On January 2 of this year, I visited my local chain drug store in a strip mall. I spent time checking out the Christmas left overs, looked over some lipsticks and nail polish and finally took my non-glamorous insoles to the counter. When I left the store, a woman and her teenage son were standing next to my car looking a bit apprehensive. She had quite substantially side-swiped my car pulling into the parking space next to mine. She waited for me probably 10-15 minutes. I have passed the time in my life when I sweat the small stuff. My thinking is no one was hurt and the rest is just bent metal (or cracked plastic in this case) and the car was driveable. We exchanged information by photographing papers (don'tcha love technology) she apologized and I thanked her for waiting for me. What a great example she set for her son. Anyway...car heads for the shop today. Fender-bender damage $2300.00 + car rental. That was the bad news/good news start to my year. Of course, I'm not happy for the inconvenience of the incident, but I had my faith in my fellow drivers somewhat restored.
