Today, I was biking home from work because my parents’ car—the one I use—was smashed by an old lady (but that’s beside the point). I stopped at a gas station to grab some snacks, and as I was leaving, a guy filling up his truck asked how my day was. I said, “Good,” and returned the question. He said, “Good,” as well.
I commented on how expensive gas has gotten lately, and he replied, “How does your bike fare in the snow?” I told him it doesn’t do well since it’s a street bike with thin tires. Then, out of nowhere, he cut me off and said, “Get the fuck out of here before I stick my foot up your ass in 3 seconds.”
I thought he was joking, so I asked him to say that again. He repeated it word for word, completely straight-faced. His expression never changed. I hopped on my bike and got out of there after saying, “Have a good day,” because I wasn’t about to get flattened after working a 12-hour shift. He kept shouting at me as I left!
TL;DR: Don’t talk to strangers that say Hi
Note: Yes, he was a Ram driver in a lifted truck. No, this story isn’t fake. Yes, this just happened minutes ago.
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Story is missing something or that guy is just … especially unhinged. Weird
Methinks someone is mentally unwell. You dodged a bullet there, maybe literally. What a fucking psycho.
Psychopaths.
You aggro’ed the NPC
With only that context… Guessing truck guy was MAGA and took your correct observation about high gas prices as a slight to his boy.
He assumed literally everything based on you being on a bicycle and talking to him about gas while he as in a huge gas guzzler
Yeah dude, poor choice of conversation, you probably didn’t mean it like that, but the way he took it was “If you were riding a pushbike instead of that penis extension truck you wouldn’t have to pay so much for fuel”. That’s not your fault, but there’s a subset of cyclists who are really fucking holier than thou about the fact that they ride and treat everyone who doesn’t like idiots, they’re loud and annoying, they’re the vegans of the cycling world. They even yell at people commuting on ebikes because it’s “Cheating”. So don’t take it personally.
>Lifted Ram…
Baseball, huh?
Since that’s been a contentious point in politics he may have assumed you were making a jab at Trump?? Idk that’s all I can come up with
100% believe OP because Ram drivers are the pinnacle of “asshole”. I’ve never met one who didn’t deserve a proper ass stomping or more. Down vote Ram riding knob goblins
Dude definitely assumed you were taunting him about having to pay for gas instead of biking.
Obviously it’s no help now, but mentioning that your car is busted (implying that you’d normally be driving) may have deescalated the situation. Not to say that his crazy reaction was your fault.
(Also, on an unrelated note, the TLDR should probably give a shortened version of the post with more info than the title, otherwise there’s no point to having it.)
>Get the fuck out of here before I stick my foot up your ass in 3 seconds.
Should have informed him that while you’re flattered by his advances, you’re straight and putting or receiving things up yours or others arses is not really a place you’re comfortable with. But thanks for the offer. Not that there’s anything wrong with it, just not for you.
Sounds like you’re in America….we’re having these sorts of American vehicles spread to Australia too. And the attitude is coming with them.
You hopped off your bike to enter the convenience store, made small talk about gas despite riding a bike that pissed him off(?) dude sounds like hes looking for a reason to blow his top off
Either that or he is a potential stalker but then again you prolly park your bike right outside the store
Your tldr is just the title of the post. wtf
stand up for yourself next time.
I was nice once and a random homeless lady launched herself into my car. Like in the passenger seat through the open window. Naturally I gave her a quick ride about 10 blocks down from where we initiated this… interaction. She tossed a dollar onto my passenger seat. Weirdest shit that ever happened to me.