True story.
This afternoon I jumped into my minivan for a quick run to the grocery store. I threw the gear into reverse, stepped on the gas and proceeded to screech out of the driveway when I suddenly caught sight of an older woman who exercises every night right after dinner by walking our street with hand weights. I stomped on the brake and the woman froze in her tracks, her eyes wide as saucers.
I gasped and apologized through my window, motioning for her to go ahead.
She motioned back for ME to go ahead.
I motioned again and mouthed, "No YOU go ahead."
Again, she motioned back and mouthed, "No YOU go ahead."
So I shrugged and said, "OK" and proceeded to back out. However, the woman apparently gave the same response and proceeded to continue walking.
Fortunately, I caught sight of her walking behind me and stomped on the brake pedal again.
This time, shaking my head, I rolled my window down and called out, "Oh my gosh! I'm SO SORRY! Please, go ahead! I'll wait!"
"No. No." She chuckled. "You go ahead. I'LL wait!"
"No, really. I feel terrible. You go ahead." I called back.
"It's ok, dear. You go on ahead." She insisted.
"No, really..." I began, but she motioned again with her arms for me to proceed.
And so I released my foot from the brake and proceeded to roll backwards again and caught sight of her AGAIN walking behind my minivan. I nearly hit her a THIRD TIME!!!
"Oh my gosh!" I called out, completely exasperated.
She froze again and stared back in horror. I just lost it right there. I dropped my head onto my steering wheel and laughed hysterically. Then I threw it into park and GOT OUT and stood next to my minivan and said, "Please. Go ahead. I have it in park now. I will NOT be running over you tonight!"
Luckily, she has a sense of humor so we could both laugh about this and she proceeded on her way. Then I released a sigh and got back into my minivan, rolled up the window, waited until she was well out of ear shot and shouted, "OH MY GOSH! SERIOUSLY! WHAT WAS THAT!"
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