"self-party" sighting + on-base road-rage

[PepperElf]

The "self party" sighting was my BF's driving. We were on base and he took a left hand turn down a three-lane road - two lanes lead out and one lead in.

His mistake was that he mistook the middle lane for an "in" lane and *slowly* turned down it. There was another car on the road at the intersection but he was on the other lane. I pointed out my BF's mistake to him and he realized what he'd done wrong and was a bit embarrassed.

Then he made another left (this one properly done) into the post office parking lot and was starting to pull up to the mail box...


HONK HONK!!!!!!!

I looked up and saw the other car angled ACROSS our path.
RRD (road rage driver): DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT THAT ARROW MEANS?!!!!!
Me: *Cheerful wave* (hell can't do much else but at the crazy)
RDD: *glares, and drives off*


Later on I asked my BF if the driver had done what I thought he did... Yes.

RRD had turned his car around, chased us down and PURPOSEFULLY angled his car across our path as if he was some cop doing a forced stop. Although my BF admits he'd made the original mistake, RRD's actions could have gotten him in trouble with the base police since he was now attempting to use his car as a weapon in his anger.

What a fucktard.


And from my BF: Oh he mad!

[PepperElf]

OOOO I was wrong!

My bf showed me the area yesterday. There's only TWO lanes not three. The "far left" lane is really parking spots.

So the road-rage guy ... if he was right about my BF driving against the arrow, then he himself wasn't even IN a lane to begin with, and was driving across parking spots. So even then he had no room to complain.


My BF figures the guy saw the "red sticker" across the windshield, which means "enlisted".

So when RRD cut us off to intimidate us with his rage... he was probably expecting some young kid behind the wheel - someone he could pull rank on and frighten into submission.

So we think ... he kinda got scared himself. mainly when he saw the beard on my BF's face.


Enlisted men don't run around sporting a "Chris Costa"... Well some do but they're usually on submarines or doing deep cover. Or they're retired (like my bf).


So sometimes pulling rank and being all road-ragey... isn't really good for the one doing it. Not when he's faced with someone who doesn't have to take it from them.






Chris Costa:


My bf's beard wasn't THAT pronounced but... it was getting some good growth. It's a popular ex-pat look. Especially among people still involved in all things tactical.