The finger instead...

My truck broke down on Monday. The steering wheel was getting loose. (I guess this is a common problem if you use the steering wheel to get in and out of your vehicle--DON'T do it!) Anyway, I was driving it to the mechanic's to have it fixed, when all of a sudden whatever was loose loosened even more, the steering wheel went limp and the engine died!

I calmly coaxed it out of the center lane of traffic, and coasted as far as I could up a hill to the first exit. Amazingly I managed to start making the turn on the exit before the truck lost all forward momentum. I was able to get it out of the center of the street, and onto the far left of the exit, without blocking any traffic. (This was pretty amazing given the circumstances.)

So I put my hazards on and waited for the tow truck to arrive. I was shocked that during the 30 minutes I waited in my dead truck, a majority of the people who went by me felt the need to honk and/or flip me off, for "inconveniencing" them. They were able to get around me, but still felt the need to vent their displeasure while I was on the phone to AAA. Even a gray haired old lady felt the need to honk at me. Most of them were on their cell-phones and the only thing I can think of is that they were too busy talking to notice my hazard lights were flashing. Or perhaps they wrongly assumed I pulled over in an idiotic spot to use my cell phone. Who knows. What I do know is, not one person stopped to help or to see if I was OK.

The scary part is, even when the tow-truck drivers showed up, people ignored their hand motions to stop while they tried to hook me up. Instead at least three different cars disregarded the driver's directions and squeezed by. I hope I'm not around these 'lovely' people when their Karma catches up with them!