Oh snap!!!!!!

[Elhuero]

I have a feeling it may be a cultural thing................

I do work at a night club that as a pure hip hop night that brings a lot of african americans.

The club is on a corner. Most nights ( unless someone's car happens to be parked directly across the street) people will walk to the corner and cross in the crosswalk area.

Not on these nights. folks will walk right out to the middle of the street and STAND THERE. they will cross against the light and YELL at the cars for driving. I've heard the actual words " I'm fucking walking here watch where your driving" again this is while the cars have the green light and the peds have the little red hand that says don't walk.


Must be a cultural thing.

You are absolutely right.

while driving to my destination in a neighborhood on the south end of town, a group of kids were playing in the middle of the street. All black and latin kids, no white kids. Most of them got out of the way when they saw my car approaching.

However one child for whatever reason felt he didn't have to move out of the way of my vehicle, and sat on his bike in the street right in front of my car just looking at me. This went on for about a minute.

It actually worried me. Several plans of action formed in my mind, most I dismissed outright because I'd probably get arrested. I tried honking and yelling, to no avail. My main worry was that an adult family member would come out into the street and start the "whachoo doin' to mah baby" routine. I was armed.

fortunately the proud zulu warrior got out of the way with a quickness when he saw me take my seatbelt off and reach for the door handle.

the kid was about 7 or 8, and this was about 6 or 7 years ago, so I'm willing to bet the little fuck has seen the back seat of a cop car since then.

[Irving]

When I go to pick my daughter up everyday, I have to just coast through the entire neighborhood because the kids are just running around in the streets. Many of them don't move until you are right on top of them, and not because they are being jerks, but because they are too young to know any better and totally unsupervised.

[BigBear]

Rgr that, I've actually bumped some kids gently as they wouldn't move. They start cursing and kicking the car until I get out and then it's like "Oh sorry mister, blah, blah, blah."

I'm young, but the "younger" generation has no thought of others... it's all me, me, me, 100% of the time.

[cowboykjohnson]

even my generation is that way...
They all think they're the toughest thing on earth, until you get out of the truck to beat some manners into them. Thens it's "I sorry I didn't mean to, I thought you were someone else" crap.

[clublights]

When I go to pick my daughter up everyday, I have to just coast through the entire neighborhood because the kids are just running around in the streets. Many of them don't move until you are right on top of them, and not because they are being jerks, but because they are too young to know any better and totally unsupervised.

Yeah but in my story ....... and in the OP's story .. they are adults or near adults.

I honestly believe it's a cultural thing. We often have to start directing traffic down the main road and not on the secondary road we are cornered with... just because everyone is standing in the street and treat us like assholes for asking them to move out of the street and cuz they are yelling at cars. This is how fights start.

It's rather amazing to watch.