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I may have used this another time on Q. If the details differ it’s due to slight memory lapse.

Many years ago with my wife and baby daughter I was circling the very full parking lot of a huge local mall around Christmas time. Noticing a driver ready to pack up his car and leave I waited patiently for his parking spot with my blinker on. It was clear that I was waiting for that spot.

When the shopper pulled out a woman zipped around the corner and pulled into the spot before I could react. I rolled my window down and told the woman I was waiting for that spot. As she ignored me and walked away her teen aged daughter flipped me off without even looking back.

Really? Insult to injury? Not today Missy.

I found another spot much farther away. I let my wife out with my daughter in a stroller. I told her I would catch up.

I went back to the biachs car removed the cap from the tire valve stem and forced a small stick into the tire valve letting the air out. Then proceeded to another tire and did the same leaving two flats and only one spare.

My only regret is that I didn’t see the woman and daughter return and deal with the result of their rude behavior.

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