Yeah, I did.
People who are utterly clueless and wrapped up in their own petty tasks in the face of dangerous situations are not people I want to hang out with, and I’ve encountered a few of these people over the years.
For R;
Clue #1: Put the desserts on your lap. They’re wrapped in a napkin. Transfer the pop from your right hand to your left hand. Use right hand to close the door. Put the desserts on the floor if you feel the need. Hold onto the pop. Now we can go. Problem solved in two seconds. Twenty seconds of dramatically waving your full hands around and getting pissy because I keep asking you to close the door doesn’t impress me as to your intelligence.
Oh, and don’t flop back empty handed and rest your arm on my emergency brake (which is on) with your hand against my stick shift (the car is a manual) then grin at me. We’re not going far until you move your fucking arm, and I’m not impressed with the passive-aggressive smile bullshit. No, I’m not going to buy any “you’re not nice” bullshit over it, because I’m not the one playing games in the hopes of drawing a negative response that you can turn around to make me the bad guy with.
Clue #2: If you don’t have a driver’s license and have to rely on others for rides, you should probably act with a little more courtesy and forethought as to your situation. I don’t give a fuck if you don’t mind being late. I DO, and I’m driving. Push your luck too far and you’ll be an hour or more later than you expected, because you’ll be walking or hitch-hiking.
Clue #3: If you’re in a training class, you should probably pay some attention. That’s what it’s for. Now I understand why you had the goofy grin on your face while sitting five feet from the Instructor during the last hour every day when we were meeting to discuss things. You were smiling because for you, this was an hour to vacate your brain and relax, not time to pay attention to the lessons of the day and the issues that others had with the training.
Clue #4: Yes, a zero still counts when calculating an average. An average is the total of all the scores divided by the number of scores.
Oh hell. I could list more clues all day long. Time for you to be buying them wholesale in large lots. You’re a jackass.
Fortunately for me, we’re now done with training and I don’t have to deal with this man anymore. Now we’re on different shifts, which only overlap a couple of hours three days a week, and he’s on a different team which is some distance from mine.