It occurs to me that our automobile culture has turned drivers into people with split personalities. Think about it for a moment. I find myself gesturing and saying things while driving my car that I would never do or say in another situation. Nor am I alone in this behaviour. Worse - I've seen or heard tales of drivers who allow a situation to escalate into borderline fisticuffs, when a calmer head would have resulted in the moment passing and being forgotten within minutes.What is it about the automobile that inflates our egos? Do we feel invincible?
OK, what is it about people that deal with volunteers that think that abusing them is going to get what they want? My wife had a run-in with a moron tonight over a fund-raiser for Scouts. He wanted his popcorn right now! When C. didn't put up with his abusive language (yes, the b*tch word was used) it started getting nasty. He was going to have her fired. Fired from what? She's a freaking volunteer! Who on occasion has his son's life in her hands!
ReplyDeleteAnonymity. That's what I put it down to. That & control issues.