Candid (Commuter) Camera

Posted by High Priestess Kang as Observations

Traffic has been sheer hell in this area for the past week. I’m not sure what happens, but about every three or four months, the commuters of the Raleigh-Durham Metro area lodge their heads up their asses and create all sorts of commotion on our local roadways. In no mood to deal with a hellish commute today, I opt for the back-roads, ’round the airport and through North West Raleigh to make my way home.

Lo and behold, as I’m tooling down Westgate, some asshat gardener (note: not all gardeners are asshats and not all asshats are gardeners) decides to make a right turn into flowing traffic at a snail’s pace. I slow Inga down just in time to discover that this gardening truck, which can make a turn at lightning-quickness, is moving along with the swiftness of your average 90 year-old, blue-haired lady with the blinkers flashing. Phucking lovely. I toot the horn of doom to display my disgust, pass the shithead on the left and get to a traffic light (joy!). My fun did not end there.

The next thing I know, this douchebag hops out of his gardenwagon and appears at my door! This alarms me, as I am a female and I’m not very comfortable with being approached by strange, dirty men. I lock the door and fumble for my phone. He glares into my vehicle and makes some obscene hand-gestures. Yes. I encountered a renaissance gentleman.

By the time I had the iPhone out of its Sock Monkey case, the brave, macho man had returned to his truck. So, I decided to have a little fun.

I took his picture.

Unfortunately, the iPhone doesn’t have a zoom, so I’m sort of limited with my photographic abilities. I did manage to capture this image. And…if you look closely, you can see Mr. Brave covering his face.

My goal was to snap a picture of the license plate, as well. Unfortunately for me, Mr. Brave realized I was a little savvier than he had estimated and dropped far back into traffic so I couldn’t return the favor of ass-banditry.

:sighs:

I have decided that I’m going to start snapping photos of random asshats in vehicles for lulz. Just because.

Consider it the new, “up-skirting.” “Kang’s Handy-Dandy Guide to Douchebags on the Road in Raleigh.”