so...
driving on my street a few blocks from home up by the Georgia Avenue Thrift Shop I see that there is an Amazon truck up ahead... the car in front of me pulls aside to wait... being "assertive" I go around the driver in front of me thinking that this is a two lane road and I should be able to squeeze through... alas no... the Amazon Truck is not only double parked... but the Amazon Truck is blocking traffic both ways...
UNACCEPTABLE!!!
this is unacceptable behavior... how is someone's delivery so important that the delivery people can block passage like this? this is now and this is all the time... this moment today is everyday!!!
so... I park such that the driver would either have to back up or pull a little to the side for me to get around him... by this time there are cars queuing up on both sides of the truck...
I get out of the car to address the driver... he starts talking... but really... I do not care to hear what he has to say... as he needs to hear what I have to say... I ask him if he is a professional... he is yelling over me... he is not listening to me... he closes his sliding door... the window is still open... his tone was belligerent from the start... his word usage is bordering on offensive... I go back to my car... he gets out of his seat and goes to the back of his truck...
cars behind him are reversing and going way... I am stuck between him and the cars in front of me... there is no option for me to move... he has to move... he is blocking the road... he needs to stop blocking the road... I blocked him to make a point... he is not getting the point...
this driver feels entitled...
as if his misbehavior is okay...
that behavior is unacceptable... why do we accept this behavior
finally... he is going to try and back up...
he backs up enough the two lane road now has enough space for two way traffic
so I roll up along side of him
with driver side to driver side this Amazon driver is cussing me out and is making all sorts of anti gay slurs... telling me I need to get laid and that my "faggot" something or other needs to do this or that...
I informed him that I am not gay but such statements of hate could get him fired... he continues...
before he left I snapped a few shots of him with his truck number with my phone
when I got home I called Amazon and voiced a complaint
but really... there needs to be change
this behavior is is unacceptable... why does this city accept this behavior?
it is like a bike messenger running a red light to deliver a package more quickly...
is that the desired action as requested by the delivery company?
is that behavior okay because that person on the bicycle is at work and making a RUSH delivery?
well... maybe in the messenger's mind
but no... it is not legal nor is it safe
the same goes for the delivery truck behavior
double parking... parking against traffic... etc. etc. etc.
sometimes being assertive is just being an asshole...