Here's the situation: I was pulling up to a right turn. Crosswalk ahead. Person crossing...

from my left behind a large vehicle. What I did do (apparently): Startle you and make you believe that I might hit you. What I didn't do: Hit you. Drive into the crosswalk even. What I did: Break, before the crosswalk. And signal w/ the universal wave of "my bad". Twice. As in "I get it -- my bad!" What you did: Gesture and yell at me loudly as if I had intended you harm. Despite the repeated gestures of "My bad." What my "Seattle Wave" gesture turned into: The Finger. As in: I didn't a) Hit you b) pull into the crosswalk and c) fail to acknowledge that I had started to drive w/out seeing you, so D) this is less of a confession than a need to be shriven. Yet, despite my contrition, you continued to yell at me as if I had done anything wrong. So yeah, I still think I was in the right for turning my 'sorry' wave into a 'you know what? fuck you!' finger.

By Anonymous on General,