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so, i realize this is going to sound even more preachy but it just reminds me of a story i heard recently

Posted by kare (aka kare) Jun 11 '09, 14:26

from this guy who was about to park and some jerkass pulled in front of him and took his spot. the guy telling the story honked and the jerkass flipped him off. the guy ran across the jerkass in the egg section and was like, what the crap dude? why did you just do that? Jerkass said, who are you? Guy said, you just took my spot then flipped me off! Jerkass paused a moment and then was just like, listen, i'm sorry. i just left the hospital where i found out my 4 year old daughter has cancer.

i mean, i know sometimes when life isn't going well, i can be oblivious. i really try not to be, but sometimes you're just caught up in your own world. people that you percieve are being jerks to you just make it worse. you don't know.

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if the guy flipped him off, he was at least aware that he'd done something offensive. -- nm - Guy Jun 11, 14:37
i have a story i never told here from when i was in the hospital and my dad was sick... - Andie Jun 11, 14:35 9
- he should have handed you his card and said.... "if you need someone to talk to" -- nm - Guy Jun 11, 14:41 8
  - he should have left me alone when i clearly was not in the mood. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 14:42 7
    - She was probably a lesbian. (nm) - The guy's postgame thoughts Jun 11, 14:47
    - Critical Care Ward Crashers. -- nm - pmb Jun 11, 14:45 2
      - heh, yeah, maybe he hangs around hospitals hitting on women in emotionally vulnerable moments. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 14:46
      - "I feel terrible ... I'm horrible ... last night I crashed the morgue." -- nm - Owen Wilson Jun 11, 14:46
    - "But that dating book I read said to be assertive!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 14:43 2
      - it was like that. like he'd just taken a course and decided to try out the technique on me or something. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 14:46 1
        
        maybe he was just really smitten by you and didnt want to 'let her slip away' - Guy Jun 11, 14:48
Bad behavior can have extenuating circumstances. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be pointed out. - Dr.Vermin Jun 11, 14:29 5
- that's true. but it helped the guy realize that he didn't really have that much to be worked up about, see. the point is you never know what's going - kare Jun 11, 14:31 4
  - Asking the bad driver what his problem was, was probably the most compassionate thing the other guy could've done. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 11, 14:32
  - this reminds me of Redmond and the food stamp lady. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 14:32 2
    - the utter lack of any sort of compassion makes me sad :( - kare Jun 11, 14:33 1
      - me too. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 14:34
Hmm. Still a jerk. - Spawn Jun 11, 14:29 1
- Yeah! Totally. A non-jerk would be with his daughter. - Beryllium Jun 11, 14:31
or the link from the other day about the barista. -- nm - TFox Jun 11, 14:27

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