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I was crossing a 4 lane street with the pedestrian light and some college kid ran a red light going around 60. He was so far away when I'd looked to the right that I foolishly didn't look again when I got to the middle. I was on the far side of the 3rd lane when I heard the brakes screeching. I looked up just in time to see him fish tailing. He actually drifted around me to my left and I was staring in at four terrified kids staring back at me. His tires found traction again just as he passed me and off they went without bothering to stop and make sure I was okay. Fuck that guy. To this day I hope he feels pretty awful and drives more conscientiously.
Other close calls:
Deathly allergic to mango. Tried a tea listed as having blood orange.
Deathly allergic to cashews. Ten years ago, Entenmann's added cashews to their crumb cake without advertising that they'd changed the ingredients. Wrote them a complaint. They sent me a generic letter "thank you for your interest in our product". Included in the envelope were two coupons for $1 off crumb cake.
Hit by a driver who didn't look for pedestrians while making a protected left. I did have the pedestrian light and I did look but she'd zoomed up to beat the yellow. That was one year ago yesterday, actually. I was crossing to my favorite gyro place at the time so I celebrated yesterday by having gyros for dinner.
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I was crossing a 4 lane street with the pedestrian light and some college kid ran a red light going around 60. He was so far away when I'd looked to the right that I foolishly didn't look again when I got to the middle. I was on the far side of the 3rd lane when I heard the brakes screeching. I looked up just in time to see him fish tailing. He actually drifted around me to my left and I was staring in at four terrified kids staring back at me. His tires found traction again just as he passed me and off they went without bothering to stop and make sure I was okay. Fuck that guy. To this day I hope he feels pretty awful and drives more conscientiously.
Other close calls: Deathly allergic to mango. Tried a tea listed as having blood orange.
Deathly allergic to cashews. Ten years ago, Entenmann's added cashews to their crumb cake without advertising that they'd changed the ingredients. Wrote them a complaint. They sent me a generic letter "thank you for your interest in our product". Included in the envelope were two coupons for $1 off crumb cake.
Hit by a driver who didn't look for pedestrians while making a protected left. I did have the pedestrian light and I did look but she'd zoomed up to beat the yellow. That was one year ago yesterday, actually. I was crossing to my favorite gyro place at the time so I celebrated yesterday by having gyros for dinner.