About Town: Grocery Store Lot Road Rage

Caught me-self a snippet of genuine grocery store parking lot road rage the other day, and I could not help but stop and gawk.

I was leaving Safeway when one driver, a man in a black hot-rod-ish two-seater, got into it with a lady in a red hot-rod-ish convertible. It was an older model, but it still had that loud, revved-up motor that screamed, "Yes I am having a midlife crisis."

Traffic was backing up as it usually does in the storefront lane, where shoppers push their carts all nilly-willy in front of cars impatiently looking for a parking spot in the crowded lot.

When I'm behind the wheel, I  must confess that annoyed feeling sometimes rears its ugly head when I have to stop yet again for someone to walk by. Yet when I am the one leaving the store, I feel my grocery-packed cart and I certainly should have the right-of-way.

Anyhow, I heard a loud horn blast then saw the red car whipping right behind the black car, which had just pulled into a spot.

I don't know who did the honking, but red-car lady was NOT happy, so she parked her bad self behind the black car and some words definitely were exchanged.

Apparently whatever was said didn't satisfy her completely because she started to drive off, then backed up to exchange a few more choice words. 

It's funny how people get behind the wheel, but even more so in a small town such as Pleasanton, where that person you're giving the finger to just might show up in the school parking lot right next to you.