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Holy Smokes! I can't have nice things
A few months ago my wife clipped a post pulling into a carwash with our new Highlander. Today she's driving home from bringing meals to her parents and someone is running their mower across a stone alley with the deck on... yeah you guessed it, chips in the paint. Not terrible. The guy tried blaming my wife so she gave me a call. I stopped by and had a talk with the guy. I told him "I'll wash it, take a look to make sure the damage isn't worse, and see if I can buff out what is there. If not, I'll contact your insurance company. Does that sound fair?" The guy says "that sounds fair" and gives me his insurance information.
Now, I know when you can feel it with your fingernail that it's not coming out but I thought I'd try to ease the situation because my wife is pissed! I didn't dare ask my wife "didn't you see the asshat blowing stuff towards the road?"... because I value my life. Dang! I can't have nice things! 
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Life is kinda like that. The T shirt oracle is right that caca happens. But it does sound like your wife is one of those to whom caca happens more often than other people. I'd suggest that you gently try to make future purchases accordingly.
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Many years ago, I was sitting at a light in my miata with the top down. I rarely put the top down, but that day I had. Someone was running a weedeater in the median. Whap, rock to the back of the head which is even worse when you shave your head than when you have hair. Stung like a mother!
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I was friends with a guy that when he bought something new, like a bike or a car or a tv or a refrigerator, would go ahead and give it a defect in a noticeable spot, a scratch or a small dent, to take the 'new' off immediately so that he would be over that sense of loss you feel when those things happen organically.
I sort of admired that, but I also thought it was pretty weird. I've always tried to keep my stuff nice.
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I would have never stopped to talk to the mower guy. We would have just assessed the damage when I got home. People are crazy, you have no idea how that guy would have responded. Glad everything turned out ok.
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Pull into the garage for the initial operations checklist, manual in hand. Cool! As I leave the garage and push the garage door button... ...hatch back left open. Crunch, scrape, scratch, bend, dent. That was 14 years ago. Not a blemish since. |
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another good reason to have a beater
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I think people do this because they are vindictive when you have nice things!
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Whenever i get a new car the first thing i do is make a dent in it with a hammer. Then it isnt a virgin and dont have to wprry about it anymore. Done!.
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No doubt... You're out there..... beyond the doors of perception man!
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