Some may say you should treat people kindly because of the holiday season and some may say it's being "a good Christian", but it's neither. It's just seems like common sense to me to treat people with decency. If you ask me, the holidays seem to bring out the worst in people, not the best, yet society and the media preach this loving and spiritual holiday. If you really take a good look around, you'll see it just isn't so.
In the stores it can really be a nightmare. I was coming out of the grocery store and there were a fair amount of people. We were exiting in a line about two carts wide, leaving a bit of room for people entering the store through those doors. I've got this older lady behind me who apparently wasn't too happy with the speed of things. There were some people ahead that were going a little slower than what we may deem necessary, but who cares? The line wasn't stopped, it was a slow, steady pace. Well, this chick saw the green flag and was on the hunt for the checkered flag. She passed me on the left, then she nudges in front of me. Wow, you're a whole cart ahead and we're almost entirely out of the building now. I wonder if she felt like she actually accomplished something. I never did see if she made it to the checkered flag first. What an ass.
Then we have traffic. I can go a day and a half on this subject, but I'm sure it's nothing you all haven't witnessed before. My favorite part is people that are racing to the next red light. What the hell is that shit. In town, we have one of the main drags, East/West 12th Street. It has lights every block or two. Why are you laying tire when the light turns green? You're first in line or third in line and that's what you'll be at the next red light. If you don't like traffic signals every block or two, take the Bayfront or the Interstate and leave the local roads to the idiots who can't pump their brakes on black ice.
Speaking of driving- I don't care if you have tepid heat in your car and duct tape and a hefty covering one or more windows- you're at least in the car and not openly exposed to the elements. So, if you happen upon people crossing the street in wind that is freezing everything it's passing over, let them cross! Even if it's raining or blazing heat, just let them go, but especially in the cold. They're not out there singing "Walking in the winter wonderland", they're trying to get from Point A to Point B without becoming a human popsicle. You won't die. On the other hand, it drives me crazy when people see you approaching a green light and cross right about when you hit it, so you are pumping the brakes like it'll produce life-saving blood for a dying relative. Are you begging to be hit? I know plenty of people that'll keep going and make you race to the curb because they don't give a shit if you get hit or not. They'll just keep on going like they hit another pothole.
I don't know what the problem is, but let's not pretend the world is a better place because it's the holiday season; It's the same as every other time of year. Good people are good and assholes are still assholes.
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