Chivalry is
dead on arrival in Westlake Village

I noticed that Charleston, S.C. was voted the most courteous city in the United States. I wonder where Westlake Village would rank?

Being from the South myself, I am accustomed to a certain amount of courtesy even from complete strangers.

I was appalled at the blatant rudeness of Westlake Village drivers on Tues., Nov. 28 around 4 p.m. I had just picked up my daughter from Westlake High School and was traveling west on Thousand Oaks Boulevard. A vehicle was stalled in the right turn lane onto Westlake Boulevard.

As I went around the vehicle, I noticed it was an elderly woman in the driver seat. I immediately pulled to the right to offer assistance. I offered my cell phone and I noticed she had her young granddaughter in the backseat.

Seeing that this was probably not the safest place for them to be stranded, my daughter and I pushed her vehicle around the turn and up Westlake Boulevard to clear the intersection.

Horns were beeping and drivers were getting angry with the delay. As we attempted to push this vehicle, a student from WHS jumped in to help.

What I noticed, however, was the man in the vehicle directly behind us. He made no attempt to offer any assistance. Nor for that matter did any other man.

Now, I’m no spring chicken, but where I come from, any man would have been embarrassed to be caught sitting in his car watching a woman push a vehicle out of a busy intersection.

I guess the men in Westlake are more concerned with dirtying their Armani suits than doing the right thing.

Shame, shame, shame!

Joanne Hensley

Westlake Village