Daily Asshat Roundup

"N/A POWAAAHH" (subarulove)
03/07/2014 at 17:00 • Filed to: Asshats

Couple short stories about things that happened to me today, feel free to add your own in the comments.

Asshat #1

I'm not sure how justified this guy's actions were, but whatever. Mr. Green arrow (tiny hatchback) cut off (or came really close to) mr. red arrow (xterra) back up the road. I'm right behind mr. red. Once we get to the corner, green is waiting for an opening to merge, when red drives right up beside him so he can't see (Road is really wide here). Super dangerous, as the road we are merging on has a speed limit of 80km/h, but people go 100+. Then green finally merges and red just tailgates. I sped away from them and that was that.

Asshat 2

Yes, this is the same friggin' corner. I'm on my way home this time, I'm yellow arrow. I'm going into the turning lane, and there's a person in front of me, with no one in front of them and a red light. We are atleast 30- 40 car lengths away from the light. I was approx 1-1.5 car lengths away from red's bumper and approaching (no need to brake, I'm passing anyway), half way into the lane, and out of nowhere, the person brakes fairly hard. I have no escape, and the lane isn't big enough for a car yet, and there's oncoming traffic. They let off the brake fairly quick, so it was definitely a brake check. I don't know if I'm in the wrong there, but still.

Asshat #3

I'm on the highway this time, and I see a "murdered out" AMG C-class (or a faker). He's in the left lane slowing down to 100km/h, then gunning it, then slowing back down, then gunning it, over and over again. No reason for him to do so either, no one tailgating, no one slowing him down in front. Some people..

DISCUSSION (21)

RacecaR > N/A POWAAAHH
03/07/2014 at 17:04

Not driving related, but asshat nonetheless. Some asshat incorrectly told a print vendor a due date of 3/14 when the piece really needed to deliver 3/7 (today). Now I am scrambling to get the pieces delivered by noon on Monday 3/10.

That asshat was me.

jkm7680 > N/A POWAAAHH
03/07/2014 at 17:05

At my work, we have a parking garage, there are spaces on either side, and narrow road down the middle. The spaces aren't angled. Somebody decides to park about 3/4 of the way out of a space, I am luckily right across from the Asshat, Causing for me to have to apply my superhuman driving strengths to get me out. I also was angered by an airport parking shuttle driving at the speed of a jog.

N/A POWAAAHH > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:07

I be pissed. If you can't park, drive a smaller car or ride a bike

N/A POWAAAHH > RacecaR
03/07/2014 at 17:08

This is for work, right? Wouldn't he check the date before deciding to relay the info?

jkm7680 > N/A POWAAAHH
03/07/2014 at 17:09

That's why I have these.

http://youparklikeanasshole.com/files/notice_1…

N/A POWAAAHH > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:12

That's good, I'm gonna print some of those.

jkm7680 > N/A POWAAAHH
03/07/2014 at 17:14

Yeah! I enjoy sticking around to see reactions. People constantly block my driveway, because I live on a busy street.

midengineer > N/A POWAAAHH
03/07/2014 at 17:15

Yesterday a guy in an older white Chevy truck tried to change lanes into my car as I was passing him. No turn signal or anything. It took quite some restraint to not let him know how I felt about his driving.

deekster_caddy > RacecaR
03/07/2014 at 17:23

That asshat was me.

That's the worst.

N/A POWAAAHH > midengineer
03/07/2014 at 17:24

I think people think that as long as they don't see someone immediately beside them, it's safe. It happens to me more than I'd like

deekster_caddy > N/A POWAAAHH
03/07/2014 at 17:28

I went to a store today at a strip mall with slightly undersized parking spaces. i.e. your cars fit, but you can barely get your doors open under normal circumstances.

I go to pull into an open space, and have to stop and wait because some lady is sitting there with her passenger door open. I wait for her to move/close the door/something. She fumbles around for a minute oddly, so I am patient. Finally she gets out, closes the door and waves me in. She has a funny look on her face.

I park, get out and ask her if she needs a hand. She tells me she can't get in her driver's side because somebody parked too close. She had been trying to figure out how to get to the drivers seat from the passenger side but couldn't get over the console.

I offer to get it out for her. I have the door open just enough for me to squeeze in (she was shorter but a little bit ummm wider than me). I manage to get in without even dinging the asshat's car next to her. I drive it out and give it back to her.

Never found out who the other car belonged to, but when I came back out of the store, nobody else had parked in the open space next to me (which was in a very busy, highly desirable location). I wish I had left a camera for all the people who pulled in, tried to get out and then left.

N/A POWAAAHH > deekster_caddy
03/07/2014 at 17:33

Gotta love space saving techniques

RacecaR > deekster_caddy
03/07/2014 at 17:33

Yup. Still sitting here waiting to hear back from someone who may be able to help me out. This is torture.
My boss keeps saying it will be fine, but I tell her it won't. I hate screwing up. I hate when it happens. I hold myself to a very high standard, and I messed up. I hate it.

RacecaR > N/A POWAAAHH
03/07/2014 at 17:34

It was me. I knew the date was today, but I also have 98,237,409,826,547,987 things due next Friday, 3/14. In a flurry of sending off emails, I put 3/14 instead of 3/7 to this one vendor. The bad thing is I originally told them 3/7, then told them 3/14 in a later email. So they went with that.

N/A POWAAAHH > RacecaR
03/07/2014 at 17:37

Man, that's a bummer. I find calenders really help me get organized.

PushToStart > N/A POWAAAHH
03/07/2014 at 17:44

Perfect that you should post this because I have a good one from today.

I was driving down a 2 lane road right outside my neighborhood, and someone in the oncoming lane (black Acura) wants to make a left onto a different street. They stopped because I was driving by, and then after I passed, would proceed to cross over my lane to go onto the street they wanted which leads into a neighborhood. So that's all ok. Well, next to this street is a large field, and some asshat in a red F-150 decided "meh, I don't feel like stopping behind this black Acura, I think I'll cut into this field because TRUCK." So he swerves, FULL SPEED (40-45 mph) into this field and then back onto the road. I mean, there is just no reason to pull that kind of crap, and he got very lucky that there wasn't a cop hanging around there because that street is very well known for having cops around.

N/A POWAAAHH > PushToStart
03/07/2014 at 18:17

Was there no ditch? Yeah, that's a bit ridiculous for driving on the street

PushToStart > N/A POWAAAHH
03/07/2014 at 18:20

oh no, there was a ditch when he tried to get back on to the road, I'm sure that did a number on his suspension... but yeah theres no ditch on the side of the road that he drove directly into.

N/A POWAAAHH > PushToStart
03/07/2014 at 18:22

Damn, it would be funny if he got stuck

PushToStart > N/A POWAAAHH
03/07/2014 at 18:26

haha hell yeah it would've... It would've been even funnier if a cop was hidden close by and shot out and pulled that dumbass over.

I really need a dashcam though, I'd love to have that one on camera

N/A POWAAAHH > PushToStart
03/07/2014 at 18:28

Kinja'd!!!