Wreckless Driving - It's Stupid!!!!

While growing up, we weren't allowed to say the word "stupid". Without a doubt, I have the best parents that a girl could ask for, but this grown-up girl sometimes uses that word - stupid.

Here is what the dictionary says about stupid:

1. lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
2. characterized by or proceeding from mental dullness; foolish; senseless: a stupid question.
3. tediously dull, especially due to lack of meaning or sense; inane; pointless: a stupid party.
4. annoying or irritating; troublesome: Turn off that stupid radio.

This word has actually quite old - has its origin as being 1535-1545...

And still today, there is still reason to use this word.

Though I do drive fast, I do not tail gate. I am very aware of the reaction time needed to stop quickly, so I leave a distance between the vehicle and mine. And Monday morning on my way to work, I was rear ended. Thankfully no one was hurt but still waiting to see what the damages. (Here is another interesting part of this: I get out of my car and the other driver did as well. She looked at me and said, "Jennifer?". I said, "Dorinda?" We worked together at the Sheriff's Office eight years ago.)But when the police officer asked what had happened, she stated that her foot came off the pedal. She was too close to me.

But here is the part where I just shook my head and said, "Stupid". The very next morning I was on I-4 during morning rush hour. I left space between the vehicle in front of me and my car. I really couldn't get into another lane because traffic was dense. I guess the person that was following me didn't like it. He started flashing his high beams and was right on my bumper. I could almost see what type of cigarette he was smoking. So his first chance, he got around me and then slammed on his breaks - not because he needed to but because he wanted me to know that I had really upset him. And then speed up to catch back up. Well, I got the messagge. I knew he was upset.

But here is the irony of it all: obviously with his behavior, I had really frustrated him. But once he got around me, he wasn't able to go any faster. He was still stuck in the same dense traffic. And I'm sure he still was having a bad day.....

When he slammed on his breaks, all I did was shake my head and mumble, "stupid".

Made me wonder though how often I waste my energy on having a bad attitude about something that I can't change - that too is just stupid!!!!