The other day I mentioned how absurdly self focused some people could be. I thought that I wouldn't be able to top that one any time soon. Well how wrong I was. Just tonight, while sitting in the drive-thru of our local BK, I saw something that staggered me.
First a little background on this situation. There is a four way stop light at the intersection of a busy commercial road which leads to the interstate and the entrance to a busy shopping center. Truckers shoot down this road at top speed and don't always manage to make the stop at a red light.
Okay, so here's what I saw. There were two vehicles waiting at the red light to leave the shopping center. The busy commercial road had the green and there were two vehicles turning left into the shopping center. All of a sudden the lead vehicle making the left turn just stops as soon as it enters the entry lane. He just stops! The vehicle behind him is now stuck in the middle of the road blocking both oncoming traffic and the cars waiting for the green light.
The passenger door of the stopped, lead vehicle opens and this kid, about 15, gets out in the middle of the road. He has some words with the driver then finally shuts the door and the car continues up the lane toward the stores. The truck following him waits for the kid for a moment to decide whether he's going to cross or let him pass. Remember this guy has been waiting in the middle of this road for minutes now. The kid steps back and lets him pass. The two vehicles that have been waiting to leave continue to sit through the now green light as this transpires.Yet, as the turning vehicles drive off, the kid crosses in front of the still waiting cars despite the green light! He then opens the passenger door and climbs into the first vehicle in line before finally anyone is allowed to move.
So what happened, in review, is that this kid was riding in one car, saw some friends he wanted to ride with in the perpendicular lane. The car he is in makes its turn and stops to let him out right next to this other vehicle making the guy behind him wait in the middle of the road for this to happen. The kid crosses the road and climbs into the other vehicle which is blocking all other traffic before finally driving off just before the light turns red again. And all of this again, I might add, in the entrance of a nearly empty freaking parking lot! WTF is wrong with people?
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