jerk of the day

for any of you that know me, you know i am a firm believer that horns are in cars to be HONKED. :) sometimes it is a "you idiot!" honk, other times it's a "wake up!" honk and sometimes it's just an "are you paying attention?" friendly honk because even i occasionally don't pay attention when i should. today, i was driving to ribbons and lace (i'm pretty sure that store is the COOLEST) and i was turning left onto lindsay rd. and this person in front of me was yielding to oncoming traffic... and then... there was no oncoming traffic and they still didn't turn, so of course i give the, "are you paying attention?" honk. at least 20-30 seconds went by (a long time when waiting to turn left) and they turned. of course, that 20-30 seconds threw my whole schedule off so i zoomed passed her and thought wouldn't that be great if she was going to the same place as me. as my fabulous luck would have it, she turned in right after me. and sure enough, walks past my car as i was getting clara out, gives a little smile and goes into ribbons and lace. now, any fellow ribbons and lace fans, you know that store is NOT big, so i can't exactly hide. i decided to let down my pride and apologize to her and let her know it was just a "hello, are you paying attention" honk and nothing rude (after all, why would they put horns in cars if they weren't supposed to be used?). so yeah for me, everything is good, right? well, it gets worse. the girl, who, by the way, happnes to be this little young sweet girl that probably has never done anything remotely rude, procedes to tell me, the cashier and another girl that was in the store that we both knew how last week she got in an accident when she was turning left and so now she is paranoid to turn left. she was trying to decide if she had enough time or not when i honked. wow, did i feel great! lessons learned: 1.don't judge, not even when driving. we never know why people do what they do or what their situation. as this girl's were, their actions could be completely justified. 2. after you honk at someone keep going if you think they might be turning into the same place as you. 3. jerk of the day: me. :)