Baffoe: The Unfortunate Case Of Ryan Dempster

" (CBS) I’m weird. You probably assumed that a while ago, though.

In a few ways I am extremely selfish. Probably the most common scenario is when I’m driving. I will cut you off, curse at you, flip you the bird, tailgate, and do anything else demonstrative if you’re impeding me from getting to my destination thirty seconds quicker. This is tenfold if I’m delivering food.

For my attitude behind the wheel I take a lot of flack. Dirty looks and obscene language and gestures toward me are very common. But acquiescing to others on the road means I’m making less money, and I refuse to do that. That’s mine. That’s personal.

But off the road I have a strange obsession with not inconveniencing others. It’s borderline pathological. I will go out of my way to make sure that something I am doing isn’t hindering or bothering another person to the point that it will likely make the task more difficult or inconvenient for me.

For example, I got an e-mail the other day from a commissioner of one of my fantasy football leagues trying to coordinate a date and place for the draft "

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