I take the bus about 8 times a week to go see family and the bus i go on goes through some villages and towns, with many cars being impatient and taking the piss with a double decker bus. These bus drivers are pretty calm and just take it because they know if they didn’t, they’d be fired.

So this is where I come in. They don’t know I’m doing it and the bus is fairly empty most of the time.

Oh you parked in the bus stop to do a delivery? 🖕 beeping at the bus because you want to get past? 🖕cutting the bus lane? 🖕 come down the road where cars are blocking your side of the road and drive straight up to a bus with no where to go? You best know your gonna get the 🖕

It’s not much and some don’t see them but the ones who do, know they are dicks because I’m showing them the 🖕to make them aware of their dickish behaviour.

  • boogetyboo@aussie.zone
    30·
    10 months ago

    I’m a tiny woman who isn’t starting road rage, so what I do is just make the other person concerned. I’ve done this as a pedestrian and a driver.

    It’s really easy, as a pedestrian walking past, pause slightly and drop your eyes to their front grill, tilt your head slightly and grimace. If in the car, point and sit up in your seat like you’re trying to get a better view of their car and do the same face. Look alarmed even.

    I’ve seen multiple drivers pull over to check out their cars. At the very least it makes them take time out of their day for no reason - and inconveniencing dickheads is always fun - but given we’re in Australia, their imagination can take them to all kinds of places. What did she see? Is it still there? Is it in my car now???

    • Kofu@lemmy.mlOP
      10·
      10 months ago

      All day confusion. Lying in bed, rattled, mind racing… “WHAT DID SHE SEE!?” lol good times.

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
      51·
      10 months ago

      This is hilarious lmao

      pause slightly and drop your eyes to their front grill, tilt your head slightly and grimace

      First thing that came to my mind were shows where the mc sees something so horrible their face goes all detailed to show the extent of the disgust, like this lol:

      Head of a character drawn in an anime style with a grimaced facial expression

      • boogetyboo@aussie.zone
        4·
        10 months ago

        Exactly. I find showing confusion and concern also takes any aggression out of the moment that you’d otherwise escalate by reacting with anger. They go from being angry/douchey/smug to ‘… What? What’s wrong with my car… What???’ and you just go on your merry way.