My minivan was keyed tonight in the Subway parking lot. I am so angry I cannot see straight!
I stopped with Jessica after her game (8pm). She opened the car door too wide and hit the door of the car next to us. The people in the car were very upset even though they had no damage to their car. I checked and they checked. They threatened to call the police, to which I replied "there is no damage, they won't come, there is no basis for an insurance claim". The man would not calm down enough for me to talk to him so we walked away. I told him I would be in the Subway when the police came, knowing full well the police would not come, but I needed to exit the situation, which I felt was escalating. We were alone and the parking lot was fairly empty. When we came out they were gone and my car now has a key mark from the front passenger door to the rear window.
Should I have done something different? I don't know. It was dark and we were alone. Our safety comes first. Of course Jessica feels terrible about it. I told her it's just a car and to place such value on a car, like the other people did, means priorities are not in the right place. The funny thing is...their car was a cheap Mercedes, worth less than my minivan (which has all the bells and whistles). My thought is... if you do not want anything to happen to your car then don't drive it.
2 comments:
We had both the suburban and the tahoe keyed while we were gone last October. It was in the yard and it was someone the kids new because their name was keyed on the cars as in f u blank blank blank blank blank. It does not show up that much unless you are close. The home owners would not pay for it even though it happened in our yard. It had to go through the car insurance. I would be mad as well because what they did was wrong. You cannot second guess yourself you had to walk away. I try to park away from people just because you never know now adays who is going to do something to your car. It makes you feel sick inside to see the damage that did not need to happen.. all because someone was upset..
What they did was terrible, but I don't think you should have done anything differently. It could have happened anywhere and you couldn't have known they were going to key your vehicle! I'm a firm believer in what goes around, comes around. They'll get what's coming to them. :)
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