Seattleites rock.
I was crossing East John Street along Broadway this afternoon along with a dozen or so other pedestrians, when a stray car proceeded to impudently cut into the crosswalk. We weren't having it.
No, there was uniform dismay, and then indignation. Though the driver looked to be an older gentleman and his wife, an older lady behind me started laying it on them. She wasn't having it: "Get the hell out of the crosswalk!...learn how to drive, asshole!" And as an exclamation point, as he strolled by, one of a punk-attired trio of young folks coming from the other side of the street gave the offending vehicle a good kick in the rear. The driver then hit the brakes and in his annoyance turned in his seat to see what the heck was going on. But the older lady pedestrian gave a parting jeer, and the rest of us peds kept strolling on by, satisfied in our solidarity: Seattle-Ped-Solidarity!! Rah!
- d.g.w. 12/31/07
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