It happened before I could even stop myself... Once again someone was waving their arms about at me as I drove past. Often its accompanied by shouting and an indignant angry face. Last time this happened an instinct kicked in so quickly that I stopped my car and reversed back up to the couple who were complaining and gesturing me to slow down
" Now whats the problem " I said to them in a calm voice.
" You were going a bit fast " They replied.
To which I answered " I live here and I wont have a visitor telling me how fast I need to drive through the village "
She replied equally calmly though a little surprised " Oh, alright then "
As I drove off I thought what a civilized exchange it was, and how it could have been so much more unpleasant.
Whats surprising here is that I had backed up before I had even thought about the situation. I guess I was " triggered " as they say. Anyway I felt better after standing up for myself and not just driving on as usual.
What a bunch of nosy #%^. Sometimes you do have to stand up for yourself.
ReplyDelete" Karens " lol
Delete