RE: Car hit...Daily Thought

[John Lei <JohnL@lifenetwork.ca>]

Sorry to hear about your "accident".  I had my brand new car's door
dinged when I went grocery shopping a few years ago and the guy just
left without a note either.  I just have to tell myself that is only a
car but it still piss me off that people would do that and get away with
it. :(

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Chris Collier [SMTP:collier@iglou.com]
> Sent:	Sunday, July 04, 1999 10:27 PM
> To:	VR6 Listserver; Digest, jetta glx; Dorfman, Leah
> Subject:	Car hit...Daily Thought
> 
> Hi all, chris collier here,
> 
> Well the only fireworks that I saw this 4th of July, were the ones
> going
> off in my head when I went out this morning to find that someone had
> backed into the side of my car. Of course, there was no note, go
> figure.
> I know that they were aware of the fact that they hit me, I could see
> where they took the time to scrub off remains of paint from their
> bumper. I could see where they had left marks in the dust on my
> car........
> 
> After I cooled down for a while, actually a looonnnggg while,  I
> started
> thinking.............here is my thought for the day!
> 
> Have we as a society come to the point that accountability has died? I
> am not basing this on just the fact of my car being hit, and no one
> having the decency to leave a note, but rather on the fact of many
> things that I notice in my life as of late.
> 
> I don't mean to be melodramatic, but I am starting to loose faith in
> our
> society as a whole. It seems to me that there a still great people
> left,
> but we are becoming more of the minority. Does anyone else feel this
> way? The streets seem to carry more litter. People seem more angry.
> Driving is becoming more and more defensive. People seem to have lost
> respect for their fellow man. I only say this, b/c I don't remember it
> always being this way..........am I delusional?
> 
> Yeah, I am pissed that no one left a note!!!! That can be fixed,
> inconvenient, but it can be fixed. I am more pissed about what it
> represents as a whole, IMHO: It represents a lose of respect for
> fellow
> human beings, and their property. It shows that rather than own up to
> the fact of a mistake, and that is all that it is, a mistake (that is
> why we call them accidents); but rather than address it like a mature
> being. They looked around, tried to hide the evidence, and slithered
> aware. That is the concerning part to the equation. (IS IT HOT IN
> HERE,
> OR AM I GETTING WORKED UP.....AGAIN?)
> 
> Thanks for the sounding board, needed a forum to vent.
> 
> And please, please remember: if you should ever damage any property,
> even a door ding, please leave a note.................you will respect
> yourselves more, and the rest of us will be able to regain our belief
> that, for the most part, our society is STILL kind at heart.
> 
> chris collier
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