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You never know who's watching As I was driving through town recently, I noticed an SUV in the lane next to me, with a vanity licence plate. The plate identified the driver as the owner of a local business, and I thought how clever the plate was-- subtle but still promoting the business to drivers following behind. That's one of the basic aspects of advertising and promotion-- keep your name in the public eye, to remind them that you are in business. I was in the centre lane, and the outside lane was tapering the traffic into one lane-- the lane in which I was driving. Suddenly, the SUV driver sped up, got about a half car length ahead of me, then yanked the wheel over, and cut me off. I actually had to stand on the brakes to avoid a collision. Now I'll admit, I was downright annoyed, especially when the SUV turned right, into a driveway less than a half block further along the road. My first thought was the driver was a total jerk, cutting me off to get in front, then pulled into a driveway a little ways further. It wasn't as if there was heavy traffic at the time-- just an impatient driver. I drove on, pondering what had happened, and made a mental note that the driver of the SUV (obviously the owner of the business) would never, ever get my business, not in a million years, if I happen to need that particular service. That driver would be the last person I'd turn to. I drove a little further and another thought hit me. Not only was the driver of that vehicle a jerk, but a complete idiot. The vanity plate identified the business-- and the driver's actions showed the disregard for others-- put it together. It's not a good thing to do if you are in business. The last thing a business owner should do is tick off Mr. or Mrs. Joe Public. I later spoke with another person who used to work in a professional office in Etobicoke. Years ago, one of her co-workers in that office was driving to work in stop-andgo traffic. In the car beside her, an older gentleman was trying to merge into her Vision 2000 Exclusive Bonus: US $400 per stateroom Onboard Credit 7 Independent & Free Press, Thursday, December 15, 2011 EMBRACE THE TROPICS Ted Brown lane. He finally pulled in, and in the process, cut her off. Annoyed, she blew her horn and gave him the one-finger salute. Later, she pulled into the parking lot of her office, and went up to the medical office in which she worked. She prepared for the first patient of the day, and walked out to the waiting room to escort `Mr. So-andso' into the doctor. There sitting in the waiting room was the same gentleman to whom she had given the less than courteous gesture just minutes before. He wasn't impressed. In fact he told her so, in front of the doctor, her employer. I'm sure she would have gladly rewound the previous 20 minutes of her life, and have taken a totally different approach. A couple years ago, I was driving in another situation where the traffic was congested. I was in my proper lane, but a fellow pulled around the corner head-on into my lane as his lane was blocked. For some reason, he was annoyed that I was in his way, in spite of the fact that I was in my proper lane. He gave me the finger. Then he realized he knew me-- matter of fact, he'd known me for more than 20 years. The next time we met, he tried to laugh it off, but I didn't let him off the hook quite that easily. I asked him why I deserved the finger when he was in the wrong? He finally apologized, and said he was `in a hurry'. So the moral of this story is, if you're going to be an idiot or a jerk in public, you just might wanna rethink it. 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