This is a crosswalk!

This morning, while I was driving to work, some pedestrian decided to give me a short lesson on driving.

I had been stuck behind a F-150 towing a trailer, so when I had the opportunity to pass in the right lane, I took advantage. But of course, the light ahead of me turned yellow just as I was accelerating, meaning I had to hit the breaks fairly hard.

This stop light I got stuck at happens to be on a diagonal. You know the kind - a diagonal stoplight with a diagonal crosswalk; each lane has to stop a little farther back than the lane next to it.

Well, I misjudged a little. The hood of my car was probably a foot into the crosswalk. No big deal. Definitely not something to get upset about. But this man who was crossing the street, in the crosswalk, had nothing better to do than waggle his finger at an otherwise law-abiding citizen. At 8:05 in the morning.

Is that really how you want to start you day, buddy?

So here's what happened: As he's approaching my car he looks at the front of the hood and puts his hands out to the side like, "what the hell are you doing?" Then he mouths to me, over enunciating each word so he looks like a cow chewing cud, "T h i s i s a c r o s s w a l k !" Motioning back and forth with his fingers kind of like a flight attendant pointing out the "aisle illuminating lights" on an airplane.

Give me a break guy.

So I throw up the peace sign and give him the biggest closed mouth smile I can - forcing my cheeks into my eye sockets. My goal was the give the look that says, "Oh-ho-kay, dude. Thankssssss."

Another prime example of me having the opportunity to take the high road and choosing to drive a sea level.

Cheers.