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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
Trust no one in these situations. At least that's what I've learned.
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It's just so pathetic. And what goes around, comes around. For example: one day I was giving my little sis driving lessons. I was driving at the time and was yapping on and on about certain concepts of driving that need to be understood. We were pulling out of a parking stall and I ticked a minivan (that was in motion).
The other driver, a nice middle aged lady, says that the minor scratch doesn't bother her. We'll exchange info and if her husband cares, then we'll do something about it.
I get a call later that day from the husband who tells me that it's no big deal and that he has some touch-up paint and to just forget about it. "These things happen. It's not the end of the world".
I was pretty happy about that.
About two weeks later, my dad and I were bumping along in his crappy old van. For some reason, my dad must own, at all times, a spare beater.
So we get rear ended by some guy that could barely speak english, but was very flustered and clearly sorry. He was visibly scared that his world was now on the verge of disaster over this minor dent he put in the back of our ugly van.
I had related my story to my dad about the events of a couple of weeks ago, and so my dad just winked at me and told the guy to relax and forget about it. I've never seen such a look of pure relief as that guy had that day. Hopefully he kept the cycle going and he's not one of the dickheads in these other stories.