i wonder why people always have to blame someone else when they cause a problem. example: i got the following note on the windshield of my car the other day:
Thanks! due to your idiot parking skills, i needed a can opener to get in my car – you left less than 6″ room between cars.
when i parked, i parked dead in the center of the parking space, with plenty of room on either side. there was a car on the driver’s side, which i parked with enough room for the driver (me) to exit normally, without squeezing. on the other side, there was nobody. no car was parked on the passenger side of my car when i parked. when i returned. the car that was parked on the driver’s side of my car was still there, and there was a car parked on the passenger’s side of my car, which had not been there when i parked, but was parked dead in the center of the parking space, with plenty of room to open the doors, so i’ve got to assume that the note was left by someone who parked crooked in the passenger’s side space and couldn’t get out, and they blamed me for their parking job.
why they decided to blame me is beyond my ability to figure out, but it’s a good thing they left before i got back, because if i had seen who wrote the note, i probably would have given them something to complain about… like a key down the side of their car, or a nice big door dent… 8/
i was rather surprised that my driver’s license wasn’t automatically suspended when i had my injury… i went in to renew my license after my injury and they would have given it to me without further questions if i hadn’t said something… as it was i had to retake the driving part of the exam over again, but i’d been driving for almost 2 months at that point, so it wasn’t any problem… i don’t have seizures or blackouts, and i could have it a lot worse, of course, so i’m thankful for what i’ve got.
now, you’re absolutely sure you parked in the middle of that spot and it wasn’t your brain thinking that way 🙂 check for bumper damage, maybe they pushed you there!
last time i got a note on my windscreen it was because i took a girl to the cinema and it was dark and raining badly. i parked blocking a small gated archway between some buildings, apparently the private entrance to a private parking square of a not so private doctor on call!!!
but no driving for me anymore, DVLA want my driving license back to write “medically exempted from driving” on, it’s a little matter of the blackouts, fits and loss of concentration at vital points, like turning corners, or the lack of sometimes!! not that i’m going to send it off, i’ll just voluntarily not drive again till i’m sorted.