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June 22, 2002

A Gesture for Forgiveness

When the light turned green, the car ahead of me just sat there. I gave it a good five seconds (i.e., 0.5 seconds) and then blasted my horn. "What did you do that for?" asked my wife. "The light is still red."

So it was. I hadn't noticed the righthand turn light.

So, how do I apologize to the driver ahead of me? We lack a gesture by which we beg forgiveness. I propose the following:

The antifinger gesture of forgiveness - www.evident.com

Use it often.

Posted by D. Weinberger at June 22, 2002 08:40 AM

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