I am also trying to refrain from shouting at other people, or at least only to shout purely factual things ("That was a red light!" or "Your lights aren't working!") rather than rude things.
I try too, although quite often it's "LOOK WHERE YOU'RE GOING!" which might be construed as rude. :)
A woman shouted "IT'S A LEVEL CROSSING!" at me on Friday when I rode across a level crossing. I was pissed off enough to start a shouting match but I just shouted "Sorry!" to give her the benefit of the doubt because I'm sure she saw things very differently from me.
(What annoyed me was that I'd smiled at her a micro-second before, as a gesture of solidarity for someone else visiting a sick person in hospital, and I am certain that the smile is what emboldened her to yell at me.)
OTOH maybe she was the hospital's new Pointing Out Features Czar, concerned that I'd ridden across the beautiful level crossing without seeing it.
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Date: 2010-11-14 03:38 pm (UTC)I try too, although quite often it's "LOOK WHERE YOU'RE GOING!" which might be construed as rude. :)
A woman shouted "IT'S A LEVEL CROSSING!" at me on Friday when I rode across a level crossing. I was pissed off enough to start a shouting match but I just shouted "Sorry!" to give her the benefit of the doubt because I'm sure she saw things very differently from me.
(What annoyed me was that I'd smiled at her a micro-second before, as a gesture of solidarity for someone else visiting a sick person in hospital, and I am certain that the smile is what emboldened her to yell at me.)
OTOH maybe she was the hospital's new Pointing Out Features Czar, concerned that I'd ridden across the beautiful level crossing without seeing it.