Thursday, April 1, 2010

'THE POLITENESS PROJECT' - CONTINUED

DAY 3   I SWALLOW MY ROAD RAGE
It's the end of a long day and I have one more stop to make, at the dry cleaner. This requires a left turn across oncoming traffic, which is backed up from the stoplight, as it always is, and drivers in idling cars are blocking the entrance to the lot where I need to park. I don't blow my horn, though, I just sit there.
     And then a funny thing happens: First, a driver pulls up to leave almost enough room for me to enter the parking lot. After that not just one but two drivers back up so I can make my left turn. And all of them are smiling! I smile, wave, smile, wave, All of them wave back! Is this manners karma or what?

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