Went to the supermarket earlier. The road to the car park was busy, but there's on-street parking at the other side of the supermarket, so we went there. Went to pull into a space, but noticed it was full of broken glass, so went round the corner instead. As we walked back, another car was trying to park in the space we'd avoided. A man putting stuff in the boot of another car was gesticulating, pointing at the gutter and saying 'glass!' very loudly. The woman still parked. As she got out, I said to her, 'He was trying to let you know you've parked on top of a lot of broken glass'. She looked down, saw it, and said, 'Oh, I don't suppose it will do any damage!' Anyone else ever tried to do a good turn and have it completely ignored?
Though I've never suffered a flat tire from broken glass. It's always a nail or something much harder than glass...
^Thing is, this looked like somebody had smashed a couple of champagne bottles in the gutter. They were large shards, and fairly hefty looking. Usually, you're right, glass doesn't do that much damage. But these bits could well have.
I changed lanes once, in front of a guy who's had his turn signal going for the last few miles. He then floored it and pulled up along side me angrily (how DARE I get in front of him? ). His passenger glared angrily at me. I pointed at the blinking signal and started to say "Your signal is still on." All I got out was "Your..." and the passenger yelled, "No, fuck YOU!" I tried again, pointing at the signal. "Your--" "NO, fuck YOU!" Okay, boys, you're on your own. Our different lane speed separated us, thankfully.
I remember years ago when I was a bagboy working at one of the local grocery stores. I was out in the parking lot rounding up shopping carts and I noticed a woman leaving her car and the lights were still on. I ran up to her to let her know that her lights were still on so it wouldn't run the battery down. She just snapped at me and told me that the car would automatically turn the lights off in a second. This was a new feature at the time. Whatever.
