I pulled out in front of someone today and got "the finger". I partly underestimated the amount of traction I could get from the road and really underestimated the guy's speed (I'm pretty sure he was speeding). Nevertheless, I impeded his progress to the point that he felt it necessary to flip me off.
It got me thinking, and I wondered if he would have done that had his mother been sitting in the seat next to him. And that goes for a lot of the way people talk in public or fuss at someone in the office or a "discussion" between husband and wife.
How much different would our conversations be if we had our mothers in the room (assuming each of us respects our mothers)?
We might just treat everyone a little better if "take our mothers with us" everywhere we go.
Trent
Friday, May 04, 2007
Take Your Mom With You
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I was on the phone from Sydney to my mother in London the other day. She was driving to work and was carved up by another driver. If you could have heard what she had to say about it while it was happening, you'd know that some of us wouldn't be any different if our mothers were in the car :)
Because I've sometimes flipped someone the bird only to decide seconds later that he/she was right, I choose these days to think that the drivers who flip me off will be regretting it seconds later. Call me a cock-eyed optimist...
Cock-eyed optimist!
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