Today's word? Ass Hat

I've been in LA since noon yesterday, so almost 24 hours.

So far on this trip, the word for the day is Ass Hat. I have encountered so many people on this trip that just can't be described in any other manner. For example:

1. At airport. Guy with more bags that one should carry without a smartcart is standing in the door way exiting baggage claim, freaking out because he can't find something. Meanwhile, he is blocking the entire doorway so no one else can get in or out. It's just rude.

2. In traffic. LA traffic is ridiculously bad. The hotel is less than 3 miles from the office, and both are essentially on Olympic Blvd. I only need to turn right off our street onto Olympic and into the Marriott parking garage. Most of the ass hats are driving, further proof that the Missing Persons were right in singing "nobody walks in LA"

Case one, at a crowded intersection. A driver has at least 3/4's of a car length in front of him, and the person behind him has just over half of their car blocking the intersection. Does driver 1 pull forward? Nope. Driver 2 slightly taps on the horn, smiles and points for driver 1 to pull up so she doesn't block oncoming traffic. Drive 1 flips her off through the sun roof and sits, even after the light has turned green and traffic in front of him moves. Major ass hat!

Case two, driving north on the 405, with the far right lane of traffic merging due to construction. Driver in porsche in right lane who's front end is even with my rear tire decides that although there is no one behind me, or on my left, and although I'm traveling at least 65 mph (in a 50 zone), he CANNOT actually tap his brakes and pull in behind me, he must accelerate and jump in front of me, missing my front end by less than a foot. And the only reason he missed me is because I had taken my foot off the gas, and hit the brakes. Self absorbed ass hat!

Case three, pulling into McD's drive through. Customer 1 goes to the box, orders their food, and then proceeds to dig around in their car for something, but doesn't pull forward to the window. I am behind him. The order taker again asks the driver to pull forward. The driver ignores, as he is now moving some bags around on the back seat. A second car pulls up behind me. The order taker asks again. I tap my horn lightly. Nothing. Third car behind me. Customer finally pulls forward to first window, pulls out their wallet, hands them a $20, and then starts digging in the car again while the cashier makes change. At this point, I had ordered and pulled forward. Cashier stands at window for a few moments, holding out the receipt and change. Finally the customer takes the change and pulls forward to the 2nd window, but not enough for me to get to the window to pay. Customer pulls forward, gets food. Customer pulls away slightly, then as I'm pulling forward to get my food, slams on the brakes, hits reverse and starts to back up. Luckily the car behind me was still at the order block, as I had to drop it into reverse to avoid being hit. Customer leans into the window with fries in their hand and complains that there were not enough fries in the box, and wants more. Of course they comply, they want this guy out of there. I finally get food, and share a laugh as I comment that the guy was an ass hat.

I'm sure there are more to come, as I'm here through Monday. . .