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Slow Going and an Unpleasant Exchange

August 7th, 2012 at 06:02 am

Not a bad day, just slow going. Lots of rushing around to try to get the dog to the groomer, get the stupid U-verse box to stop screeching, plan for class, touch up my hair--boring errands etc.

Our state fair is happening directly across the street from my evening class, so the college blocked the parking lot. I wasn't sure I could squeeze my car through, so I moved the barricade perhaps two inches--and the security guy came out of his car--lurking in the air conditioning with the motor running--and started yelling at me. I showed him my parking pass. but he started in on me claiming I had plenty of room and if I'd been careful, I wouldn't have to move the barricade. I got really angry and started yelling back at him. Not my finest moment. I offered to move the barricade back, and we got into it again. "Stupid women drivers...Don't you touch that barricade; it's my job. " I was one second away from some very unpleasant language--but instead let loose with "Well,good for you." Only the thought students might be watching saved him from a torrent of further abuse.

But the class calmed me down--and we spent a lovely four hours on Zora Neale Hurston and my favorite James Baldwin story. I was half tempted to report him but figure tempers have been frayed with the heat and other things.

So, that was that. No spending today, but bad diet choices. There's always tomorrow.

4 Responses to “Slow Going and an Unpleasant Exchange”

  1. cptacek Says:
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    I hope you told him to get off his ass and move it then because you had a right to park there!

  2. LuckyRobin Says:
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    I think I would have reported him. If he's abusing teachers like that, think what he might be doing to students who haven't learned how to stand up for themselves. And he was nastily sexist about it. If women driver's are so "stupid," how come male driver's have higher insurance rates? I'd rather be cautious and not scratch my car than risk it. And if you'd sat there and honked your horn for him to come out, he probably would have been just as nasty.

  3. patientsaver Says:
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    Yeah, the guy sounds like an ignorant jerk. No right to talk to you that way.

  4. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    What an utterly rude person! I'm sorry you had to deal with that.

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