Just back from picking up mail - I probably shouldn't have gone back to sleep because I'm quite behind now.
At my corner, I just had a little fender bender - I literally tapped the guy in front of me because of his stupidity. I know they usually blame the car behind but I will be speaking up loud and clear when they take my statement. This guy was such an idiot it was beyond belief, as was his anal behavior. There's construction going on at the corner, which makes it difficult to see oncoming cars. He checked, let a car pass, then pulled out, I looked, no cars coming, turned and pulled out and this jerk was stopped in front of me - within seconds of pulling out he'd stopped for no reason at all. He told me a car was coming - I told him no car was coming or I wouldn't have been fool enough to pull out. The "damage" to his bumper (which I tapped while going about four miles an hour), was basically a dime-sized chip in his paint and below it a tiny little scratch. There was no damage whatsoever to my loaner car. Well, you'd have thought his car had been totalled. He took my info, and then, with a straight face said "I think we're supposed to report this to the police." I asked him what Planet he was from. And then he insisted on calling his insurance company while I stood there, so he could report this horrendous thing to them. I just shook my head. He described his damage as scratches and paint chips in a tone that made it sound like I'd decimated his bumper. While he was doing it, I simply took out my cell phone and took a photograph of his bumper. After twenty minutes of this, he finally was done - I called my insurance company who told me not to bother doing anything until they actually filed the claim. Then they'll call and take my statement. But at least I have the photo and I'll be very accurate describing both what happened and his wildly overblown reaction to it. What an anal little twit.
