Re: Does your CHL make you nicer?
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:33 am
HankB wrote: He gets to drive off convinced that he's Alpha Male King of the Road . . . and I don't have to shoot anybody.
Good outcome, in my book.
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Re: Does your CHL make you nicer?
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:07 pm
Oh don't get me wrong, I've never in my life actually been angry enough to actually do anything to someone else on the road. I know better than that... angry for me is gritting my teeth and surreptitiously banging my armrest in frustrationHankB wrote:It's been a long time since I've been a somewhat hot-tempered teenager.
These days, on those rare occasions when some would-be road rager tries to start something with me, while I mentally may be flipping him the bird or cussing him out, externally I smile, shrug, wave, and let the idiot think I'm apologizing for whatever the heck he thinks I did - I do nothing to escalate the situation, I try to back off and avoid him.
The roads have been frustrating for me anyway for the last few years... I haven't had any luck. 4 accidents in 3 years
Re: Does your CHL make you nicer?
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:42 pm
I am always nice. 
Re: Does your CHL make you nicer?
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:07 pm
cougartex wrote:I am always nice.
Re: Does your CHL make you nicer?
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:20 pm
Nope, I'm just a nice person.
Re: Does your CHL make you nicer?
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:06 am
It doesn't make me nicer, but it makes me act nicer.
Re: Does your CHL make you nicer?
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:18 am
The CHL tends to make me think twice before actioning. So the short answer is probably "Yes, I am nicer".
Re: Does your CHL make you nicer?
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:32 am
There's been a couple of times where I had to say to myself that someone else was lucky I carry a gun.