Less patience, more people

​Driving to and from Top Knot yesterday. One of my biggest frustraters and annoyances. I don’t care if you want to drive 3 mph on the interstate. There’s a lane to do it. 

One of my top two “dadisms” for my children has always been, “You don’t have the right to negatively impact somebody else’s experience.” When my son was a month old, we went out to eat dinner at Chili’s. Right after we ordered our food, he started a crying fit. I scooped him up and walked him around in the parking lot until he calmed  down and then went back in. His mom asked me why I walked out. I told her he was screaming during other’s meal. She told me they didn’t mind. I told her, “Look…he’s a month old, so crying is kind of his thing. So he’s not wrong for that, but, I feel fairly certain, nobody else in this Chili’s was home an hour ago and said, ‘Let’s go to Chili’s tonight….and if we’re really lucky…a one month old will come in and lose his shit in the middle of our meal.’ He’s not wrong for doing what he’s doing, but he does NOT have the right to negatively impact their experience.” My kids understand this. 

These two sets of people drag-racing at 54 mph in a 55 mph zone negatively impacted my experience. And reaffirmed why I should not own guns. The fast that I dealt with it twice within an hour, indicated I needed to be off the road. 

Montana spoils you with traffic if you’ve driven in larger cities and other states. I have gone to Glacier Park before and traveled 50+ miles without seeing another vehicle. Or even a house! That stuff spoils you. 

I’ll own that my size 15’s are heavy. I see speed limit signs as a nice recommendation. But I have places to be. Two of my fav movie lines are, “Build me a car and I’ll win Daytona.” And “Maverick’s supersonic…I’ll be there in 30 seconds.”

Pretty sure these people don’t share those quotes as favs. 

Do your thing. Enjoy it to the hilt. But make sure you aren’t impacting others’ experiences negatively as you do.