This is a new segment, which I will be calling "This Bird's for you." This came about due to all the people out there who I would occassionally.... rarely want to extend the finger to. Since my wife has forbidden me (and rightfully so) from doing this in public, due to an angry 50 something man who first almost ran over us (because he was in a hurry) and then tried to run over us again and pull us over after I reacted with an angry gesture. I will do it on the blog. Look out for a gray Tundra out there. Yep, he was trying to pull me over. I was stupid that day, but not crazy. I got rid of him.
Here is the story...
Yesterday, I let Jackie go in to the local HEB grocery store and get us some stuff while I waited outside, pulled over next to a concrete curb, between the lanes of parking spaces and yes a little bit in traffic but not so much it should be a problem. We all do it. Most people could get around me. Maybe occasionally someone would have to stop and wait for someone to pass to go around. This is just part of life, nothing to get crazy about.
After a while of sitting there, I look up to find a balding old guy, maybe around 70, acting like he is trying to run into me. If he was in fact trying to drive where I was at, he would be going the wrong way. This is the first I noticed him. He started yelling and cussing at me. I was quite perplexed. He backs his car up and then repositions himself to pull up next to me, now having the lane I was maybe partially in totally blocked. He is yelling at me to roll down my window. I stupidly obliged.
He continued yelling at me. "This is not a parking spot! A... Hole! (Duh) Are you too lazy to park way out there and walk into the store! (Huh?). He said a lot more, interlaced with plenty of profanity. When he paused for my response, I was in such shock that I just gave him a dumbfounded look. I did not know what the hell he was talking about or why. I wasn't going in the store. I was just waiting. Why is he yelling? Before I could gather my thoughts, he called me the biggest FN idiot he's ever seen, talked to the Lord (Jesus Christ) and drove off before I could say anything. It was all in a matter of seconds. What the hell?
Apparently, after he found a parking spot, he hobbled his way into the store. I noticed his nice bald spot (probably what mine would look like in a few years). He was close to the door. I was slightly amused in my state of perplexity and figuring he was far enough away from me I rolled my window down and said "Shine your head for a quarter!" and rolled my window back up. He turned around to find me happily sticking my tongue out and I found him calling me an A...Hole a few times. I couldn't hear him through my window, but it sure is easy to read that on an angry person's lips. The lady picking through the oranges at the front of the store was amused as she turned, looked at me, and gave me a nice smile.
So, Old Angry Gray Ford Taurus Man (His car was gray... He was pretty gray too) THIS BIRD'S FOR YOU!
