man and his truck

there are perhaps things i will never understand about the human animal. i'll share a brief anecdote.

yesterday there was a truck, in addition to ours, parked in front of our house. about two feet of this truck were blocking our driveway and kara wanted to go on an errand. normally this is no big thing, especially since the truck's owner was right there. kara asked him to back his truck up two feet (there was room between his truck and our truck in front of our house for him to do this) so she could pull the mazda out the driveway.

the man appeared exasperated that kara asked this of him, but he got in his truck and pulled away. he didn't merely back the truck up a few feet; he left altogether, and kara pulled out to go on her brief errand. the man and his truck apparently just drove around the block once and then parked in the exact same spot, inexplicably again blocking our driveway by about two feet. kara returned from her errand and had to again ask the man to move his truck a little, so she could pull into our driveway.

again the man appeared inappropriately put out, but he got into his truck and peeled out down the street again. kara pulled into our driveway and, moments later, before she was even in the house, the truck returned and parked, now fully blocking our driveway, despite the fact that there was more than enough room for him to park in front of our house without blocking our driveway even an inch.

how infuriating is this? the man had trapped us in our house. he was apparently trying to make a point of some kind, but what is it?

kara was tempted to call the police and have the truck towed. the man was not someone she wanted to talk with again, as apparently he is some sort of sociopath. plus he appeared to be a guest of our neighbors and we don't want any feuds. we both stalked around our living room a while, thoroughly aggravated and yet impotent.

fortunately, about 20 minutes later the man and his truck were gone. i guess his visit with our neighbors was over. kara rushed out and pulled our hyundai (which was parked up the street a piece) into the space immediately before our house again in case the mean man and his truck returned.

this experience definitely got our dander up and raised questions about the motives behind this individual's actions.

(fortunately i do appear for jury duty tomorrow and might have the opportunity to put one of these sociopaths away for years! [maniacal laughter])