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I had a day off work so I figured I'd head out o Wal-Mart to get some errands out of the way. I usually park in the middle, but I figure it since it was 9AM on a Friday why not be lazy and park in the front. I spend an extra 15 seconds getting perfectly straight, reversing, slightly twisting and puling forward.
All the sudden, this beat up Trailblazer glides right next to me to an abrupt stop, and both passengers slam their doors into my car.
The front door impact wasn't too bad not that noticeable, but the back door? The metal clanging of both cars vibrated for like a second afterwards.
Immediately the kids hop out and slam their doors oblivious to what they done and starts racing each other to the entrance of Wal-Mart like everything's all good. They get like 15 away when I yell out HEY! Get the F back here! Are y'all really gonna walk away like you didn't slam into my S!!!
I'm usually a cool-headed logician and seldom scream so even my volume surprised me, my voice echo'd off the building twice. At this point the Mom had just stepped halfway out of the car, but she was just froze with no reaction like it was normal for other people to be disciplining her kids.
So the kids start walking back looking mortified but at that point I noticed it wasn't 100% their fault. The mom had parked over the yellow line to the point there was only 1.5 feet distance between our cars so to avoid this, they would've had to climb out practically in slow motion while keeping hold of the edge of the door...which is exactly what I had to do. I already had the car turned off, otherwise I woulda just roller down the windows and remained seated. So that set things off awkwardly from the get go.
I also noticed she had prior damage to the front and rear bumpers. Indicating she probably didn't have Insurance. Some other things I took into account - she looked to be late 20s at the oldest and both boys looked like junior high kids.
So ultimately I ended up apologizing but let them off with a lecture warning about the type of people that are out there. cause truth be told a situation like this could easily escalate to more than just words. A lifted truck with NRA decals pulled in next to us, and I nodded in it's direction. At that moment it seemed to register in all three's mind they could get shot if this scenario plays out with the wrong person.
How do y'all react when stuff like this happens?
The part that really had me conflicted is, say I was to make a complaint to Insurance they could easily deny the whole thing happened that the damage was previously there and it's automatically 3 people's word against mine.
All the sudden, this beat up Trailblazer glides right next to me to an abrupt stop, and both passengers slam their doors into my car.
The front door impact wasn't too bad not that noticeable, but the back door? The metal clanging of both cars vibrated for like a second afterwards.
Immediately the kids hop out and slam their doors oblivious to what they done and starts racing each other to the entrance of Wal-Mart like everything's all good. They get like 15 away when I yell out HEY! Get the F back here! Are y'all really gonna walk away like you didn't slam into my S!!!
I'm usually a cool-headed logician and seldom scream so even my volume surprised me, my voice echo'd off the building twice. At this point the Mom had just stepped halfway out of the car, but she was just froze with no reaction like it was normal for other people to be disciplining her kids.
So the kids start walking back looking mortified but at that point I noticed it wasn't 100% their fault. The mom had parked over the yellow line to the point there was only 1.5 feet distance between our cars so to avoid this, they would've had to climb out practically in slow motion while keeping hold of the edge of the door...which is exactly what I had to do. I already had the car turned off, otherwise I woulda just roller down the windows and remained seated. So that set things off awkwardly from the get go.
I also noticed she had prior damage to the front and rear bumpers. Indicating she probably didn't have Insurance. Some other things I took into account - she looked to be late 20s at the oldest and both boys looked like junior high kids.
So ultimately I ended up apologizing but let them off with a lecture warning about the type of people that are out there. cause truth be told a situation like this could easily escalate to more than just words. A lifted truck with NRA decals pulled in next to us, and I nodded in it's direction. At that moment it seemed to register in all three's mind they could get shot if this scenario plays out with the wrong person.
How do y'all react when stuff like this happens?
The part that really had me conflicted is, say I was to make a complaint to Insurance they could easily deny the whole thing happened that the damage was previously there and it's automatically 3 people's word against mine.
