Courtesy

I tend to not pay attention to other people when I'm in public, mostly because I've discovered that I don't like a vast majority of the human race. The reason for this stems from two major things, the most relevant being that most people aren't nice human beings at all.

This is especially apparent on the roads. Put a human being behind the steering wheel of a car, and they instantly become a raving lunatic. I've been guilty of this very same vice on more than a few occasions, but I must add that most times it was sparked by someone ELSE. (Really! It's true!)

Every once in a while, however, the good natured side of humans peeks it head through the ugliness of the modern world in the smallest ways possible. I was driving home from work today, and I came to the intersection in my city. A car to my right approached the stop sign at about the same time, and he probably got there about .3948674 second after I did. I waved him on, however, because sometimes I really *am* a nice person.

I've given people the right-of-way many times before. Commonly, you get the quick wave. Sometimes you get nothing at all. Ungrateful bastards. Well, this time was completely different. As he drove past me, he nodded and I saw him mouth "Thank you!". It struck me as something out of the ordinary that, as lazy as human beings are these days, he took the time and energy to actually SAY "Thank you!" even though there was no way I was going to hear it. That was rather cool, and obviously left an impression since the thought is still in my mind 8 hours later. He showed gratitude, which is probably one of the RAREST things to see from normal people these days. Kudos to him.