I was the recipient of some hardcore road rage today. Turning onto Glenway, some motherfucker going 90 mph runs up behind me, goes around me, cuts me off and stops the car to get out. He proceeds to come to my window, yelling at me about how I cut him off. There was a car that turned the other way in front of him, I tried to explain, but he
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From then on, if I'm ever in that situation, I swore that I'd say the same exact thing, and to see how they'd react.
Anyone who does that shit should die of a heart attack.
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Usually at those times I am the most serene bitch one could be, because honestly someone who is so emotionly wound up with road rage would be expecting the same degree of emotional response (be it anger or humiliation).
The most unemotional response, as it is the aggressor's decision to explode like a volcano of asshat-ery, can either annoy the shit out of someone or help them realize that they're the dick in that situation. Because to reply to a fight/flight emotional response with the same is only an escalation and drags you into their circle of aggressor vs aggressor.
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