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That happened to me at the gym. I was sitting in my car, a guy pulled in next to me, opened his door (which actually hit my car hard enough to make it shake a little)...he kept on doing whatever he was doing. I rolled down my window and was like, "Are you serious?!!" He was like, "You should chill out. It's not that bad." And then walked off.
People are a-holes. I just love how many people tell you that you should 'chill out' when you point out how they are behaving badly. Yeah, try to make me feel 'uncool' when you are an inconsiderate jerk. What great parents these people must have had.
That would cause me to call and get a police report and a call to his insurance company right quick!!!
That happened to me at the gym. I was sitting in my car, a guy pulled in next to me, opened his door (which actually hit my car hard enough to make it shake a little)...he kept on doing whatever he was doing. I rolled down my window and was like, "Are you serious?!!" He was like, "You should chill out. It's not that bad." And then walked off.
People are a-holes. I just love how many people tell you that you should 'chill out' when you point out how they are behaving badly. Yeah, try to make me feel 'uncool' when you are an inconsiderate jerk. What great parents these people must have had.
Thats was totally wrong of the musclehead. He must of caused some sort of damage to your car. Im just surprised you let him get away with it. I sure wouldnt have.
She seems to be what I call the no comon sense parent,she probably puts a helmet on her kid to ride a bike but will not teach them respect for others and their property!
So I pulled into the parking lot of our local grocery store and right as I pulled into my parking space, some sour-looking woman with her kid comes out. She unlocks the car to my left and the kid immediately wings the door open, right into my car WHILE I'M STILL IN IT!
I opened the door, pretty angry but trying to stay cool. This woman was a complete ***** about it, too. She took all the time in the world to make sure her little boy got nice and comfortable before slowly closing the door. "Where did it hit?" I asked. She looked at me as if this was the least important thing in the history of man kind and opened the door again to indicate the point of impact rather than take the energy to bend down and see what happened. I found two chips, not too small but through to the metal. After inspecting it, I stood up and said, "Don't worry about it. But tell him to be more careful next time." She said not one word to me this whole time. Not a sorry, not a 'you apologize to that man', NOTHING. I honestly think if I hadn't gotten out and said anything when I did, she would have just driven off.
She better hope I don't see her car again because if and when I do, I will key it all the way around. I might even kick a door in or break off a mirror.
I was on the opposite side of this just about a week ago. I pulled into a space at a store, and as I was getting out, my daughter (turned 4 just a few days after this happened) gave her door about as good a push as she could. Right into the car next to us. The owner was in the car on her phone. I got out, took note of a good sized scratch, and showed my daughter. "Look what you did to her car!" I made her go over to the driver and apologize, and of course, she (my daughter, not the other driver) started crying. The other driver, who happened to be a mother of 4 herself, stated that it was no big deal.
Her car, a Pacifica, was not in tip-top shape, but that wasn't the point. It was something she either was making monthly payments for, or had already paid a lot of $$$ for. I was fully prepared to provide her my info and she insisted all was well and not to worry about it. A big break for me.
Accidents happen, and with more frequency when kids are around. You try hard, but you can't stop everything from going wrong. I tell my kids not to even touch other cars in a parking lot. Sometimes they do anyways. Constant correction required. It drives me crazy to see other people allowing their kids to mindlessly disrespect others' property, so I am trying hard avoid being guilty of the same. But with kids, even when you try to stay one step ahead, they are always going to find a way.
On a side note, a couple days later I took my vehicle to a body shop for an estimate. We had just bought this vehicle, a Toyota Sequoia, otherwise I may have just shrugged off the light damage. The very tip of the door had been bent back far enough that the paint had cracked. Over $700 just to reshape the sheet metal, sand and paint! Such is life.
Accident or not, the woman owed you an apology, or to at least acknowlege the kid hit your car.
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