DAN BERLADYN

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Datetime: 2016-11-15 03:01:03 +0000
Post Title: Rat Race - Disgusting
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EDIT:  What I think is morning, is actually evening.  I've been so overtired, then while getting a good nights sleep a homeless person pounds on the door between 1:30 and 2:00am.  She already broke in once while I was drugged for a good nights sleep a few nights back.  Just my continual luck.  Anyways, what I think is morning here, is actually evening.

So here I am this morning on Boundary Rd., stopped in heavy traffic.  I am stopped on an incline down from a red light.

The car in front of me rolls backwards, obviously a Standard transmission.  Not wanting to hit the horn this early in the morning I am patient.  The driver catches her mistake and hits the brakes.

The light cycles but no one moves other than a small shuffle and I end up two cars down from the red light, there's a problem blocking traffic ahead.

The car in front of me rolls again.  This time I have left  plenty of room.  She keeps rolling and knowing that she's not paying attention I hit the horn when it appears dangerously inevitable.  She keeps rolling gaining momentum and then wham, she rolls right into me.

Frustrated and understanding of her human error I do nothing.  I assume at worst she has bent my licence plate and perhaps scratched my chrome.

Not happy I decide to let it go.  Traffic shuffles again.  We don't move except the car that just hits me, the driver, she suddenly decides to change lanes and turn left leaving the intersection.  Ok, she's embarrassed, I understand this.

Now I am beside her.  We are both waiting at the intersection.  No one moves through the light cycle.  Taking the opportunity,  she gets out and I assume she going to apologize.

Opening my door for her, I am only led to disappointment.  This older lady, Japanese, Native or Asian of some sort is only interested in her own damage.  In my short conversing with her, I am struck by how much she looks like a female version of David Suzuki.

She had no interest in talking to me to apologize.  She just wanted to inspect her own rear end.  Before I could say anything the light cycled.

By the next red light we hadn't moved.  Now it's bothering me, I get out approach her drivers door and proceed to tell her that when you hit someone it's prudent to care about the other persons vehicle, not your own.

Her reply?  She never hit me.  She completely denied it.  I find that disgusting behaviour. It's a shame, she was probably an attractive woman in her younger years, in her obvious older age she still looked somewhat attractive but she had no care for others, only herself.

No INTEGRITY

The light changes and I decide to let it go.  Finally we can move through the intersection.  Two blocks ahead the Vancouver Police and the Fire Department are blocking two lanes for a fender bender.

Obviously more people who only care about themselves.  I believe the Fire Department and the Police are called out far more than necessary for minor fender benders.

However perhaps this one was different, I don't waste people's time slowing down to gaze, but I did notice one car looked to be where it shouldn't be.  perhaps the Police were warranted.

As for the Fire Department, they likely were not necessary.  I've been in terrible cat accidents and not once did I need them to pull me out or to protect my neck.