Road Rage At It's Best

I would like to share an experience I had a few nights ago that made me come to a conclusion.

I pulled out of the movie theatre parking lot and I was in the far right lane. I realized that I had to get over into the left lane or I would be forced to U turn. I then checked my rear and side view mirror and turned to check my blind spot. As I put on my left blinker and began to change lanes, I was approaching a red light. Just as I was braking for the light I heard a car honk it's horn. I looked quickly to my left and realized I was driving right into a car that was in the lane next to me. I don't know where it came from, because I had checked all of my mirrors and blind spots, but it was too late for me to swerve back into the right lane because I would have hit another car. Thankfully, the car I was accidentally pushing out of the lane had gotten out of the way and I was safely in the left lane. Both cars and drivers were fine. However, as I sat at the light, the car pulled up next to me and the man in the passenger seat rolled down his window and began to yell very rude things to me. I looked over to see that the driver of the car was a woman in her 50's and the man yelling was also in his 50's. I simply looked away and ignored him. The light turned green and I sped away.

This experience made me realize something. The man was yelling things at me that I hear students at TRS yelling everyday in anger. This man was in his 50's, so wouldn't one expect him to know better than to use that kind of language with others? And to be able to control his temper and realize what I had done was a mistake? Apparently not. This experience made me realize that high school never ends. There will always be drama. There will always be those people in the world. We all say, "I can't wait to get away from the drama," but we never really do. Even when we're 50 years old, we will still have a little high school left in us.