Scarcely a week after Val's encounter with two line-jumping rumpusholes... Genius had his own situation in Pittsburgh. He sent me a text Saturday morning at 8:11 (my time).
"I've picked up your rumpushole magnet behavior. I'm waiting at the post office to drop off a package, and an old lady just walked up, greeted me, and then CUT IN FRONT OF ME! Now I have to evaluate whether to pick a fight with an old lady, or let her get away with being an antisocial monster. We're in line for the "opens at 9AM" post office that's still not open."
"Heh, heh. Let it go. Because YOU would look like the rumpushole."
"Yeah. Exactly. I wouldn't actually pick the fight but still..."
"Like me with the ice cream man. I definitely feel your ire. Monday, a guy in a black sports car almost hit me while I was standing in the yellow-striped handicap walkway at Casey's. He backed up, then PARKED there when I got in T-Hoe, despite a plethora of open spaces closer to the door, including the actual handicap space, for which he had no plate or placard."
"Don't get me started on entitled parkers! Especially in bike lanes!"
"Watch out for doors being flung open!"
Genius recently got an e-Bike, which he rides to work. And took on a 22-mile ride on his day off. Another thing for me to worry about, now with the manifestation of his rumpushole magnet.
They're out there. Must be the heat of summer that brings them out. My husband went grocery shopping yesterday and he said there weren't many people there. However, he started to realize the same "group" of people seemed to manifest around everywhere he stopped to pick up or find something from his list. It happened at the dairy section, then the meat section, the freezer section, produce section and the deli. He said they made him feel like he was holding them up, even though he was there first. He was starting to feel claustrophobic. He felt relief every time he got away from them, but only for a few minutes before they were surrounding him again. He said it was so bizarre and just plain weird. He was glad to get out of there. Fortunately, there were a couple of lanes at the checkout, or they would have been pushing him right out the door. Odd ducks, for sure. Ranee
ReplyDeleteI had a weirdo follow me like that in Save A Lot a while back. He didn't even have a cart! Nor was he carrying any items. Yet he showed up on every aisle I went to, even when I backtracked for something I forgot.
DeleteI dislike e-bikes and the scooters too, because people ride them on the footpaths (the scooters) and I can't hear them coming, I just amble along and suddenly "whoosh!" a scooter zips past close enough to be best buddies. The bikes are on the roads but here on the TV news there have been tales of youngsters having accidents going too fast.
ReplyDeleteBicycles used to do that when I walked the 11-mile trail at the state park. But the paved trail was for both walkers and bikers. They could have yelled out when they were approaching, at least. Like, "On your left," or "Coming around."
DeleteThere are no bicycle lanes here in the middle of nowhere, but at least Genius has them in Pittsburgh. Here, the bicyclists ride on the road, and wreak havoc with traffic. I encountered three different situations last week on my trips to leg therapy. I had to slow down and creep along at their pace until there was a safe place to pass.