Robin and I went to the Avalon Theater to see the “The Dark Knight Rises,” and we parked in the lot behind the local branch of the DC Library between McKinley and Patterson Streets. The lot is narrow with perpendicular parking, a lane for cars and a fire lane which is often lined with parked cars.
As we were leaving the lot, but just before we reached the Patterson Street sidewalk, an older (meaning older than I am) Virginia driver and his wife tried to enter the parking area and drove across the sidewalk. The fire lane was blocked by a parked car, so there was no room for two cars to pass. When I motioned to him to back up so that we could leave, he refused to budge and shook his head with a vehement “no.”
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?
- Back up and allow him to enter the lot?
- Shake your head with a vehement “no” and refuse to move?
- Make a show of writing down his license plate and indicating that you are calling the police?
- Get out of the car, lock the doors and walk away?
- Another non-violent option?
It depends. Could you have backed up and let him in or was him moving the only option?
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Yikes! After watching dkr I'd definitely go mellow, and let the old guy have his alpha moment. Who knows what lurked inside the brain of his sidewalk crazed driving....could he be tithe joker risen from the dead? So.... What did you do?
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