Signs

Jeff Bailey
The Story Hall
Published in
2 min readMay 8, 2017
Yeah VT

Something is going on, as that devilish moon gets bright.

Sign #1.

Pulling out of Rite-Aid turning left while another turning right pulling in. I pull out, and the idiot behind the car that is pulling in pulls into my lane, entirely into my lane heading toward me. Fortunately, I didn’t freak out. The clown heading toward me slammed on his breaks skidding by me and almost hit the guy pulling in.

Sign #2.

Another driver forgets who has the right of way and raises their arms as I abide; I don’t think it was the-finger I saw displayed as a sign of their disapproval.

Sign #3.

In a big Shop & Save parking lot, I sat by myself surrounded by a row of adjacent unoccupied parking slots. I needed to send a message and where I sat seemed like a good spot. With my nose buried in the phone, I became aware of a truck backing up and parking alongside me. I thought this to be odd, given all the available choices.

Not only was I disturbed but the guy driving was also backing in and cutting his corner around my front end to acutely. I beeped my horn, and he stops before making contact. He pulls forward and proceeds to back in leaving two inches between our vehicles.

I tried to ignore this ignoramus, but I had to consider the damage to my car if he sought to open his door. I beeped again and pointed at the proximity of our vehicles. He appeared to turn instantly red and started shouting something at me, but our windows were up. All I could see was spittle hitting the window.

I decided to return home, and this nut blasted his horn as I pulled out.

The previous experiences indicated to me that I was feeling unsettled and and needed to figure out why.

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