.27o x i can't drive...
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karriezaiGod. I got into a fender bender today on the way home from work. Traffic was stopping ahead of me and my car just couldn't stop fast enough... without fishtailing, at least. And if the two options were fishtailing into the traffic to one side or hitting the bumper of the car ahead of me, I chose the bumper. So I let off the brake enough to stop my rear tires from sliding out, and then I hit the car ahead of me. Which hit the car ahead of it x_X; The three of us pulled off into a parking lot and exchanged information. They were actually very nice about it. I felt like an idiot. Especially since I only had a coat over my Hooters outfit... But it wasn't too bad. My car the tank was hardly damaged at all, just a bit of scratched paint and a crooked license plate. If I washed my car it'd probably look even less damaged since it's just plain dirty. The woman ahead of me had a '97 Toyota Corolla and the bumper was just banged up pretty good, no damage other than that. The guy ahead of her had close to zero damage, just a tiny bit of paint scratching, which is good since his was by far the nicest car in the accident.
I dreaded telling Danny most of all because he already complains that I can't drive. But I told my parents and his parents. And his parents are trying to help however they can. They wanted to contact the woman to offer to just let me pay for the damage rather than involving insurance, but she didn't give me her number with all her other info and she's unlisted. But Danny's dad thinks she may not even bother with repairing her bumper when her car's so old anyway. I'm not so sure since she said she'd been in an accident recently and knew exactly what information to exchange and such, which I took to mean she filed the claim and had it all sorted out already (before I just went ahead and probably ruined her holidays, poor woman).
I want a safer car and better driving skills D: Anti-lock brakes would make my life.
Work was hectic as hell and not terribly fun between training two new girls, getting the floor reduced and way more tables than I was anticipating all of a sudden, and getting sat with a twelve-top of, you know, not the kind of big party you really hope for about 10 minutes before jumpstart for the evening girls. But I made $120. And I had been planning to give my initial trainee some of the tips, especially since one of the customers tipped extra expressly because there were two of us, but then I got saddled with two trainees at once and I didn't want to tip one without tipping the other, I didn't want to just give them ten bucks each when I'd been planning to give the one $20, and I certainly didn't want to give up $40 of my tips. So maybe the car thing was just karma? I'm thinking about going in tomorrow for her first real shift and sitting with her so I can tip her very well. I have a lot of stuff to do, I might as well include that, right?
I dreaded telling Danny most of all because he already complains that I can't drive. But I told my parents and his parents. And his parents are trying to help however they can. They wanted to contact the woman to offer to just let me pay for the damage rather than involving insurance, but she didn't give me her number with all her other info and she's unlisted. But Danny's dad thinks she may not even bother with repairing her bumper when her car's so old anyway. I'm not so sure since she said she'd been in an accident recently and knew exactly what information to exchange and such, which I took to mean she filed the claim and had it all sorted out already (before I just went ahead and probably ruined her holidays, poor woman).
I want a safer car and better driving skills D: Anti-lock brakes would make my life.
Work was hectic as hell and not terribly fun between training two new girls, getting the floor reduced and way more tables than I was anticipating all of a sudden, and getting sat with a twelve-top of, you know, not the kind of big party you really hope for about 10 minutes before jumpstart for the evening girls. But I made $120. And I had been planning to give my initial trainee some of the tips, especially since one of the customers tipped extra expressly because there were two of us, but then I got saddled with two trainees at once and I didn't want to tip one without tipping the other, I didn't want to just give them ten bucks each when I'd been planning to give the one $20, and I certainly didn't want to give up $40 of my tips. So maybe the car thing was just karma? I'm thinking about going in tomorrow for her first real shift and sitting with her so I can tip her very well. I have a lot of stuff to do, I might as well include that, right?