I'm a pretty laidback person. Most of the time, I find it easier to just go with the flow than try to fight with strangers over petty things that have very little impact in the grand scheme of things.
It's a trait I inherited from my dad, who is even more laidback than I am. But that doesn't mean we both don't have certain peeves that will switch us over into full petty mode.
More than once we've been first at an intersection at rush hour and the guy behind us will honk almost the same instant the light turns green.
So my dad will literally sit there and wait out the entire green light, just to spite the guy for not having an ounce of patience.
Personally, although I think it's hilarious, I always feel bad for the perfectly innocent people stuck behind the original honker.
But when it will only affect that one car? Bring it on.
Normally, I'd want to get out of there ASAP because Ikea lots are insane, but this guy pulled up practically on my bumper as soon as I was unlocking the trunk.
He then proceeded to just watch impatiently as I, a lone five-foot-one person, struggled to get heavy boxes up off the cart and into my trunk.
Tired from shopping and sweaty from lifting those heavy purchases, I got in the car and just sat.
I didn't even try to look like I was busy on my phone or something. Eventually, he honked, then honked more, and then finally moved on.
I waited until he was a few aisles away, pulled out, and enjoyed watching him rush back and be beaten by a minivan. It was so very, very satisfying.
