Do you ever do this?  I saw a car pull out in front of me. The person goes fast enough that it does not interfere with me.  But I still get angry.  In a way I am angry because I was anticipating frustration and it turned out I had no reason to be.

I sort of wanted the guy to bug me.

Perhaps to validate my attitude towards people.

Then, even worse, I realize I would have done the same thing.

Its sort of disappointing that the frustrating thing didn’t happen.

Am I right in thinking that a lot of people will get angry anyway (as I did)? Think, “Yes, it was fine, but still!” 

Or they find something else to be angered by that driver. If he would have pulled out slowly, myself and others would think,  “you self-absorbed jerk.” But he accelerates, and we then decide, “Look at that self-absorbed jerk.  Wasting gas like that.”

And then those same people will pull onto a different road half a mile later and get in front of a car.  The guy behind them has to put on his brakes.  Too often, the next thought is, “you were going to damn fast anyway!“

There is something in our current society where we have to be angry at someone.