I just realized that it's been over three months since I've blogged last. What can I say? I suck at it. I promise to try harder. What's been going on the past three months? Let start with end of August. Some lady hit my car while I was driving home from work. Totally broke off my drivers' side mirror and put tons of scratches and dents in the door. It's a good thing that I didn't have the top down or else my arm would have been on the door and probably would have gotten crushed. I was without my car for a whole week. I had a rental car, which was actually pretty cute. It was a Ford Focus. Quite zippy. Yes, I just said zippy. Took it to the dealer where the damage was originally estimated at $900. When all was said and done, it ended up costing AAA almost $1,400. Funniest thing about that accident... the woman that hit me. She was not so smart. So, she hits me, we exchange information and go home. The moment I walked in the door, I called my insurance company and filed the claim. I get a call the next day from my investigator and she can barely talk to me, she laughing so hard. Of course, now I want to know what's so funny about this accident. When she finally calms down enough to tell me about her conversation with the woman that hit me... let's call her "Mabel*," she tells me the whole story. Here is a reasonable recap of that conversation:
State Farm (SF): Hi, I'm calling about the accident you were involved in yesterday with one of my clients.
Mabel (M): Yes, I hit her while changing lanes. I just didn't see her.
SF: Have you notified your insurance company yet?
M: No, why would I do that?
SF: Because you hit another car.
M: But it was an accident. It's no one's fault.
SF: Umm, that's not how it works.
M: Really, why would I call my insurance company if it was an accident? Accidents are just that. Accidents.
SF: No, you really need to call your insurance company. You've admitted fault. You are responsible.
M: Fine, I'll call them, but I don't see why.
OK, now, I'm just wondering, does Mabel just drive down the street and DECIDE to hit someone on a given day? Is that what would cause her to call her insurance company? Does she just think to herself "oh, it's Monday, I think I'll hit a car today." No worries though, AAA (her insurance company) paid for all the damage and my zippy little rental. All is well... except for two days after I got it back, someone tried to break into the car by trying to pop the drivers' side door lock out. EFFER! There's much more to report, especially about Christie's wedding (but that's whole other post entirely) so, I'll do that a bit later. Again, I apologize for the large delay in postings, and I promise to do better.
*Name has been changed to protect the stupid
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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I drive a Ford Focus. Does that make me zippy?? ☺♥
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