Re: [gti-vr6] Car hit...Daily Thought

["A. Mabe" <nyvr6@yahoo.com>]

Shit happens and theirs not much you can do about it. It's always
somones turn to step in the soft, warm pile on the sidewalk. 

  Last summer, my car was hit at a local shoping center where I worked.
I was taking up my normal two spaces in no mans land next to the lamp
post with several of my coworkers like everyday.  The passengers side
was adjacent to the curb, and the base of the lamp post was by the
drivers side rear 1/4 panel.  So I come out after a 9 hour shift, and
my front corner 1/4 is smashed in, my hood was bent a little, flat
tire, and my suspention was all f'ed up.  All he left was most of his
head lamp and some chunks of grill and bumper.  Luckaly, since I was an
employe of the store, all of the damage was paid for, which added up to
over 3 grand.   


-Mabe


--- Chris Collier <collier@iglou.com> wrote:
> 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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