[cableguymn]

I hate to say it. but the posts telling me to return the favor (if serious.. and I don’t think they are) is helping me prove my point.

I mean, I could have shoot him dead. pulled out the gas powered concert saw and cut the car in half, slashed his tires, peed in his gas tank... Just about anything short of running it over with my van, I could have managed.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I hate to say it. but the posts telling me to return the favor (if serious.. and I don’t think they are) is helping me prove my point.

No, no, no. We as Conservatives are duty bound to make sure that those who require an education learn from their mistakes. A verbal rejoinder is useless. After cleaning dried Coke from his wipers, or pumping air back in to four tires or paying to have some scratches buffed out of his shiite box...he will likely learn to either hold his tongue and apologize when necessary or at the least, control the travel of his car doors.

To do less would be an abrogation of our responsibilities.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Roofing nails. His tires. When he backs out, the nails go in.

[Sudetenland]

First, I don't think this is anything new. I have had any number of new cars. I have never had a car trade in without door dings or parking lot scrapes. This isn't a sign of modern times as much as it is of an immature ill-raised youth. They've been around as long as time.

Second, the reactions you are getting is proof of the declining maturity of our general population and how they react to such situations--of course much of that reaction is just pipe-dream bravado. Not many of those who say, "You should've . . ." would dream of actually doing so. I think it is venting a generally held frustration with the direction our society has taken.

It reminds me of the old W.C. Fields movie in which he gets rich and buys a bunch of new cars with drivers to follow him around. Every time someone makes him mad, he simply wrecks his car then gets out and moves to the next one in line. Or the dream that many have of buying a half-track and even a tank to drive through the traffic and teach bad drivers a lesson.

Stuff happens. The proper way to handle it is the way it has always been properly handled, confront the kid, get his driver license number and report it to your insurance company and his. File a claim against him--or simply come onto FR, tell your tale of frustration, and then with a minimum of grumbling, move on.

Life it too full to let some idiot youth's action give you ulcers.

[Randy Larsen]

An eye for an eye...

I would have left him with a small reason to respect others.

[Kickass Conservative]

>”I mean, I could have shoot him dead. pulled out the gas powered concert saw and cut the car in half, slashed his tires, peed in his gas tank”<

Well, that’s a good start. LOL

[stevecmd]

You did the right thing. Video cameras are all over most retail parking lots.