486: When Driving Becomes Personal - 30 Days of Blogging - Day 20
Today as I was leaving a grocery store with my dad, I was waiting in the car at a cross section to turn left. The car to my left had the right away, but waved me to go ahead. I looked quickly to the right as I was already accepting the 'go ahead' and as I am mid way through the intersection, another car is closer than I realized, and I basically cut the person off. That was totally my bad... a mistake, of course that I did not mean. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw the person I just pulled in front of flipping me off. I turned around waving, as if to say I am sorry - I see what I did, I apologize, it was a mistake. I felt very bad, and nervous and slowly anxiety started to grow. I was nervous about how this person took my action - the flipping off implied they took in personally, and I thought "I wish they could understand it was a mistake, and I didn't mean for it to be an attack against them, or to some how try and get in front of them.' If I was payi...