Red Light Green Light

The light off of Redwood and I-215 can be a little tricky. I have to go through this light everyday on my way home from work. Today, I pulled onto the exit and almost made the green light. I was the 4th car back and thought nothing of it as I waited for the light to turn green. I kept waiting, and waiting, and waiting. I looked ahead and realized the front car did not pull up enough to trip the light. I keep waiting thinking they would realize this since the light was not changing. By this time, it had literally been 5 minutes and I was bugged. The car was not going anywhere and I was starving and could not stand it. I knew from previous endeavors that if they did not scoot up, we would sit there forever.

Time check – 8 minutes at the light and still no movement. I put the car in park and started walking up to the car. I was not sure if they would be a crazy person so I decided to only go a few feet from my car. I could see their window was down so I whistled and told them if they wanted the light to change, they needed to pull forward. The mom driving her kids around then called me an ‘f’er. I told her I was just trying to help, but that she needed to pull forward. I started to walk away and again she called me an ‘f’er and told me to get in my ‘f’ing car. The guy in the car ahead of me said thanks as I walked by and got back into my car. What do you know….she pulled up and about 20 seconds later, the light turned green

I must say, this is the first time I have been called an ‘f’er to my face. I was just glad that it was a situation I was able to walk away from and laugh at. To the mom driving her kids around calling me an ‘f’er, I say good luck in life. I hope you reap what you sow.