I can understand that sometimes there are situations when other people should yield for the benefit of a single person. Like, yesterday on 85th street and Park ave., I was behind many cars waiting for lights to change. I see the green light and yet, nothing happens. The next green light did nothing. This went on for five green lights. Finally, after many honking and screaming by cabbies, I was able to pass by the culprit; an old invalid lady being discharged.
Today, I saw an exactly the opposite of what happened yesterday. On 88th street and West End Ave., a large truck was double parked, blocking the traffic. Honking and yelling did not produce any result. The truck was one of Ryder rental trucks. People got out of their cars to investigate and look for a driver. After, what felt like an hour, someone showed up. The driver that showed up was wearing a “Moishes Movers” red shirt.” OK. We are moving”, we all thought. “He will move the truck”. But, what he did was moving the truck about 500 yards, blocking the traffic in different location! Even though there was an empty fire hydrant about ten feet away, the driver parked the truck right in front of a door where they were carrying out the boxes. This meant, we all had to wait till they finished loading the truck! Can you imagine the attitude of this driver? There was no single ounce of decency in him. He simply did not care about all the traffic he was blocking. This can only come from a culture of the company he worked for. If his boss cared for the image of his company, or the society in general, this kind of behavior would never get tolerated. However, this was happening. There was another guy with the red shirt and his attitude was the same. They simply did not care for the people. As long as his company was making money, they did not care for the rest. This is very typical of an extreme religious group of people. As long as they are ok, rest of the world can go to hell.
When I called to complain, the dispatcher insisted on two letter marking from the truck. I explained that it was a Ryder rental truck. Well, he claimed, that it was not them, then. So, I guess this must have went on a few times before. Guys wearing their t shirt and moving people are not their employees? And they never use Ryder Truck? Matter of fact, I have seen many times people with Moishes T shirt carrying out boxes of stuff from Ryder trucks.
I am following the story to see what happens .
