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MidLife72

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I just got back from Walgreen’s. I was talking with mom & dad last night and dad said he gets things that don't heal up like what’s on my calf when certain spiders bite him. He said Betadine will take care of it. So I thought I would go get some and try it.

You know I usually park far enough away from others to avoid rude people slamming doors into cars…..well as I was walking back to the car, a older gal, 60ish pulls a huge Grand Marquis next to my car. I’m walking (I’m about even with the back of her car)and watching her as she opens her door to a few inches away from the chevy door. I say, please be careful, then she pushes her door into my door….. Grrrrr. She says, oh I am, I just wanted to see how much room I had…… Grrrrrr.

I didn’t say anything, just climbed in and drove back.
 
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Mid Life '72 said:
]I didn’t say anything, just climbed in and drove back.
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Lady parks next to you, you ask her to be careful, she ignores you, hits your car.....and you dont say anything to HER but vent here?


mmmmkay....so, If I punched you would you walk off and then go complain to a friend about it? Knocked your beer out of your hand and you would walk off and go complain to the bartender?

Seriously...whats wrong with the world these days. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT WHEN IT HAPPENS!!! RIGHT THERE....ON THE SPOT.

All this forgiveness or looking the other way makes me sick. I dont care if the lady was a parapalegic with 3 kids with downsyndrome and got a flat in the lot next to your car. Doesnt matter. Stupid and disrespectful behavior by others is NOT your responsibility to absorb no matter who caused it.

Only time I "turn the other cheek" is when im following through on throwing an elbow. Dear world, Man up already!!!!....good god.
 
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I might have ripped her a new one 30 years ago and may have even shown her what my door could do to to her car to "see how that feels", but not now. I found out a long time ago, some people just aren't worth getting my blood pressure up. They'll just keep being as you put it ' stupid and disrespectful '. I'll just end up parking further away, might help my knees anyways.
 
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Mid Life '72 said:
I might have ripped her a new one 30 years ago and may have even shown her what my door could do to to her car to "see how that feels",
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I actually did this----about 20 years ago---wiped out a new T-Bird Door

2years ago, some 'broad' backed into my 59 in a parking lot----knocked it right up on a curb----I was surprised there was no damage---she hit it square in the nose :mad:.

About 10 other people gave her a good chewing out as I walked up.
And this was at a car show site.
Apparantly she made the "It's an old car" remark, and the crowd that saw it happen ripped into her.
 
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"It's an old car" Would be a huge red button for me. Reguardless of situation I'd be asking anyone who damaged my rides for insurance information,with the "looks like you get to spend some money" response. My paranioa in parking lots has lead me to be one of those guys who backs into a corner across 2-3 spaces out in Egypt. Lately the only thing I've been having happen is the occational person or persons looking at the car when I'm walking out to it.
 
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I've seen this happen more than once. There are people out there who even on a basic level do not feel the need to give respect to others property.
Next time say something before it happens, set your panic button or alarm off, remote start it or just get between the door and your car, I've done it before. There's nothing worse than looking at a ding or scrape knowing I could have stopped it from happening. If it happens when your not around remember, Karma never forgets.
 
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Someone backed into my kids 67 Mustang and made the same "old car" comment (it was freshly restored). They found out from their insurance company how much those "old cars" cost to fix. In mid 80's we got quotes of $1,000 to 1,500 to fix the quarter, replace the gill trim and repaint the Candy Apple Red Paint. We took the check and I fixed is for less than $50 plus my time (two evenings), I still had paint left and extra trim. Kicker was that the someone was my neighbor who got reminded every day for three years since she parked her car right over the fence from my daughters parking space.
 
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Why do some people feel that it is justifiable to damage an "old" car? New cars are losing value all of the time. Is an old car a year old? To a new car dealer they are. It burns me up to to see someone disrespect another person's property. A new car may show prestige but an old car shows CLASS!
 
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I recall back in the 80's my brothers 71' Chevelle got hit in the parking lot in the store he was woking at. The guy tried to flee the scene but the car was stuck on his van bumper. I'll never forget the exchange of words between the guy and my father. The guy said he didn't have insurance and used the "you can't squeeze blood from a turnip" line. My father without hessitation said " No,but I can sure beat the * out of you" Long story short,my brother was compensated for the damage to his car :D
 
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I have seen incidents just like this posted several times before. Guy gets his car dinged by jackass next to him and just blew it off and left. Ill never understand that mentality.:sad:

People like these need to be set straight or they will continue to disrespect everyones cars in the parking lots where ever they go. I would have delt with it even if it mean getting the police involved.
 
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Sometimes you can't avoid a ding or dent even if you try to. Back in the seventies, bought a new car. Wife drives to shopping center. I tell her to be sure and park away from everyone. Get this..... kid up the hill gathering up shopping carts from grocery store several hundred yards away lets cart get loose. Yep, cart rolls down hill while he stops others. Jumps curb, plows into the side of new car, doing $800 worth of damage. Those grocery carts can put big time dimples in the side of sheet metal.
I think maybe 360 degree roll bars might help sometime.
 
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When I was an auto appraiser, I was surprised how many people would make a claim against the person who opened their door or rolled a shopping cart into their car and collected. They may think it's nothing, but that's not their choice, it's your decision. Even if it is a ding and could be done with paintless dent removal, it's about $100.00, if it needs minimum body work and paint, it could exceed a few hundred bucks. Next time, get insurance info from them and keep a throw away camera in your car and take a lot of pics of both cars and with their license plate. You would be surprised how a story won't change when they know your taking pics and their insurance company will cave in and pay.:yes:
 
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If someone acts genuinely sorry about what they did I probably wouldn't be too bothered. In the end it is just a car.

But if they are being snotty and use the old car line. If I didn't let loose on them I would really want to mangle their car. Probably open my door as hard as I could into theirs. That'll show em.
 
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What do you do when you confront the offender in these cases and they ignore you and leave the scene? I guess you get the license plate and hope for the best from insurance.

What about when the offender is not in a car? A women on a ten speed rode beside my car and just fell into it (drunk? high?). I was very polite and helped and then asked for for her info - then she got rude and left. What could I do then? I was lucky in that case the scratches were minor. Is that something I can do a citizen's arrest for? - I doubt it. In those cases you are screwed even if you want to do something about it.
 
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Bow_Tied said:
What do you do when you confront the offender in these cases and they ignore you and leave the scene? I guess you get the license plate and hope for the best from insurance.

What about when the offender is not in a car? A women on a ten speed rode beside my car and just fell into it (drunk? high?). I was very polite and helped and then asked for for her info - then she got rude and left. What could I do then? I was lucky in that case the scratches were minor. Is that something I can do a citizen's arrest for? - I doubt it. In those cases you are screwed even if you want to do something about it.
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Yes, you can stop them. Yes you can follow. Yes you can grab that damn bike and take it from the party and NOT let them ride off, not let them be rude, not let them get away. See, thats a DUI and a hit and run with damage....but, lay down and take the beating from the masses if you want to....absorb the idiocy and the financial loss and irritation, be the little guy that gets his necklace stolen and then stomps home whining and crying outloud "My MOMMA GAVE ME THAT CHAIN!" but doesnt do anything about it.

Your first mistake was being polite to a drunk lady that rode smack into your car. Your second mistake was letting her back on that bike. Your third mistake was not kicking her drunk ass off the bike until the cops got there or simply putting that bike in the trunk and letting the broad know she aint getting it back.

Im so horribly confused.

"A man ran by and punched me in the chest for no reason! I said he was rude and he said he didnt care, I was a punk and he hit me AGAIN! So I walked away thinking - man, what a jerk that guy was....and went to the hospital to get my broken rib looked at"

again, guys....for the LOVE OF GOD - MAN UP!!!!! Jeeeeeesus.....
 
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Well, vigilante justice may work in your state..... here the results would likely be that I 'battered a single mom who is out of work' and I would be put in jail. It would be a media circus.

Or of I was really lucky her pimp boyfriend and his buddies put me in an intensive care unit while my family watch. Somethings are not worth it.
 
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