I took my wife in to town to do a little shopping before she went to work and we parked in the Green car park, Boston.
After we had done the shopping I left my wife at work and returned with the shopping to the car. I reversed out of the parking space I was in, and in front of another motorist who was driving down the line of cars (obviously, to me) looking for a parking space. There were three spaces available, and being polite I made a very polite gesture to him to pull in and park before I pulled off past him, to exit the car park.
He did not react in any way, or move, so I pulled off, and as I passed him he wound down his window and gave me such a mouthful of abuse which, in polite language, translated into him wanting to reverse into said space. I was so sorry I was not a mind reader and did not realise that was the move he wanted to make.
I found the incident so upsetting I had to communicate with you, for I acted very politely, as I always try to do, and to get such abuse for politeness makes me not only angry, but very sad to think that this elderly man cannot complain about younger people today when he himself cannot show a modicum of politeness.
I would not have minded if he had said, 'Thanks, but I would like to reverse into the space, rather than drive in'. What is Boston and the world coming to, when so much anger, abuse and fierce reaction is aimed at what was one motorist being polite to another? I do hope the man reads this and has some remorse for what he gestured and said... but I won't hold my breath.
How can we ever hope to reverse this sad state of affairs of anger, road rage, and abuse when there are people about who cannot be an example to others younger than themselves?

A VERY UPSET AND
FLABBERGASTED MOTORIST
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