My girlfriend was returning home in our truck a few weeks ago, and when she turned into the laneway behind our street a man in an SUV was trying to exit. Since it's a narrow lane, there was a momentary stalemate and then my girlfriend kindly backed out onto the street and circled the block to re-enter.
When she got to the lane entrance again, the man in the SUV had parked, gotten out of his car and was waiting to tell her that she should learn to 'use [her] brain!' because rather than circling the block she could have just backed out, waited for him to leave and driven in again. He repeated the phrase 'use your brain' a few times before she drove on, speechless.
As a side note, this man's garage is located furthest in the lane, and he keeps the last 10 feet or so of PUBLIC SPACE cordoned off with a chain. When we had our first big snowstorm a few weeks ago, he used his snowblower to build a huge snowbank against our neighbor's garage door.
