Karma

Do I believe in karma? Well yes, I think I do.

Last week I was driving home from work and while stopped at a red light, decided to check my cell phone voicemail. The light turned green and I proceeded at a fairly normal pace into my left turn- perhaps a tiny bit slower than usual because there were a number of cars finishing up U-turns in front of me. Just as I'd completed my turn, a sporty little car zip-zipped around me quite purposefully. I thought it was odd and wondered to myself if I'd done something to annoy the other driver, but couldn't imagine what. I decided that she just must have been in an incredible hurry. But when I pulled up behind her at the next red light (about 100 yards away), I knew that wasn't the case. She shook her hands at me, angrily making the sign for phone, then the one for driving a car, as she glared and yelled (and probably cursed) at me in her rear view. I smiled and seriously thought about waving hello, but I decided it would be better if I didn't acknowledge her obviously misplaced road rage. People get crazy sometimes, you know.

And it was then that karma struck.

Our light turned green and she didn't notice it immediately, so when she did she tried to get going as quickly as possible (lest she commit an offense equal to mine). But in her haste, she missed her gear. The car lurched forward (didn't stall, but came awfully close) and boy did she look mad. She peeled away from the intersection and I followed slowly, unable to contain my laughter. It was priceless!

And then to top it off, at the next red light (a good 200 yards further), the car in front of both of us flatly refused to make a right on red, even though it was a legal turn, so we sat and sat until the light changed- me smiling and shaking my head, her honking like crazy, of course.