 16-21) I could be a little hot headed and would sometimes flip off other drivers for relatively minor infractions. As I aged I realized that the aggravation is not worth it, nor is the risk that I might p* off some lunatic.
Now in my mid 30's I take a very zen approach to driving, especially in rush hour traffic. I turn on a podcast and just try to take it easy because I know nothing I do will make a difference. When I see other people driving aggressively I try and give them the benefit of the doubt and just shake it off.
I was very temped to flip someone off recently and it was the first time I got really angry in a car in a while. I was driving home from a Labor Day trip in fairly heavy traffic through a construction zone. I was already going 10 mph over the posted speed limit in the right lane, but some person in a Caravan insisted on riding my bumper for two or three miles. We she didn't pass me is something I still don't understand. What made me angry was that my two children were in the backseat and I was worried for their safety.
My brother in law taught me something that works better than the finger...
Next time you see someone pulling a bonehead manuever, give them a big thumbs up! The person always looks at me very bewildered and I get a good laugh out of it. Win win
I was on 10th Street just south of Walnut in Philadelphia riding in the bike lane. All of a sudden, some idiot starts riding my tail. She then proceeds to honk her horn and shout expletives at me. I then shout back "f**k you, you're in the bike lane" while flipping the bird. She calls me the "B" word and speeds off.
I have, but I wish I hadn't. Flipping someone off is so impotent. I'm more likely to look at them in bewildered astonishment that says: "I'm not a person who flips birds. I am a person who can be astonished at sheer driving stupidity, and I just witnessed a blatant show of that. What the hell is wrong with you?"
When I know I am about to be flipped off, I just don't look. Nothing is more impotent than flipping the bird at a person who doesn't care enough to look.
You are doing it wrong, in order, honk, swerve and then flip-a-roonie.
If someone flips me off I smile and wave energetically as if a long lost friend just spotted me and waved hello.
Sometimes they trunt heir hand and look at it as if to make certain their middle finger is actually extended.
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