have you had it?

[nostatic]

I've had it. Up to here.

Tonight I'm driving over to pick up the boy and I'm on a 2 lane road, keeping up with traffic. Bozo behind me honks and is motioning at me. I am not on the phone, and I'm not leaving a huge gap in front of me. We eventually get to a stoplight/line of traffic and I look back at him like "wtf?" He continued motioning at me in an annoyed fashion. He appears to be an early 50's westside lawyer/executive type. I'm pissed. I put on the parking brake (light is still red and will be for some time...I know the intersection) and I walk back to his car. I say "what the f*ck is wrong with you? I have no place to go...what is your hurry?" He points at his windshield and with an annoyed/prissy look says, "your washers got my car wet."

Yes, I had the audacity to use my windshield washers to clean my windshield.

I looked at him kind of dumbfounded and said, "are you f*cking nuts? What the hell is wrong with you?"

I walked back to my car, the light turned green, and I went on my way.

I've had it. Up to here. I'm going to have *two* beers tonight (all I have in the fridge). People suck.

[Drago]

You shoulda taken a dump on his hood. I would have...but that's just me.

[island911]

Drago

I thought the idea was "say it; don't spray it" . ...apparently, YMMV

Then again, I've often thought that the O₂ mount on the exhaust would be an excellent place for a little oil injector port.

[M.D. Holloway]

a piss would have been better - "sorry mutha*****a, I missed a spot!"

[nostatic]

I need a reality check here...was the guy totally whack or what? I mean, is his frickin' car going to melt or something? I suppose he just had his "boy* wash it.

I hate the westside...

[vash]

todd, i might get annoyed if i got sprayed after a recent wash. but only an insane person would even get you involved. part of the cost of admission of driving is putting up with stuff hitting the car. what if a bird schit on his car? is he gonna drive around yelling at it? besides, he would have stayed dry if he kept his distance.

oh, you got crazy balls going back to his car :O

[BlueSkyJaunte]

That kinda ***** would've bought him a slug between the eyes 'round these parts. Send him our way...

[Moneyguy1]

Years ago, back in the northeast, on a lousy winter day, traffic on a road leading to Kodak's plant outside the City was moving really slow due to snow and ice. The guy behind me would lean on his horn every time traffic began to move ever so slightly. THis continued for a mile or so. At the time, many cars still had an outside hood latch. I got out of my car, opened his hood and cut his positive cable, got back in my car and drove off. He never dared get out of his car.

I was young and rather rebellious at the time. Would think twice abnout doing that again, particularly since everybody is so edgy, armed and ready to sue!!

But it felt good at the time.

[nostatic]

I should point out that when I got back into my car, I immediately fired up the washers...

mmm, Negro Modelo. I feel better now.

[RoninLB]

some times to much civilization sucks.

in HS days the routine was a walk out and bend his wipers up.
then drive away.

[DonDavis]

This one time I was in the Philippines and.......

Oh, I thought you were axing about something else.

That guy was out of line. If I was the man I was 10 years ago, I would have taken a flamethrower to his rig.

Today, probably would have laughed and said "Do you also flag down birds and dust clouds to render your displeasure? My, my Higgins, How do you get by?"

I also want to add that I agree with your approach for cleansing yourself of that nastiness by applying liberal amounts of malted hops and barley product till delightfully fuzzy. Repeat as needed.

[Dantilla]

you should have pulled out a squeegy, wiped his windshield clean, then demanded money for your good deed.

[tabs]

hEY dANILLA THATS A GREAT BUSINESS IDEA, JUST FOLLOW nOSTATUS AROUND ALL DAY....

Nostatus were U outa your mind getting outa your car, that boy mighta shot you....for fear of his life....you were stupid to put yourself at RISK...never become reactive...always remember where and who you are...sometimes thats better said than done but Geezus..U live in a fking zoo called LA....

Bet U woulda done that if they were a coupla miniority boyz from the hood.cruzin in a low rider..huh...had to be a prepy westie type ******* huh....

[fintstone]

I don't know the weather conditions, etc...and I certainly would not have blown my horn...but I admit that I have considered it pretty inconsiderate when I have just spent hours washing and waxing my car and someone with badly adjusted sprayers on a clear dry day doesn't wait for a gap in traffic to spray their windshield and soaked my car and ruined hours of work. Clearly if the weather is good, the dirt did not just suddenly appear and was there when the person got into the car. If it was not so bad that it needed cleaning before being in traffic....it probably wasn't too bad to wait until he would not ruin someone elses detailing. I am sorta suprised that Porsche drivers would consider that good form.

[ubiquity0]

Originally posted by fintstone
...a gap in traffic...

In LA??!

[speeder]

There are plenty of gaps in traffic here. Actually not all that crowded compared to the East coast cities that I just drove through. I'm going to be the contrarian here and say that it annoys the schit out of me when someone is drenching me through my open sunroof w/ their windshield washers. It just falls into the general category of being completely oblivious behind the wheel, not that different from cell phone talking midget women rolling through crosswalks.

Simply adjust the squirters, unless you are trying to be generous and wash the other guy's windows too.

Seriously, next time it might be some spring-loaded ass whole who goes Medieval on your ass. Granted, in the big scheme of things it's insignificant. But most of the things that start fights between strangers are not exactly of international importance.

[on-ramp]

personally, i don't think it's very wise getting out of your car and yelling at a stranger things like.....
"are you f*cking nuts? What the hell is wrong with you?"

in this day in age, people have gotten shot and killed over more stupid things.

this guy could've been a complete psycho, gotten his gun out of the glove compartment and started shooting.

Just keep driving, what's the big deal if someone is beeping, just ignore it and move one. be cool. it's not worth it.

[nostatic]

yes, it was stupid to get out of the car, but sometimes you've just had it. and I didn't drench the guy...the washers are correctly aimed, and I was responding to glare off a glass highrise showing my window was dirty. the guy had a faint trace of water drops. and if he hadn't been tailgating me, he wouldn't have gotten wet at all.

so I was wrong but he's still a prissy prick in an suv.

[Jay Auskin]

I rains within 10 minutes of washing my car...always I've just come to accept it. Spraying your washers would just put me out of my misery in a hurry.

[M.D. Holloway]

Seriously Nostat - in Texas you would get shot. About once a month I get some crazy MF doing something stupid and more times than few they get into my *****. I keep the eyes forward and pull out my pic cell phone and hold er up and make like I am taking a pic. It works every freakin time - 100%. They go driving off as frightened as rabbits. Better than showing a .38 which I could easily carry in my car with no worries but choose not too for obvious and felonious reasons.