We are fortunate to live in a quaint little town. But along with this "loveliness" comes certain downfalls. Recently I was busy getting ready to leave for my trip to NY. I had to take my son to the doc for an ear infection, my other son to tutoring, both of the twins to swim lessons and then to camp. This was all before 1pm....whew. This was also while toting three kids with me.
I went to the library to check out some videos for our plane ride. I bumped some one's bumper while backing out of a parallel parking space in the town library. I checked it for damage and there was none so I left. I was at the dentist two hours and my brand new babysitter (first day) called to tell me that the POLICE were at my house looking for me. What, the police??? Are you kidding me? I am a law abiding citizen...I am nice to strangers...I pay taxes and parking tickets...What did the fuzz want with little old me? I was immediately told I had to come to the police station. Some bystander called 911 saying that I done a "hit and run" when they saw me bump the car and "flee the scene of the accident." Let me remind you that not much happens in our town....I guess a bumper bump is big news around here. Of course I immediately burst into tears in front of the dentist and then headed to the station.
Fortunately it was filed as an accident. There was absolutely no damage on my car and none that I saw on their bumper but they say my car put a scratch on their hood. I got the name and number of the person I bumped (do you notice that I keep calling it "bumped" instead of "Hit") Anyway, I called the woman and apologized on a voicemail. God forbid I am a Kindergarten mom with this woman in a few years and known as the bitch who hit her car and took off. Turns out that after reviewing the insurance report it was a FIFTEEN year old Volvo station wagon that I bumped. I guarantee that she would not have even noticed any damage. Instead, I just bought her some new plantation shutters with her fat insurance check.
Come on people.....give me a break. Gotta love the suburbs!!!!
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