some people
So, after our second trip to Whole Foods, we loaded everything up in the van (borrowed from my FIL) and prepared to hit the road. I had my door partially open, rinsing out and filling up water bottles. I noticed that the people parked next to me were walking up to get into their vehicle, so I shut my door and turned to talk to Jim, waiting for them to leave so I could resume. That’s when the woman knocked on my window, pointed to me and then pointed to this big gash in the side of her vehicle. So I got out of the car to talk to her, dumping everything I had in my lap onto the floor of the van.
She started accusing me of making the big scrape on her vehicle, and I told her that I hadn’t even had my door open all the way. At that point Jim joined us on the other side of the van and she continued to accuse. “It’s obvious that you scraped my car with your door.” So I looked at our door, no signs of a scrape. We slowly opened up the door to meet her car, the door hit after the scrape. Jim tells her that it doesn’t line up, “Well it’s obvious to me that you did this.” she says. “My wife would have known if she hit your door that hard.” he tells her. I asked, “Where’s the black paint on my door?” (her car was black). “I don’t know, but it’s obvious that you did this.”
At that point she wasn’t willing to listen to reason. Jim tells her, “I don’t mean to be a jerk, but I disagree that we did this.” And she tells him, “Well if you had a conscience…” Jim leaned over and told me that we were going to leave. So I hopped in the car and he started to make his way back over to his side. She told him that he was being a bad example for his kids and that he had no conscience. That was when Jim got really mad, “Don’t call me a liar just because I don’t agree with you.” And he got in the car and we left.
I looked back at her car as we started to drive away, and I noticed that her daughter was rubbing the scrape. What I had previously thought to have been the white primer showing through underneath, was actually white transfer from whatever had actually caused the damage in the first place. The girl wiped it off. So, um yeah, lady, we were driving a gold van, not only was there no way our door could have caused the scrape because of the placement, but also, there was no way we could have deposited white paint on your car.
Jim drove away seething, I was unaffected. Probably because I was still high on my elation from spending the last 30 minutes in Whole Foods. :)
Category: gah! 8 comments »
June 29th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
People like that make me want to live on a private island.
Then again, if I’d come out of a store and found a scrape on my car door, I would have been upset. Hopefully more reasonable and more courteous than this lady, but upset nonetheless.
June 29th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Gah, I just don’t get some people.
June 29th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Maybe she shouldn’t park next to other cars if she doesn’t want scrapes…I park far out to avoid damage.
Good for Jim standing his ground. =)
June 29th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Nice of Jim to stick up for you. Yay Jim! That woman is unhappy for many other reasons than the scrape on her car…
June 29th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
What a turd of a person…
I’m impressed that your feathers remained unruffled! : )
June 29th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
I think I would have suggested that we call the police. I’m sure they could have effectively explained how there is no way that you put that scrape on her car. But I’m cheeky like that. The very suggestion might have cooled her heels a bit.
Is it so far beyond the relm of her imagination to admit the possiblity that someone was parked next to her BEFORE you even showed up? Crazy person.
June 29th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
I think I would have suggested that we call the police. I’m sure they could have effectively explained how there is no way that you put that scrape on her car. But I’m cheeky like that. The very suggestion might have cooled her heels a bit.
Is it so far beyond the relm of her imagination to admit the possiblity that someone was parked next to her BEFORE you even showed up? Crazy person.
June 30th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
And I let stupid things like that, that I have no control over, give me a knot in the stomach and ruin my day…Some people!