I agree with the fact that people don't like "different."
90%+ of my bad encounters have to do with stupid rednecks in their stupid redneck trucks with their stupid redneck stickers. These same people seem to think that a "big engine" somehow makes them more "manly" when they pass me. (yeah...that's right, get out of your truck you lard @$$ and race me on a bike: an actual physical endeavor!) I watch the anger of these same rednecks grow inexplicably with each stoplight or traffic congestion I pass them at.
One actually almost crawled up a sidewalk to block my ability to pass him for a third time one day.
For the military folks responding:
I was going to write the base paper about all the dicks on base. My commute is 9.5 miles, with 6 of those being on base. I thought when I first started that the on base portion would be the nicest, what with low and enforced speed limits, and general professional coutesy.
Good god was I wrong. Off base I generally get the courtesy, on base I get brushed off on the shoulder and end up taking the entire lane for my own safety.
I don't get it. Was that 10 extra seconds going to kill someone?
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