Had to exchange info with a lady in the walmart parking lot yesterday because she's got two braincells and she left one at home. Truly, looking back on it the only real thing I could have done differently would have been not assuming she was a certain kind of stupid and wildly underestimating her.
But let's tell it from her pov so I don't bias you: I'm inspecting a spot on the front passenger's side door of my car. Really absorbed in this when someone asks me to please excuse them, this is their car. There's no room between the two of us for them to open the door. It's super tight.
I say nothing just stare at them as I move to the back of my car and wait. I see them enter their vehicle. I wait a moment before moving to open the back door to start unbuckling my small child from their car seat.
The person's car hits my door as they back up. Their mirror closes and has three scratches. Similar damage to door.
And from my pov: Car unlocks and friend gets in. I loudly put stuff in trunk. I wait a moment hoping this lady inspecting the car next to mine will gain some awareness of anything around her. Nope.
Asked her to please excuse me, and got that customer service i feel dead inside and also I hate you look? You know the one. Was like 'yeesh' and decided lets just get out of here real quick cos this lady is giving me the 'i am going to get right back in your way' vibes.
Saw that she was not getting back in my way, the other side was clear I start doing the rolly reverse thing where you're clear now and just really just gotta hope everyone out there is paying attention to moving vehicles and doesn't--
Like, was I my usual charming self? Yes, but that's a personality flaw and I can't help it. But wtf lady? I don't even know whose fault it is but what a bold choice to make.
We just established there was no room for the door to be safely opened between the two cars. You obviously knew there was someone in the car getting ready to back out and leave. You weren't just grabbing something you were going to take the time to unload a whole human, and in a way where you didn't know you've opened the door into someone's space.
Essentially, I assumed she was going to wait until I backed up before resuming her activities, she assumed I was going to wait until she finished new activities to back up. Mutual destruction.
But, since only one of us knew what the other was about to do and she had zero blind spots and stepped directly into mine I just... Why bother exchanging info for that quite honestly.
Ugh and the worst parts were her acting like I was pulling a hit and run when I finished backing up because I was in auto pilot at that point while processing. Sorry, I can't cancel this function immediately. And then, THEN when taking her info I didn't put it in park and had to move the seat back cos I dropped her damn license and my foot came off the brake and I rolled forward into a pole. Slight paint transfer but like, what can ya do.
I just think between the two of our choices her deciding not to wait 30 seconds for the person she just saw get in their car to back out before getting their kid out of the car with no obstacle was the dumber one. Mine was not waiting 30 seconds to make sure she wasn't going to get right back in the way, but somehow worse.
It just sucks cos the car is still in my parents' name and once I'd just like to be able to tell them something that's like...good. Or maybe neutral.
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