August 25, 2007
A while back I was in deep thought and found myself driving a little too slowly for a few people on the highway. (I was actually driving at the speed limit, mind you.) One chap in a big truck, flashed his lights, cursed, waved his fist, swung his vehicle violently into the next lane and passed me mouthing horrible little words as went.
He raised his hand to flip me off and instead of cursing him back (like I think he expected me to do,) I smiled and waved. My gesture threw him off completely. For a second he seemed rather confused. My wave must have disarmed him somehow because in mid flip he turned his bird into a little wave and smiled sheepishly.
My grandpa Ted always said, “Disarm them with kindness.”
It worked!
Posted by trevor at August 25, 2007 04:04 PM