I meant to post this amusing little story sooner, but other things kept coming up. Last week, I was on my way to work in the morning, a day like any other. We had just turned right on 6th Street when I heard a car horn blaring immediately behind us. At the next red light, the same car pulled alongside us and the driver rolled down his window. He accused my nurse of cutting him off and then proceeded to hurl various epithets at my nurse, “motherfucker” being the preferred term of choice. The gentleman also articulated a desire to beat my nurse’s ass. He was still swearing at us when the light turned green and we drove away.
Here’s my question. If it had come to fisticuffs, what would my role have been? Cheerleader? Future witness for the prosecution? I wonder if I could have represented my nurse in a civil action for battery and collected a tidy contingency fee. And is it wrong to wonder such things after the fact?
