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December 30, 2006
Another blond ... another SUV
I took the Mighty Schwinn out for a ride today. It was beautiful, sunny, and roughly 48 F (8.8 C).
I wanted to get in about 15 miles and chose a route that would take me by Staples, a large office supply store. I needed rubber bands.
Staples is off Trueman Blvd. which is two lanes going each way. I was going to make a left from Trueman onto the access road that would take me to the Staples parking lot. I got into the left turn lane.
As I approached my turn point the SUV that had been behind me for just a moment decided to go around me on my right and then turn left in front of me. It wasn't a close call. It was just barely rude.
I noticed, as the SUV went past, that a blond woman was at the wheel. As she made her left I made, quite by accident, eye contact with her in her side mirror.
She turned onto the access road with me on her bumper. And then into Staples with me on her bumper. It seemed she wanted to pass me, but not pull away from me.
She parked in the lot. I parked in front and to the side of the entryway.
As I took my helmet and gloves off I was aware that she was not getting out of the SUV. I was aware of this as the reason I'd made eye contact with her is that I was checking her out as she passed and I was hoping to get a better look at her when she got out of her vehicle.
I don't know why guys are like this. We are. I've asked my male friends about it.
And then I thought that maybe she thought I made eye contact with her because I was upset because I thought she made her turn a little close. But she could have only thought I felt that way if she felt that way a bit herself. Maybe she was embarrassed or something.
Maybe she was simply checking her shopping list.
And then I started keeping track of time. I was in Staples three minutes before she came in -- and then it was only after I, in my high visibility bicycle jacket, had disappeared into the bathroom.
I never did get a good look at her.
But I did get rubber bands.
Posted by delmer at December 30, 2006 11:42 PM