Bullies Are Mean

I drive to work in a semi-busy two lane freeway. When driving on a semi-busy road, the slow lane/fast lane rules don’t work too well. The left lane is no longer just the passing lane, it is the lane where people drive slightly faster than those in the right lane…but usually we, in the left lane, can’t drive too fast because there are other cars in front of us (who by the way, are driving about the same speed as others in the left lane).

But then comes the mean old bully. Sometimes the bully is a Mercedes and other times the bully is a minivan. They come up really fast behind you and want you to merge in the the right lane so they can move ahead another hundred feet and bully the next guy into scooting over. It makes me feel like we are back in junior high and in the lunch line. We are all waiting for our hot dish surprise, but someone comes up and cuts in front of you - even though you are the last person in the line. They have to wait just as long as you, but they got to eat 15 seconds sooner. It is annoying to scoot over in line when the result of their bulling does not get them anywhere except for one place ahead.

I also have to wonder about the ethical nature of letting the bully zoom by. Should I enable the driver by scooting over, thereby allowing him to break the law (and I mean break it worse than my 5 miles over the speed limit )?

Either way, I agree with the kids at my school - bullies are hard to stand up to.

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