So, I'm a little upset. I was going over to my friend's house after work last night to try to keep his mind busy 'cause his wife just left him. (But that's another story.) So, I park my car and am about to get out whn a cop car drives past and almost takes my door off. No biggie. It missed me and I missed him, so no harm no foul. I let another car pass the other way (it's a narrow street) and was abbout to get out when this other car passes me in the direction the cop was going. This car, however, did hit me. Lucky for me my mirrors bend in case of just such an ocassion. I get out and pop it back into place. No harm done. There was no damage, so, like with the cop; no harm, no foul. I get my stuff out of my car and start walking towards my friend's house. When from behind me what should I hear? The timid little voice of a little old woman. "Excuse me?!" I turn to face her and I was asked the most absurd question I've ever been asked in my life, and I've worked retail for over six years, so I know a thing or two about absurd questions. (And, now that I think about it early that day a woman I've never met asked me, in Mandarin, for a ride into San Francisco because she didn't have a bus pass... I think. I think she wanted a ride at any rate, she kept saying thank you and trying to open my car door, throwing the word bus at me every now and then, but I digress...)
"Did you just hit my car?"
Did I just hit her car? NO! I was parked! How the hell did I hit her car!? Hell, even if I opened my door all the way and she took it off and damaged her car she'd be at fault. Did I just hit her car... I mean, what the hell? She then starts telling me that she just had work done to that side of her car, so she'd be very upset if she had to take it back for even more work. So, at this point, I'm thinking she hits a lot of things with that side of her car. Anyway, even though we can't see any damage in the dark of night through the rain (oh yes, it was well past 8 at night and it was raining quite steadily when this elderly woman decided to drive down a narrow residential street) she wants my information so she can get in contact with me incase she notices anything when she gets home.
Here's the kicker, she calls me this afternoon to say that she noticed her mirror had a hole in it and she wants me to call her back so we can resolve this because she was, and I quote, "driving very cautiously down that street." No, if you were driving cautiously down that street, you wouldn't have hit my car, now would you have? So, I call her back but get her message machine. I tell her that if she wants to proceed with this I will be happy to call my insurance company to let them know what happened, but if she does insist we play this thing out, she must take into account that I was parked and that makes this her hitting me, not the other way around. I have yet to hear back from her. I'll keep all y'all updated as this unfolds, but hopefully there won't be too many updates.
"Did you just hit my car?"
"Did you just hit my car?"
Did I just hit her car? NO! I was parked! How the hell did I hit her car!? Hell, even if I opened my door all the way and she took it off and damaged her car she'd be at fault. Did I just hit her car... I mean, what the hell? She then starts telling me that she just had work done to that side of her car, so she'd be very upset if she had to take it back for even more work. So, at this point, I'm thinking she hits a lot of things with that side of her car. Anyway, even though we can't see any damage in the dark of night through the rain (oh yes, it was well past 8 at night and it was raining quite steadily when this elderly woman decided to drive down a narrow residential street) she wants my information so she can get in contact with me incase she notices anything when she gets home.
Here's the kicker, she calls me this afternoon to say that she noticed her mirror had a hole in it and she wants me to call her back so we can resolve this because she was, and I quote, "driving very cautiously down that street." No, if you were driving cautiously down that street, you wouldn't have hit my car, now would you have? So, I call her back but get her message machine. I tell her that if she wants to proceed with this I will be happy to call my insurance company to let them know what happened, but if she does insist we play this thing out, she must take into account that I was parked and that makes this her hitting me, not the other way around. I have yet to hear back from her. I'll keep all y'all updated as this unfolds, but hopefully there won't be too many updates.
"Did you just hit my car?"
stupid woman.