I drive to work every morning, taking the I-4 onramp at Ivanhoe. I’ve seen these beautiful, big geese waddling about around that on ramp for years. This morning I came up on them while they were crossing the road. Of course, I stopped. Then this fuckhead flys up to my butt, honking and flashing his lights. Well the geese were slow and didn’t move very fast, so I stayed put. I wasn’t about to move so that jerkoff could kill one of them. He got impatient and flew around my right side, nearly clipping one of the geese. I waited until the last one crossed and then I floored it.
We had words on I-4. I chased that asshole, cutting him off (he was an older Marine, as I read on the license plate) and then going 40. He wasn’t pleased because there was a semi on our left and I kept that fucker there until I got off at Michigan.
I hope his tires fall off. I really do.
June 20th, 2006 at 7:49 am
I think people really need to get some perspective when it comes to their commute. Some of that shit has just gotten totally out of hand.
June 20th, 2006 at 7:57 am
Well, more importantly, you shouldn’t be in a rush to squish geese. Stupid rushed drivers.
June 20th, 2006 at 7:59 am
Isnt it illegal to run over the geese and swans and ducks in orlando?
if not it should be… I stop for animals too!
June 20th, 2006 at 9:05 am
Taking River downtown to the History Center for the last two weeks has opened my eyes to the crazy drivers. It really is a luxury to be so close to work and not drive on the roads. A few times we almost got in a wreck because of stupid people flying by not paying attention to anything.
I am glad you held your ground and did your best to protect the animals.
June 20th, 2006 at 9:11 am
I had to. I like birds, a lot!! and yes, traffic is a bitch. I long for a community where we can walk to the stores and people let geese cross the road.
Think I need to live in the country.
June 20th, 2006 at 10:17 am
Yeah, drivers make it dangerous for geese and bicyclists, dammit!!
June 20th, 2006 at 5:22 pm
I had a similar experience on a road near the UPS warehouse over there; a guy nearly hit a turtle I was stopping for so I got in front of him on a two lane road and did under the speed limit. Bastard.
June 21st, 2006 at 6:34 am
I’ve had this experience a few times, but I’ve never had someone get so irate from it. The Delaney Park area where I used to live had two lakes. When I had my Vespa, I protected a family of ducks on Summerlin so they could go from lake to lake. I don’t see why people can’t just be nice…