Suppose my friend and I were driving down the road, and another driver got upset at us. Assume that it was a simple mistake or other factors at play.
If the driver starts gesticulating madly, and you can see them furiously mouthing off at you, is it rude to laugh at them?
Hear me out.
Instead of getting caught up in the moment and reacting with a self righteous how-dare-you – the chosen reaction to laugh breaks the loop.
Instead of getting angry and spoiling your day, you choose an unusual reaction.
But, is it mean and discourteous to laugh at another’s chosen response? I mean, we didn’t ask her to get angry or that worked up. This was her choice.
We laughed because, well, it was funny. We didn’t laugh because we wanted to make the other driver angrier. We are already in a good mood and the angry driver just set us off in fits of laugher.
What would you do? Would you laugh?
Or would you sit there gripping the steering wheel white-knuckled with a perplexed frown and go about the rest of your day thinking you are surrounded by fools on the road?
Please guide me, friends. I want to be a better roadie.
Friends, I seek your counsel.
Suppose my friend and I were driving down the road, and another driver got upset at us. Assume that it was a simple mistake or other factors at play.
If the driver starts gesticulating madly, and you can see them furiously mouthing off at you, is it rude to laugh at them?
Hear me out.
Instead of getting caught up in the moment and reacting with a self righteous how-dare-you – the chosen reaction to laugh breaks the loop.
Instead of getting angry and spoiling your day, you choose an unusual reaction.
But, is it mean and discourteous to laugh at another’s chosen response? I mean, we didn’t ask her to get angry or that worked up. This was her choice.
We laughed because, well, it was funny. We didn’t laugh because we wanted to make the other driver angrier. We are already in a good mood and the angry driver just set us off in fits of laugher.
What would you do? Would you laugh?
Or would you sit there gripping the steering wheel white-knuckled with a perplexed frown and go about the rest of your day thinking you are surrounded by fools on the road?
Please guide me, friends. I want to be a better roadie.
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