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AnticorRifling
10-03-2003, 08:53 AM
Background:

So I get my turn arrow to turn left and start to cross the intersection a kid coming from the lane I am crossing runs an extremly red light (30 seconds of red at least) and almost destroys my car. I pull the wheel as I see him about to get in my ass and end up jumping the curb. Said prick throws ME the finger and takes off.

I floor it and catch the ass and follow him til he stops in a mall parking lot, guess there was a sale, he goes to open his door and I fly up beside him. He gets out all pissed off then he sees me getting out of the car and begins to open his mouth.

He doesn't get a word out. Big nasty came out of me. I started screaming at this kid for his blatant disregard, lack of common courtesy, lack of respect, lack of common fucking sense and believe me I know how to give an ass chewing. I told the kid that had my wife been in the car and he endangered her life he would be shitting teeth right now. He opens his mouth again. I give him a choice:

Apologize or get the worst beating of his life.

He beings to say fuck you so I snatch him by the shirt and lift him up (scrawny kid maybe 140-150) he starts apologizing like I've got a gun to his head.

As he walks away he says I shoulda hit your ass and pissed on your corpse.

You ever seen someone get theirs knees kicked in? He fell like a sack of shit and I stood over him in this parking lot with people watching. I was ready to destroy this kid. I then said well since you want to do this the hard way let me call the cops and you can explain to them why the only thing saving you from a hospital visit is my bearing.

Turns out this ass hat doesn't even have a drivers license. So he starts beggin and pleading about being sorry. I got his house number from him told his parents that they needed to either ground or maim their child and the father was pissed! Not at me but at the kid heh.

Think I was over the top, within bounds, or should I have put a brick through his grill( that's his teeth people)

Camri
10-03-2003, 08:58 AM
You didn't hurt him. That had to take some self control.

Calling his parents was good idea. Especially since he seems to have parents that might actually do something.

I'm never lucky enough to get to deal with kids who have parents that give a shit. My experiences with notifying parents usually ended with the parents taking the kids side, and telling me what a bitch I am for picking on their baby.

You did good!

peam
10-03-2003, 09:12 AM
I don't think you were too off the handle. It sounded like the kid needed a lesson in respect.

Just watch your ass when dealing with kids. If he REALLY wanted to press the issue, you'd be facing charges of assaulting a minor.

Myshel
10-03-2003, 09:15 AM
I remember when I was kid (long time ago) on our small island, if we did something wrong, NOT only would our parents find out immediatly what we did but we would get a ass chewing from whomever caught us. These days the disrepect from kids if you dare yell at them is unbelievable. I'm a Mom so when I see kids being stupid I yell, but in the process have been called names and intimadated (at least they thought they were). When I've called parents, lots of times like Camri said the parents immediately take the kids side or they try to placate me. I've taught my kids to respect adults and they know if I get a phone call they are deep doo doo.
It takes a community to raise a child, but it starts at home.
I think you did the right thing.
Myshel

Syberus
10-03-2003, 09:18 AM
Ah wish I coulda seen that.. Would have been quite amusing (No offense to you of course, what he did was completely wrong). However I do find some kidn of morbid satisfaction when people get what's coming to them.

Syb

Carl Spackler
10-03-2003, 09:25 AM
Im so with you Anticor, frankly I think you should have danced on his face a little.0 I had a green arrow to turn and a lady blew through the oncoming red light, totaled my car. My back is messed up now. If only it had been a guy and not a 50 year old lady, I probably would have gone ballistic too.

HarmNone
10-03-2003, 09:30 AM
Heh. That particular kid will carry a memory with him that will help him define the word "respect".

Peam is right, however. Thankfully, you did not completely lose it and the kid was not hurt, but there are kids (and parents) who would have made quite a big deal of the whole incident. It could have ended with you in trouble with the law for assaulting this poor, innocent little brat.

On the other hand I, personally, take great pleasure in knowing that there are people like you, and like this kid's parents, who realize that young people need to learn to be responsible for their actions. This one will remember the lesson.

HarmNone got a grin out of this story :D

Stunseed
10-03-2003, 09:53 AM
Had the same experience last Thanksgiving. Little punk ran a red light and almost wrecked my baby. I followed him, stopped him in a parking lot, blocked him in and calmly walked to his car door. He got out and started screaming at me. I firmly stood there and took his ass-breath for almost a minute. He then swung at me, which I easily avoided...Funny part was, he swung so hard he punched through his own glass window. I simply chuckled and told him if I ever see him pulling that shit, I'd beat him senseless. I got into my Jeep and yelled at him that he'd done my own light-work for me. Fucking 16 year old punks with Mommy's new SUV.

Love you Jolena!

Soulpieced
10-03-2003, 09:54 AM
In regards to the assaulting a minor, I don't think that would hold up as the kid didn't have a valid driver's liscence. Had he actually hit Anticor, that would be some ridiculous ticketage.

peam
10-03-2003, 10:01 AM
Driving without a liscence doesn't permit beatings by 20-somethings.

Simply laying hands on him would've been enough to constitute a charge of some sort.

[Edited on 10-3-2003 by peam]

Betheny
10-03-2003, 10:03 AM
Anticor!!!!!!!!

OMG! My image of you is totally shattered.

That kid won't do that shit again, I'll bet. A good life lesson. He should be glad he got it from you and not from Joe Blow and his revolver.

Soulpieced
10-03-2003, 10:03 AM
You're right now that I think about it Peam. I was thinking if the kid actually did hit him. Driving w/o a liscence, fail to stop at a red light, reckless endangerment. That kid wouldn't be seeing his liscence for a few years if that were the case.

StrayRogue
10-03-2003, 10:17 AM
Petty fucking road rage is just one of the reasons why I don't drive.

JustMe
10-03-2003, 10:38 AM
I had someone do that to me one time, except my best friend was driving and I was 8 months pregnant. Lets just say my friend was so pissed off, she followed them and when she caught up to them they locked their car doors and wouldn't get out of their car.

Kia
10-03-2003, 10:51 AM
I don't think you were out of line at all. In fact, you exhibited a lot more self control than most could probably muster. Not only that, but you actually had the balls to stand up for yourself. I'd probably have just shrugged it off and the kid might have done it to someone else and killed someone. So all in all, I think you did the right thing and acted appropriately. It says a lot about you - good show.

KIA.

Tendarian
10-03-2003, 11:38 AM
I think you were over the top but i also think you did what most of us want to do when this sort of thing happens. Anyway i think up to the point you actually used violence you were in the right.

When i was around 17 i was at a stop light and a SUV was going to try to sneak in, in front of me so i pulled up. Next thing i know this 50+ year old bald guy is at my window. He says "You could have let me in!" And as im stumbling out im sorry he punched me in the nose. So i go to my friends house where i was headed and tell them the story expecting sympathy and i think i can still hear them laughing to this day.

StrayRogue
10-03-2003, 11:48 AM
Oh definately. I don't drive because of the dangers of idiots like this (though I am probably no safer as a pedestrian). I feel what you did is totallt justified Anticor, but I can tell I would be seething for days about that. And I don't want that.

Wezas
10-03-2003, 11:49 AM
Amazing this topic comes up 3 days after....

I was driving home, two-lanes in each direction. Traffic is somewhat heavy and a guy cuts me off Big Time. I shrug it off and move into the other lane, he gets ahead a few car lengths and his lane stops. As I come up to him, he tries to get in front of me again. I pull up close to the person behind me and he starts yelling at me through his passenger side window. Next thing I know both lanes start to move somewhat (15mph or so) and he just comes over. He is litterally trying to run me off the road (him - old beat up huge blazer, me - 1 month old Spec-V). To avoid him hitting my car I jump into the onramp lane (far right, after seeing that it's clear) and hit the gas to get back over into the right lane when it's clear. I get back over, look in my rear view, and he's dialing his cell phone.

Do I really want to trust that the cop would believe me? I didn't want to take my chance of that so I pulled off on the next street, went around the block and got back on the road to make sure I was behind him.

That would have been one of the times I'd like to punch someone in the jaw. Though he looked pretty mean and burly. Never know, he could have had connections w/ some cops.

theotherjohn
10-03-2003, 11:50 AM
All you did was teach the kid Hey if I am not in shape I had better keep my gun that way.

Warriorbird
10-03-2003, 12:05 PM
You scared him, made contact with seemingly decent parents, and didn't totally bust him up. Not a bad job. Just always gotta be careful.

longshot
10-03-2003, 12:48 PM
That kid deserves death. I think you're a good person for not scentencing him to it.

Let's just hope he doesn't end up hurting anyone.

Savanae
10-03-2003, 06:27 PM
I doubt I would have chased him. I don't have much self control at all when I am upset. I would have been afraid that i would have seriously hurt him if I had caught him.

AnticorRifling
10-03-2003, 06:48 PM
Assaulting a minor would have gotten me a slap on the wrist. Kid had no bruises, no proof that I did it and it was his word against mine and since he's breaking laws just to be at the mall his honesty is suspect.

I know how to hit someone and not leave a mark if I wanted to assault that minor I would have made sure he wouldn't be playing sports again.

When idiots do stupid things that endanger my life and the lifes of others, no wait let me be selfish for a minute, my life, I should have the ability to correct that action. I did and he still has bladder control so he should count his blessings. There is a reason people that don't possess the brains/common sense/ability to drive are kept off the roads (as best as possible) they are a danger.

I know I know I was a danger to this kid but think about it. He was a danger in a 2ton piece of death dealing steel on wheels. Me? I was personal and methodical with my focus of aggression and I possess the ability and know how to ensure someone isn't hurt to badly.

Like I said I wanted to remove his ability to breath through his nose but didn't. Had he done that to a true physco he would be dead.

Skirmisher
10-03-2003, 06:52 PM
Oh yeah. I don't think anyone disagrees with you Anticor.

Just with todays lawsuit happy population and so many parents who back their children up no matter what, it can be a difficult situation.

I think we all are quite glad you were able to take the action you did and that the kids parents also seemed to take your side.

Congratulations, well done.

Parkbandit
10-03-2003, 06:52 PM
It's called Road Rage and you should be locked away. ;)

Rysk
10-03-2003, 06:54 PM
If hes old enough to talk back, hes old enough to get his grill knocked in..

Artha
10-03-2003, 06:57 PM
Personally, I agree with Anticore.

Ravenstorm
10-03-2003, 07:12 PM
Damn it. I'm agreeing with Parkbandit. Someone shoot me. But to answer... Way over the top and had a cop been there you would have deserved to have been arrested.

You engaged in a high speed pursuit. You threatened him. You put your hands on him.

So you are guilty of speeding, reckless driving, assault and battery. He's also a minor and you're an adult.

But your honor, he MADE me do it! Sorry, wrong answer. You could have killed someone yourself and you think you did a good thing? There's a reason vigilantes are against the law and you came close to proving why. You're just as lucky as the kid was.

So yes, run do not walk and take some anger management classes. Whatever the kid may have deserved, you stepped over the line and came damn close to breaking it.

And if the 'floor it and catch the ass' doesn't mean speeding and driving like an ass yourself, it still applies. Though in truth, that's the part I have the biggest problem with.

Raven

Rysk
10-03-2003, 07:15 PM
flooring it doesnt mean reckless driving, it doesnt mean speeding. When I yelled at the sherriff here, and asked for his badge number for pulling me over for stupid fucking shit like that, he just walked away. God damnit im an angry person.. :flamed:

AnticorRifling
10-03-2003, 08:00 PM
Originally posted by Ravenstorm
Damn it. I'm agreeing with Parkbandit. Someone shoot me. But to answer... Way over the top and had a cop been there you would have deserved to have been arrested.

You engaged in a high speed pursuit. You threatened him. You put your hands on him.

So you are guilty of speeding, reckless driving, assault and battery. He's also a minor and you're an adult.

But your honor, he MADE me do it! Sorry, wrong answer. You could have killed someone yourself and you think you did a good thing? There's a reason vigilantes are against the law and you came close to proving why. You're just as lucky as the kid was.

So yes, run do not walk and take some anger management classes. Whatever the kid may have deserved, you stepped over the line and came damn close to breaking it.

And if the 'floor it and catch the ass' doesn't mean speeding and driving like an ass yourself, it still applies. Though in truth, that's the part I have the biggest problem with.

Raven

Threat: I will knock your teeth in.

What I said: I should knock your teeth in. Note I'm saying something that won't happen.

I never broke the speed limit, I know how to handle my ride. Flooring it just means quick acceleration and when you have a car that is meant to handle it control is still in effect (I've got a car meant to do it).

I grabbed him, not assault or battery trust me I've been accused of it before and it was dismissed.

Not road rage. This was rage against someone that could have killed me and had the person drove on I would have let it slide but the throwing me the finger part pushed me to follow.

This was lack of common courtasy rage. Had the person been running red lights to get a pregnant woman or dying person to the hospital I wouldn't have been irrate.

But you're right in hindsight I should have let him go on living his life thinking that this sort of driving is acceptable. Having anything but a passive, standoffish, self serving attitude in today's society is wrong!

i remember halloween
10-03-2003, 08:06 PM
you shoulda snapped that dickhead's neck in the parking lot and never looked back. you were too restrained for his reaction.

Ravenstorm
10-03-2003, 08:17 PM
You should have followed him to the mall, taken his plate number, called the cops and waited till one showed up then reported the whole incident in person. There are usually police in malls so it would have taken maybe 5 minutes for one to show up.

Chances are the fact it was an unlicensed, uninsured driver would have come to light. And putting your hands on someone is battery. Yes, most often it is not enough alone to get you arrested and convicted but it is stil battery.

Raven

Artha
10-03-2003, 08:20 PM
Raven, quit being such a hippy.

HarmNone
10-03-2003, 08:23 PM
Originally posted by Artha
Raven, quit being such a hippy.

Heh. Mom said to tell you: " Ravenstorm does NOT qualify as a hippie." That is the voice of experience speaking. ;)

HarmNone quotes the hippy

AnticorRifling
10-03-2003, 08:25 PM
I don't like to take things to the police as first option. I don't like getting people in serious trouble if I can resolve the issue at a lesser level. Same thing I did with my guys that worked for me I don't do written repremands if I can solve the problem via manual labor or other punishment. They learn the lesson and the permanent record isn't following them around hurting their lives/careers. We don't have cops at our mall. We have security and they would just call the cops they are worthless. Cops take on average 45 minutes to get to an accident at this mall. He would be long gone by that point and all I would have is a plate number. Dad could then claim he was driving and it wouldn't be resolved.

Ravenstorm
10-03-2003, 08:26 PM
Originally posted by HarmNone
Heh. Mom said to tell you: " Ravenstorm does NOT qualify as a hippie." That is the voice of experience speaking. ;)

HarmNone quotes the hippy

(laughs) Mom is so right.

Raven

Tendarian
10-03-2003, 08:30 PM
You ever seen someone get theirs knees kicked in? He fell like a sack of shit and I stood over him in this parking lot with people watching.


I grabbed him, not assault or battery trust me I've been accused of it before and it was dismissed.

That sounds more than grabbing him to me. I agree with Raven that its road rage. Anyone who gets road rage would give the same excuse

Not road rage. This was rage against someone that could have killed me and had the person drove on I would have let it slide but the throwing me the finger part pushed me to follow.

Dont get me wrong,im not thinking you were insane for doing what you did. Ill even hope the kid learned a lesson.

i remember halloween
10-03-2003, 08:54 PM
the problem with people today is that they are pussies like raven and don't take matters into their own hands. if you are having a problem with a jerk, whip his ass. it's that simple. don't waste the police's time and ultimately my tax money with stupid shit like that. push the punk ass kid around and threaten to kill him, if that doesn't quiet him down knock out a few teeth and there you go problem solved. he won't do it again i'm sure.

[Edited on 10-4-2003 by i remember halloween]

Weedmage Princess
10-03-2003, 09:06 PM
Too bad you didn't have a jacked 16-17 year old in the car with you. They could have kicked his ass and you wouldn't have had that whole minor thing to deal with..heh.

Seriously though...I'm glad there was a (relatively) happy ending to your story. You could have gotten into trouble for putting your hands on the kid but considering he was driving without a license and probably not insured...even if you did smash his face, I doubt you would have had charges brought against you, as he'd and his parents would be up the creek without a paddle as well....and their insurance would SKYROCKET as a result. Don't think they'd want to deal with that.

AnticorRifling
10-03-2003, 09:27 PM
I coulda got in trouble for putting my foot to the back of his knee you're right. I still don't see it as road rage. It was anger towards an act of stupidity. Had the kid been on a scooter and me on the sidewalk and he come at me like that I would have reacted the same is that sidwalk rage? Buzz words piss me off.

Regardless the kid prolly get his little self worn out at home when his dad got a hold of him (he sounded livid).

From now on I should start either carding idiots for age or stand around hugging trees while people walk all over me.

Tendarian
10-03-2003, 09:34 PM
Saying your only options are one extreme (violence) to the other (getting walked on) is silly. There are many other options in the middle.

Betheny
10-03-2003, 09:41 PM
Cops wouldn't do shit. Not that they should. I think the law says the officer has to observe the incident with their own eyes, since it's just a traffic violation, and n o actual accident occured.

Besides, they have better things to do, most of the time.

AnticorRifling
10-03-2003, 09:54 PM
Originally posted by Tendarian
Saying your only options are one extreme (violence) to the other (getting walked on) is silly. There are many other options in the middle.

It's much easier to make a point using a generalization that uses an extreme. Doesn't take paragraphs to spell out. I would hope you could see this. And I don't think violence is an extreme in all situations.

Geoff
10-03-2003, 11:38 PM
I'm with you Anticor on principle and the kid had it coming but remember you're not on base among rational thinking folks any more. I honestly think you got lucky in these litigious days...

Also, am I the only one that thinks the kid is an idiot for (among other things) giving Anticor his real phone number?

Bestatte
10-03-2003, 11:58 PM
I think you should thank whatever deity you believe in (or the laws of science) that the kid wasn't some whack-job with a gun.

Was it "wrong" for you to scare the daylights out of him? Hell no, I applaud that part of it.

But I don't think it was your place to lay a hand on him. That's his parent's job, and fortunately they agreed with you on the matter.

What would I have done? I'd have taken down his license plate number and called the police. That's what they get paid for. My tax dollars at work and all that.

Ben
10-04-2003, 12:01 AM
Grabbing someone is assault, Spitting at someone is assault. Frankly I think you should have layed his ass out and all your pussies disagreeing are the reason america is so soft today. When I was like 14 if you told someone older than you to "Shut up" you'd get beat down, now a days theres punk kids talking trash who just run and try to get the cops involved cuz they are writing checks their asses can't cash. America is seriously starting to make me sick lately.

Snapp
10-04-2003, 12:07 AM
Ah, from the justice system I've seen lately, my guess is, even if he called the cops and you got charged with Assault (which would probably have another charge of Offensive touching).. the court would drop the harsher of the charges (if either of them stucK).. and you'd end up with a $75 fine MAX. The kid would get a lot harsher punishment for all the shit he pulled, so it'd be really stupid on his end to call the cops on you.

Kudos for doing what's right!

Halfsilver
10-04-2003, 12:15 AM
Regardless of whether or not you were justified in what you did, you still broke the law.

Touching someone in any way that is unwelcome can be classified as Assault.

Breaking the law is wrong. There most probably was a better solution, however satisfying this one was.

-grays/d (voice of practicality)

Ravenstorm
10-04-2003, 12:18 AM
Actually it's battery.

Assault is a verbal threat that creates fear of physical harm in the one it is directed to.

Battery is the physical illegal contact.

While assault has come to mean a physical attack in common parlance, the actual crimes are quite distinct.

Raven

[Edited on 10-4-2003 by Ravenstorm]

Halfsilver
10-04-2003, 12:20 AM
Originally posted by Ravenstorm
Actually it's battery.



I knew it was one of'em.

Always get the two mixed up.

Ben
10-04-2003, 03:49 AM
Originally posted by Ravenstorm
Actually it's battery.

Assault is a verbal threat that creates fear of physical harm in the one it is directed to.

Battery is the physical illegal contact.

While assault has come to mean a physical attack in common parlance, the actual crimes are quite distinct.

Raven

[Edited on 10-4-2003 by Ravenstorm]


Then what are aggravated assault and assault with a deadly weapon?

Kia
10-04-2003, 01:04 PM
Originally posted by AnticorRifling I know how to hit someone and not leave a mark

Heh... scary!

KIA.

StrayRogue
10-04-2003, 01:21 PM
I'm somehow guessing Ben knows more about charges of assault and such, Raven.

Ravenstorm
10-04-2003, 01:26 PM
Originally posted by Ben
Then what are aggravated assault and assault with a deadly weapon?

Hmm, very good question. Just to note, I'm not a lawyer and especially not a criminal attorney. So I looked it up...


assault
1) v. the threat or attempt to strike another, whether successful or not, provided the target is aware of the danger. The assaulter must be reasonably capable of carrying through the attack. In some states if the assault is with a deadly weapon (such as sniping with a rifle), the intended victim does not need to know of the peril. Other state laws distinguish between different degrees (first or second) of assault depending on whether there is actual hitting, injury or just a threat. "Aggravated assault" is an attack connected with the commission of another crime, such as beating a clerk during a robbery or a particularly vicious attack. 2) n. the act of committing an assault, as in "there was an assault down on Third Avenue." Assault is both a criminal wrong, for which one may be charged and tried, and civil wrong for which the target may sue for damages due to the assault, including for mental distress.



battery
n. the actual intentional striking of someone, with intent to harm, or in a "rude and insolent manner" even if the injury is slight. Negligent or careless unintentional contact is not battery no matter how great the harm. Battery is a crime and also the basis for a lawsuit as a civil wrong if there is damage. It is often coupled with "assault" (which does not require actual touching) in "assault and battery."


So assault is the threat or the attempt, successful or not. Battery is the actual success and is a sort of a bonus charge for those with good aim.

Raven

Ben
10-04-2003, 04:01 PM
So it would have been assault.

Ravenstorm
10-04-2003, 04:07 PM
Originally posted by Ben
So it would have been assault.

I'm guessing the kid had reason to believe it was coming so both. Assault and battery.

Raven

Carl Spackler
10-04-2003, 04:41 PM
too bad you didn't blow out any ligaments when you took his knee... the popping noise that makes is just gross.

Ben
10-04-2003, 04:48 PM
Too bad you didn't slash his face up with a rusty box cutter and make him look like freddy krueger then he wouldn't get a date for prom and would be a LOSER.

AnticorRifling
10-04-2003, 09:44 PM
I didn't connect hard enough to pop anything, just pushed the knee from behind it's a better form of tripping. And yeah it would have been assault and battery but I would have counter-sued for emotional distress because when he came from behind I was scared for my life and I followed with one of the two natural reactions to any outside stimulus; flight or fight. Guess which one I tend to do.

Skirmisher
10-04-2003, 10:53 PM
I'm guessing you freeze and change your coloring to match your environment.

AnticorRifling
10-04-2003, 11:30 PM
Yup that's me. Chameleon to the core.....

Edaarin
10-05-2003, 05:35 AM
If I was the kid I would have totally been like "WARN HARASSMENT WAYNE."

Nice job though.

Kurili
10-07-2003, 06:53 AM
I lost it once (more?) when people think they're really special and block traffic lanes so they dont have to walk. You know...park, blocking traffic...leave their car...AND SHOP! Well.....a time or two, I got out of my pickup and helpfully offered to assist the morons in moving their illegally parked vehicles. ::grins evilly::

Both times I had a work uniform on, and the 'victims' called my place of work to complain about being threatened and in fear for their lives by the driver of a black truck. To which my employer and /or co-workers informed the quaking idiot that they had no employees with a black truck, so sorry. (My truck was midnight blue hehehe)

Now...to cut this short-BOTH times the parking morons were male, early 30-ish, and over six foot tall. I am 5'4" on my toes, female....and unarmed. And these wimps were in fear for their lives! An awesome feeling of power it was!

And ya ever notice, the parents who stick up for their delinquent kids, like their kid could NEVER do anything wrong are always shocked when the kid ends up in real trouble? Duuh.

Acolyte Kurili, who missed PC while moving it seems. I'm a posting fool tonight

Bestatte
10-07-2003, 09:39 AM
People who insist their cars MUST go over the line in the space next to them in parking lots.

My solution:

Back in, so my passenger door is next to their driver's door. Back in so that the two doors are only as far apart as our combined side mirrors require. Close enough that unless they're a ferret or a really small cat, there is no way in hell they can possibly get in through their driver's side door.

And then go shopping, taking my time. Make them be inconvenienced, without resorting to violence.

I used to be less civil about it: I had business cards I'd slip under their windshield wiper:

Dear Inconsiderate Parking Person:

Were you born an arrogant bastard, or did you buy the right to the title at Sears?

Sincerely,

One of the people you inconvenience on a daily basis

AnticorRifling
10-07-2003, 12:14 PM
Originally posted by Bestatte
People who insist their cars MUST go over the line in the space next to them in parking lots.

My solution:

Back in, so my passenger door is next to their driver's door. Back in so that the two doors are only as far apart as our combined side mirrors require. Close enough that unless they're a ferret or a really small cat, there is no way in hell they can possibly get in through their driver's side door.

And then go shopping, taking my time. Make them be inconvenienced, without resorting to violence.

I used to be less civil about it: I had business cards I'd slip under their windshield wiper:

Dear Inconsiderate Parking Person:

Were you born an arrogant bastard, or did you buy the right to the title at Sears?

Sincerely,

One of the people you inconvenience on a daily basis

I would get in my through my passenger door, roll down my drivers side window and punch your door until it was so dented to shit you'd think a hippo tried to mate with it. Doors on almost are cars take dents easy from a fist only old old trucks hurt the hand anymore.

I park my car as far away from everyone so that I don't have anyone near me. I love my car and do my damdest to keep idiots away from it.

Kurili
10-07-2003, 12:40 PM
And parking away from everyone would mean you arent in a traffic lane, so you'd never be a victim of my Parking Lot Rage, Anticor! Once again, Anticor is right.

Acolyte Kurili