You ever just be minding your own damn business, already feeling annoyed about something (in this case, the mysterious nail sting of 2025), and then – BOOM. A full-grown man decides to have his midlife crisis in front of you. Right there. At a four-way stop sign. In a residential neighborhood.
Let me set the scene.
I’m driving, trying to stay in a halfway decent mood because my nail is still stinging a little but not as much as earlier (thank you, iced coffee and parking lot therapy). I roll up to a four-way stop like the respectful driver I am, and this car pulls up too. I think, “Okay, he’s making a U-turn. Whatever. That’s fine.”
BUT NO. He starts doing full-ass donuts. In the middle of the intersection. Right in front of me. Like we’re suddenly in a Walmart parking lot after hours or filming a reboot of Tokyo Drift: Inland Empire Edition.
And I know what you’re thinking: “Loops, was he young?” Nope. Full-grown man. With his little hype-man friend in the passenger seat like this was the coolest thing they’ve ever done. I’m sitting there like… Is this real life? Do I pull out my phone? Is this a TikTok prank? Are we okay??
Mind you, it was my right of way. But this little car club of one was out here spinning in circles like it was a talent show for the emotionally stunted.
Meanwhile, I’m just trying to figure out if my nail is gonna fall off or if I’m being dramatic and now I gotta deal with “Dumb & Dumber: Street Racing Edition” blocking the road.
I didn’t even honk. That’s how stunned I was. Just sat there in silence like: 😐
Let’s be real – if you’re gonna do donuts, at least take it to an abandoned lot like every other wannabe adrenaline junkie. You’re not cool for doing it in front of a stop sign. You’re just a public hazard with a fragile ego and probably bald tires.
So yeah. That was my little post-nail-sting, mid-day reminder that common sense isn’t so common – and that even grown men can still act like unsupervised teenagers with a car and zero respect for other people’s time.
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. Stay safe out there, y’all. Especially at four-way stops… apparently those are the new Daytona.
🖤Love, Loops