A Parking Lot Battle Like No Other
No two vehicles are perhaps more different than a Prius and a diesel truck. So, it comes as no surprise that the owners of each might have differing perspectives on life. But when a Prius owner saw what a couple was doing in a diesel truck in a parking lot, she went ballistic — and it was all caught on camera.
Details are a bit sketchy, but the video gives us a glimpse into the heated situation. From the get-go, it’s obvious that a woman is furious about sharing the parking lot with a diesel truck. She immediately launches into an insult-fueled tirade, completely ignoring the presence of the couple’s young children.
As she storms over, it becomes evident that the dark Prius in the background belongs to her. Her frustration is made clear by the multitude of choice four-letter words she flings around. “I came over here because it was quiet,” she rants, pointing to her side of the parking lot.
“There was nobody here, and you come up with your gas-guzzling piece of trash, spewing exhaust everywhere!” she exclaims. But before she can finish her sentence, the mother in the truck retorts, warning her not to curse in front of her daughter. That’s when things take a nosedive.
“Shut the heck up,” the Prius owner shouts. Tensions rise as the other mom exclaims, “Get out!” For a moment, everyone anticipates violence. Even the man behind the camera cautions his wife Cheryl, while Ms. Prius clarifies, “Don’t even touch me.” And then, the irony hits hard.
After yelling and cursing at the family, the Prius owner has the audacity to say, “I’m just asking you to be pleasant and courteous, and you guys aren’t willing to.” If there were a gold medal for irony, she’d win it hands down.
The dad in the truck tried to back up to appease her, but it wasn’t good enough. “I backed up,” he recounts, but she continues her tirade about the exhaust and the wind direction towards her car, which conveniently has its windows down. She demands to know why the truck is even running.
“Because my daughter is in here!” the dad insists, before being cut off by Ms. Prius, who argues that he should turn off the truck and roll down the windows instead of using the air conditioning.
The video captions explain that the daughter was sleeping and has allergies. Yet, this does little to calm the Prius driver, who continues her pollution lecture and name-calling spree, labeling the man as “mindless” and “ignorant.”
Ms. Prius’s tirade doesn’t stop there. She questions why the man needs such a vehicle, calling him irresponsible and inconsiderate. When he explains that he has horses and needs a truck despite his office job, she snidely remarks, “You got two kids, and you’re going to train them to be the same way.”
That’s when the mama bear’s instincts kick in. Since the Prius owner established that name-calling was fair game, the mom has a few choice words of her own. The eco-friendly driver tries to get in the last word, but what happens next is so much worse.
Ms. Prius gets way too close to the mom and her child, waving her arms and speaking aggressively. Luckily for her, exhaust fumes were the worst things in her face that day.
The dad seems concerned, yelling his wife’s name as the deranged woman circles back to confront the mom again. The mom stands protectively by the truck, guarding her kids from the volatile woman.
Kudos to the dad for staying calm. There’s no reasoning with irrational individuals, and he realized this was a losing battle. His restraint was commendable, earning applause even from fellow Prius drivers who criticized the woman on a Prius forum for her behavior.
At times, we must accept that some confrontations are futile. There were plenty of empty spots in the parking lot, making this argument completely unnecessary. But it did give us a front-row seat to a classic case of people behaving badly and a lesson on maintaining composure in the face of madness.
