Faith in Other People
I get in trouble a lot because I have very little faith in others.
I tend to ‘assume the worst’ because my experience is that in general, people are not really that nice.
Case in point……
On Tuesday (yesterday as I write this) PJ called me, in tears, her car was ‘broken’. Eventually she managed to explain that she had parked in the local CostCo parking lot and when she got back to her car found that someone had crashed into her car. They had not stayed, nor left details, nor even a ‘sorry’ note.
They mashed the rear fender and rear lights on the passenger side. Luckily I was off today so I knew that I would be able to assist with the insurance / rental car / repair shop stuff. In order to do so I went to the mall early to get my final couple of pieces of Christmas shopping before the rush started.
When I got back to the MINI there was broken mirror glass and bits of plastic on the tarmac…….
I noticed those before I noticed the dents and gouges in the metal or the door, a-panel and hood.
Obviously, no note was left, whoever hit the car did not want to get involved.
The security guy was unsurprised as it ‘happens all the time’
The damage ?
Drivers door – dents and scratches.
Drivers Door mirror – in 17,763 pieces. I counted, twice.
A-Panel – trashed.
Hood – trashed.
Mirror cap – missing – presumably taken as a souvenir.
Front arch – 1/2 missing, 1/2 lying on the floor.
So, as I said, people suck.
I cannot think of an excuse that, well, excuses the idiots that hit both of us.
It is very hard to have faith in people when random strangers treat us with such contempt.