I wanted to tell him that it’s not about $2; it’s about me pointing out the obvious. Maybe you do this with other people a few times a day, and that means $20 more. This is not the right way of earning, but I didn’t say any of that. I kept quiet, and he just stopped, started speeding. Still, nothing for me. Then he started honking the horn, and he kept getting more and more aggressive because he was not getting anything from me. It was very clear that he wanted a reaction, he wanted me to defend myself, he wanted me to fight. I didn’t say a word, and then he was going on, he was talking to himself, and I could notice how big and deep those breaths were.
It got to a point where he almost started rash driving, and he turned off the radio that was playing in the car. I was like, “Okay, still does not matter to me at all.” Then I reached my destination. That is when he tried to belittle me, and here is how I gave him one more narcissistic injury. He gave me those $2 back and then gave me some amount as a tip. Instead of taking all of that personally and feeling bad, I took those coins happily and put them in my pocket without saying a word, nothing at all. He was still saying and kept going on, no response. I’m not going to play your game whatsoever. Then I left the car, feeling assured that one, I had truly won, and two, my no response was the biggest response because that would have burned him inside out.
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