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Foxchild · Postby **Foxchild** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 8:47 am

I'm not usually one to complain a lot... only when warented.... and WELL IM GOING TO COMPLAIN NOW! Alright, today was the day of my mothers not so small christmas party. I had several tasks today, one of which was to entertain my little brother for a few hours while she prepares everything. I don't have a problem with that at all, and in fact it was quite enjoyable. I went and picked up midnight, and we three set out to several places to complete some christmas shoping and party preparations. Not the least of our trip was to WalMart. Well, as usual we all got distracted in the electronics section. So we go and pick up the item needed (if i told you, you probably wouldn't believe me! it may end up in my sig in one form or another) Well, when we left, of coarse we had a little difficulty finding the car! typical, so nothing to worry about! I had to park father away from the entrance than usual, because about half of frederick was at walmart for one reason or another. After finding the car, we got in, and i started driving. We came to a small "intersection" in which if i turned to the right, i would be facing the front of walmart and head back into the parking lot, and if i turned to the left., headed to the main road out. Well, at about 11:00 in front of me is a big, wide red pickup truck. his truck was apparently too big, and another person had wanted to turn down that small road to the front of the parking lot. He starts in reverse right towards me. I was at least a half a car length behind him, AT LEAST! not only that, but i had stopped before the end of the curb, i had not yet entered the 'intersection'. well, i think "... He has to see me...right?" he continues backing up. i think "{Poo!} he doesnt see me!" so i blasted my horn. About 1 second later, there are some rather not nice crunching noises coming from the front of my car where his rear bumper tore up the left headlight and left half of the bumper. so then a rather nasty string of profanities are somewhat silently slipped out of my mouth... loud enough for my passengers to hear, but not the driver of the other vehicle. Well, i go and park, get out and take a look... well, its only cosmetic damage... all lights work, although slightly skewed because of the nasty 1&1/2 foot diameter wide dent on the left front "corner" which is now inverted. I've somewhat calmed down, at least outwardly at this point. The other driver gets out of his vehicle, and we proceed to talk, just basics. Well, we start exchanging information. At this point i have called my mom to explain what is going on, since i had some of the party supplies in my back seat, and just in general principle. I start to look to see if i have my proof of insurance cards... which have not yet been mailed to me. After discovering this, and before having told the other driver yet, he starts complaining about how long im taking trying to get my info. Forget complaining, he starts yelling. Not THAT loudly, but never the less... Midnight at this point is looking to double check for any insurance information (at this point I am not on the phone to my mother). The other driver keeps complaining about how "he has someplace else to be" I explain that I am in a similar situation, but he doesn't listen. Throughout this whole trip, i was treating him with respect and courtasy, addressing him as "Sir" and talking in a calm manner. My mother calls me back, informing me she has the information needed. The cards had not yet been mailed, but she got the information from a larger sheet of paper the insurance company had sent us (the origional cards that came with that paper had a grevious error on them and were no good). At this point, the guy is pretty still in a "calm" yell, not screaming, but still viciouse and loud. He was then trying to blame the accident on me by saying(while my mom is still on the cell phone, and can hear this gooberhead) that "You were right up on my {bottum} and I couldn't, and i couldn't see where you were! I didn't even know you were there! you should have sounded your horn!" I replied "No, sorry. You are mistaken, i did blast my horn, and i was behind the curb, i was not on your {bottum}" thsis continued for about 30 seconds, while i begin to loose my curtious facade (at that point, yes, it was a facade... or is a curtious facade the same as being curtious?) I then give him the needed information, while he still complained about having places to be. after we exchange all information, he heads to the driver seat and sais something to the effect of "next time, watch where your going!" well, i wasn't about to take that, because if i had, i would have felt as if i was taking fault for that collision, which i was not about o. I replied, "well, sir, you were the one who backed into me." another small exchange like this happens, with him claiming that we could settle this in court, saying that it was my word against his. I then pointed out that i had not only one, but two witnesses to the collision, and that they both saw the same thing i did. He said that he was still going to claim that it was my faylt, that i was tailing him through the intersection. I then said "Well, sir, then you would be lying." He then started saying something else, but i climbed into my car and slammed the door, and he drove off. I then went home and helped finish setting up for the party, making little candle lit bags to put out front of the house. Few people can truely test my patience... that guy could only because he changed his story to then put me at fault, after accepting it in the begining of our conversation. Oddly enough, he lives at least 40 miles away from that walmart, which then brings up the question of why he is in a frederiock walmart when he lives in, or right next to, a major city of maryland. Oh well, best to not think about it I guess.

Burning Sheep Productions · Postby **Burning Sheep Productions** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 12:28 pm

Woah.

Zylo · Postby **Zylo** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 3:17 pm

Well, FoxChild, I commend you for keeping patience and handling that in the best way possible. The best thing to do is to just exchange info and keep quiet, say nothing that may lead to you indirectly admitting guilt (my driver's ed teacher told us not to even say "sorry," as that's basically a confession), so 10 points to you for saying all the right stuff. Sorry to hear about what happened. Also, a courtious facade is basically couritsy, as courtisy does involve realizing that the other guy is a moron, but not admitting it. Finally, I hate to ask this when you're all stressed out, but can you offer any more explanation to the kitty litter?

Sabre · Postby **Sabre** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 4:50 pm

Wow, im not sure if I would have been so patient, If he told me he was going to change his story I would have blown my top. I commend you for that, If he decides to take it to court thats his own stupidity.

Bendarr · Postby **Bendarr** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 9:15 pm

I commend you on your patience. I'm truly sorry to hear about what has happend to you and the otheres who have posted here. It goes to show that everyone has difficulties and having a good place to rant is a help. Let it out people.

The J.A.M. · Postby **The J.A.M.** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 12:57 am

[...unWARP!!!] Good evening. Well, for my rant: I've officially given up trying to lose weight. For the past 5 years I've been bicycling on my commute, totalling 70 km weekly, I joined a gym for 2 years (still a bit buffed, maybe), I tried Slim Fast, and this other Silhouette 40 thing... And there is no noticeable change. I can't get rid of this gut no matter what I do or don't eat. Combine that with a skin problem that's been plaguing me since 1984, well, that's probably the reason why women don't bother to look at me, which is why I've been fighting depression for a while (don't worry, I'm not suicidal). And today, we had our office party, but in another place other than our office. The address was posted on the bulletin board, so I took it with me and went to said address. And the only thing I found was a private house. The house number wasn't even right, despite the fact that the street numbers were correct (I started in September and I don't know the area very well). I backed up and searched the street to see if I somehow screwed up the address, but there were no parties at all on the street. I accepted the fact that a practical joker had given me a non-existent address (not the first time), and headed home. "Geez, people, if you don't want me at your accursed party, JUST SAY SO!!" On the way, I met two other co-workers who were going to the party too. I was about to pedal past them, but decided to give the joker (whoever it was) one last chance, and went with them. The party was TWO BLOCKS from where the bulletin board proclaimed it was. It was fairly good, despite the stench of alcohol all over. I still think it was a practical joke on the new guys, but come Monday someone might say that it was a typo. Until next time, remember: I AM THE J.A.M. Good evening. [WARP!!!]

Foxchild · Postby **Foxchild** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 8:39 pm

O.K., kitty litter explanation: For the party, we were going to use some cardboard luminarias, with sand to hold down the little boxes. Luminarias are little boxes with stencils cut out, that contain a candle as a source of light. Well, we didn't have any spare sand, since thats not exactly a household item. When we went to see the price of sand, it was about $12 a bag, while kitty litter, which could serve the same purpose so long as it was oderless, was about $1.47 a bag. Thats the kitty litter thing.

Zylo · Postby **Zylo** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 10:29 pm

Sadly, that makes more sense than most things said on this board. I commend your resourcefulness.

Tavis · Postby **Tavis** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 6:10 am

A veritable Martha Stewart-worthy notion there.. we have some very inventive people on this board!

Zylo · Postby **Zylo** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 6:11 am

Martha Stewart? Huh? Who's stealing money?

Foxchild · Postby **Foxchild** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:08 am

*holding a bag with a money symbol on it, with unknown contents* what? I DID NOTHING! I mean... uh... LOOK OVER THERE!

Softpaw · Postby **Softpaw** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:15 am

[looks in the direction you're pointing] Ooooo, shiny!

Zylo · Postby **Zylo** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 4:36 pm

Wow...shiny things and fire get a lot of attention on this board. I dunno, fire's not really shiny, but if we could make shiny fire, I...ohhh...lava lamp...

Burning Sheep Productions · Postby **Burning Sheep Productions** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:54 pm

Who cares about shiny, apart from you lot, fire is what I like. I don't like the steryotypical red and yellow fire, the blue bit at the bottom is what makes it so good.

Zylo · Postby **Zylo** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:34 pm

We have an oil refinery near our town and when you drive by at night it has a large, 4-foot-tall purple flame shooting out of a tower. And that rules, because blues and whites indicate the hottest flames; yellow is the coldest (not that any flame is really cold, but you get the idea).

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