Surprisingly enough I just had my first road rage incident yesterday. In thirteen years of driving, especially with the amount of time I am on the road, I am shocked it didn't happen sooner. So, yesterday I am driving around in one of the polygamist vans while mine was getting its oil changed. It was early evening and the traffic was thick. I finally made it through to the next place I needed to go (a patient's home). All of the sudden, some guy in an Accord comes screeching up and motions for me to roll down my window. I do, and he instantly starts screaming, yelling, and swearing at me. I found the man slightly amusing, but I instantly tried to figure out if I had inadvertently cut this guy off or something so I could apologize and be done with it. He seems to be getting more and more out of control by the second. Finally as he is swearing he is saying all kinds of amazing stuff. I finally stopped him. With a straight face, and in a very calm voice I said, "excuse me sir, but I don't even think where you said I had my head is even physically possible for me." I know I am terrible, but I can't help it, I was laughing so hard inside. Whenever someone is totally out of control, I think it is hilarious. My statement seemed to turn the man into one of those cartoon characters that turn all red in the face and can actually blow steam from their ears. After I continued to listen to his rant, sitting in my van the whole time, he then gets out of his car and threatens to kick my "rear end." Mind you that I have only said one thing to him in his 5 minute rant, and just been listening calmly the rest of the time. I calmly told him that while I have no interest in fighting him, I would protect myself. He starts to approach my door, so I got out of my van so as to not be trapped. As soon as I got out, he took one look at me, started heading back to his car and says that, "he will let it go this time." He then drove off. While I am no tough guy and would probably get my head kicked in if I were in any fight, being this big causes me to not have to fight (which is good because I am not a fighter). I guess that makes up for me banging my head into stuff more often than some people. If my size showed my true wimpy-ness, I would only be 4'3" and 79 lbs. Though I may not win any boxing matches, I think I would be a serious contender for most bizarre experiences. So, you are probably wondering what I did to set this man off. That is the best part of all. He was upset because..........I let too many people merge in front of me in the heavy traffic. He was behind me and this annoyed him immensely. I think I set up some medical equipment for this man's Mother. You can read all about that here: http://atalocationnearyou.blogspot.com/2008/08/interesting-and-informative-2.html
