07-07-2016, 10:06 AM
(07-07-2016, 08:05 AM)MidTowner Wrote: I think the reason these workers might suffer more abuse than others is because the public they are dealing with is a lot of cases in cars (though obviously not all- for instance, the guy who threatened some workers with a knife wasn’t!). Various levels of road rage are not uncommon. I’ve heard and experienced abuse on the road that I couldn’t imagine hearing in, say, a coffee shop. It’s easy to hurl an epithet (or an object…) at a worker who you think is the face of all of those delays you’re experiencing, when you feel relatively anonymous in your vehicle and are about to speed away.
Sadly ... while out for photos this morning I observed an incident of drive-through rage, someone yelling and ranting loudly at the person in front of her in the Tim Horton's drive-through (because other person was not fast enough, it appears). Does being inside a vehicle make this behaviour more likely?