Seriously. Why do some people feel the need to be nasty buttheads? I’m still stewing a bit from kindergarten drop off on Thursday afternoon.
I was driving slowly in front of the school on the icy “road.” (This was in the school’s parking lot.) I was looking for a spot, and then all the sudden a woman and her kindergarten stepped out from between parked cars and appeared to be about to walk right in front of me. I stepped on my break quickly and probably had an obviously surprised face as they then walked in front of my car.
Well, imagine my surprise then when I see that this Mom is then saying all kinds of things. I only know this by the fact that she seemed to be angrily talking at me and could only pick out the word “school” with my poor lip reading. What the heck???? Here I was getting the “what for” from some lady that had walked out from between parked cars. Am I getting scolded for not having ESP?
I tried to tell myself that I needed to let it go. Perhaps she had a bad day. Maybe her kid had been running all around and she had a hard time getting him ready for school. Maybe she just got some bad news. Maybe she really thought I was driving faster than I was. Or, maybe she really did think I had ESP and couldn’t imagine why I was being such a butthead and not using it to know they were going to try to walk in front of me. Who knows — I guess it could be any of those, plus many more options.
Hopefully writing this will help me let go of the annoyance of it. Forgiveness is sometimes a hard thing, and understanding can be even harder.
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