Ass hat??? I love you, you make me laugh!

You know that your cupcakes are too god for the likes of him.

Just today as I was sitting in a left turn lane waiting for the light to turn green I had a fun experience as well! While mine did not involve any cupcakes or a food carting van, it was another undeserved middle finger salute! Once the light turned green for me, I slowly went into the intersection as the cautious left turner that I am, just to narrowly avoid being hit by someone that was going to run the red light. He stopped in the middle of the intersection, turned his car in reverse and proceeded to flip me off as I drove by him. Because I was the one in the wrong as I went into the intersection at a legal green light... it's as if people think that if you act angry, the other people will think they did something wrong and bow to you... I don't get it!

I've had the usual sweethearts that give me the one-finger wave as well. I always give them the 'peace sign', though it's more to antagonize than to spread Karmic Warm Fuzzies.

A similar thing happened to me once. We were side by side at the next red light. The light turned green. He "punched it"... and sent the handle of his lawn-mower through the back window of his van.

I smiled all the way home!

If it helps, you can pretend that was your outcome yesterday!

Oh, the horror! That would be a hideous waste of cupcakes.

When I was catering, I had several large pots of hot coffee wedged/balanced behind the front seats of our van. I was in the turn-right lane, and the signs said you could turn right on red with caution. Well, fine, but when I turned right I had to go over to the far lane to make an immediate left. With the coffe wobbling back there, I couldn't punch it to get there safely through on coming traffic, so I waited for the green light. Mr Dip behind me pulled along side and YELLED "you know you can turn right on red?!!" to which I replied "but do you know you don't HAVE to?". He raced around me and pulled into a spot only one block away...moron!

i could be wrong, but is it possible this man wanted to enthusiastically express how great he thinks your cupcakes are? also letting you know he thinks you're #1? maybe?

Clearly he is much more important than you are. Most people who act like that on the road THINK that they are VIPs.

I have had people honk at me because I didn't make turns in front of oncoming traffic that they felt I should have. Both times I had to fight the very strong urge to turn off my car and go sweetly ask what it was they wanted to say to me so badly that they needed to honk. Both times I was blocking any other exit they might have had. How fun would that have been?

I'd follow my sweet inquiry with an explanation that the car I am in is *my* car and that as the driver *I* get to decide when I feel it is safe to go and that if they would just extend me that little courtesy I would do the same for them.

Only up the nose?! You can do better to an ass hat!

Sigh, I get that nearly every day now. My commute went from nearly 12 minutes a day to over 2.5 hours. My psyche started neatly at road rage, then to road apathy and now I point & laugh.

xo, Biggles

That same Ass Hat must be the one behind me when I'm hauling livestock, too. People just don't have a clue.

Ass Hat is a new one for me! My husband calls folks like that Ass Clowns. It has become a common word at our house.

Don't worry. If he is always like that, he will get more than dozens of cupcakes shoved up his nose.

Just a few observations from the UK.

I have had the Middle Finger treatment, and the Cut You Up treatment and it doesn't half leave you feeling that you need to get payback. But it ain't gonna happen - so you need to move on with grace and calm.

Plus, if you can extend your hand through the window and make a "self-abusing" motion you will have gone someway down that road. But the possibility that there is an ugly dude in the other car who is the size of a barn, with a temperament slightly worse than a 25ft gator, should always be your watchword.

And then there's Desiderata:
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your
plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble, it's a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life
is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign
affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you
in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

haha well shoving the cupcakes up his nose would have been a great sight to see. wouldn't the cupcakes themselves just cheer you up though?

"And had I punched on the gas I might have been hit in the back of the head with three dozen cupcakes."

Back of the head? More likely the back of your vehicle would've been hit ;-)

Regarding the a-hole, should've honked the horn, made the turn and cutting off the oncoming car, chased down the a-hole and flip him off. Hmmm, maybe that's how road rage accidents happen - I'll have to think about that ...