A Lesson From A Road Rage
I have heard of the menace of road rage but have never actually witnessed one until today. The aggressor was hell bent on either causing damage or injury and was prepared to stop at nothing.
When he stepped out of his car and stood in the middle of the road raining abuse and expletives on his victim, he didn’t care in the world about the traffic build-up he was creating. Neither did he care about the example he was setting for the 3 very impressionable children in the back of his car.
What struck me while I was watching the events unfold was that there are many people with too much time on their hands. All he wanted was to have the last word or act of violence. At the same time, he was teaching the children in the car core lessons in impatience and disregard for others.
What did I learn?
It strikes me that as we are entering spring, which is a time of renewal and growth, some people are using this beautiful time to diminish themselves. It reminds me of a world that moves in such frenetic pace and impatience, which some people bring into business:
- impatience with the customer;
- impatience in creating quality product or content for their customers
- impatience in creating a business or income streams that are built on solid foundation; and
- the mentality of making quick buck regardless...
Had this road “rager” not been so aggressive, it would have been interesting for me to find out what he does for a living and how he expends his energy. Can you imagine being served in a restaurant by him!
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This sort of activity is ultimately rage against yourself. I've seen it take the form of someone smashing into a vehicle in front of them again and again, which of course damages their own vehicle. The same areas you list are a quick form of business self destruct. They have governors in vehicles, but we must learn to govern ourselves.
Yes Michael, you summarized it so perfectly. Many people carry the internal anger and rage into business
It's crazy isn't it. With all the horrible acts of violence and terrorism happening around us, some people can't just let things go for their sake and the sakes of those around them. It's very sad. Patience is something I have. Thank goodness for that! Everyone's allowed to have some but days, too much is too much.
When you combine impatience with bloated ego, rather toxic in any situation. The world has become so impatience in nearly every aspect of living.
Very timely blog. Unfortunately we hear of this, and even harsher acts of rage on a daily basis.
Keep wondering if there's a safe place from all these random acts of destruction?
A good example of why not everyone should own a gun.
This type of aggression can be so dangerous.
Highly interesting message, Chuka!
Yes, there seems to be a point of desparation in humans when their vision gets narrowed to a point of "me first at all costs".
They seem to think that their strength will be forever compromized if they let things be at this point.
If only the highly agitated, unbelievably tunnelled consciousness of an individual in this situation could realize that the exact opposite is true!
Yes, Theresa, that would give us a perfect world. Unfortunately, it's the selfishness that continues to cause much strife for humanity.
Your observations are very interesting. As I read this blog it took me back to a time when problem solving was part of my daily life. What I read in your blog is what we use to call the symptom, having a high temperature. It is not the cause of his anger or childish tantrum. To find the cause you would have to talk to him, a very dangerous proposition. There is an old Aboriginal saying that comes to mind "To understand what a man/woman is experiencing, you have to walk a mile in their moccasins ".
You are so right Harvey. I wish the opportunity was right to speak with him. He was so aggressive and cause a lot of damage to the other driver's car before he sped off with the children. There's too much impatience around these days, it beggars belief.
Cowards and bullies tend to act that way. I wonder if it is less tolerant today than before? Or are we more aware because of mass communication?
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not a pleasant thing to witness for anyone and it is possible his own children were a frightened, sadly there are many people like him we live in very stressful times is it any wonder that they act in a irrational way
Sadly Katie, the children are probably used to seeing that level of voilence and rage. They will probably grow up repeating the pattern and thinking it's the norm.
very sad indeed