Idiocy Meter
Asshole Meter
I went Easter egg hunting with my 3 1/2 year-old today at the Arboretum in Arcadia and stopped in Glendora to pick up a bedside table my wife purchased before we headed back home. One would think that with less congestion and wider roads that the driving would be better in these parts–I certainly thought that would be case. Boy, was I sorely mistaken. First off, my people (yes, I’m talking about Asians) scored full marks today by reenforcing the stereotype that Asian people can’t drive: oblivious turns, obstruction of traffic, failure to yield the right-of-way, aggressive tailgating…you name it, I saw it today. Secondly, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone 22 and under who wasn’t texting and driving.
Now before I talk about the oblivious redhead in the Toyota above (license plate 4AWA), I did want to give a special shout-out to the twatbag in her mid-40s driving a champagne-colored BMW SUV on Baldwin Ave. this afternoon. She saw me signaling to come over from the far right lane to the left to enter a left-turn-only lane where I can make a legal u-turn, and she opted to speed up as fast as she could to cut off access to “her lane”. Yes, bitch, I heard the roar of your engine. What was the point? No idea….what I do know is that I had to accelerate to avoid her rear-ending my ass, which didn’t do much good since she just ended up bumper-humping my car. I gestured to her asking what’s her issue, and all she did was glare when she passed me when I slowed down in the turn lane. By the way, she was pushing 50 at this point. Wow, someone is clearly not getting enough sumpin’-sumpin’ at home. Anyway, there you have it. Have a nice life, lady, and you actually jumped the gun by about 20 years buying a vehicle that color. Don’t give up on youth so quickly and sell yourself short.
Anyway, let’s back it up about 25 years and talk about the clueless redhead in the photo. I was traveling north on Grand Ave. and first noticed this girl while stopped at a red light. She looked like she was zoning out behind the wheel, which we all do from time to time. However, zoning out while driving is a big no-no. At the next subsequent red light, I slowed to a stop while I saw her keep going. Mind you, the light didn’t just turn red. It was red from a good several hundred feet out. In fact, it was red long enough for two cars who had the clear green to pull out of the shopping center to our right. What ensued was a lot of braking and a near t-bone collision about 50 feet in front of me. Seriously, girl, where’s your head at? I would like to take all the distracted, inattentive drivers in this town and drop them in the streets of New York City for a week to teach them the necessities of paying attention to their surroundings while they drive and of not fu*king around with their iJunk at every possible second.