What should have been a nice day yesterday turned into somewhat of a bummer. Leaving work a little bit later than I had planned, I didn’t have time to stop at the gym. So I thought that’s fine, I’ll just stop at the grocery store to get the things we need for the week and I’ll have more time to spend out on the deck relaxing and having a beer. That was about the time I hit the guy in front of me while in stop and go traffic. Actually it was more like a tap since we were going so slowly. We pulled off to the side and found that we had neither of us had no damage. And neither of was hurt, although my ego was a little damaged for running into him.
So we decided to call the State Trooper anyway, thinking that I needed a police report for the insurance on my company car. The other guy was really nice about the whole thing and we talked about our jobs. It turns out that he is a house appraiser, so we had plenty to talk about. After 50 minutes a State Trooper showed and told us since no one was hurt and the damage (none) was under $1,000 that we didn’t need to fill out any reports and he couldn’t do anything for us anyway.
Lessons learned:
- Pay attention in stop and go traffic
- If no one is hurt and the damage is under $1,000, exchange info and go on your merry way
- The only info you have to exchange is your name, license, and insurance
If that wasn’t enough, I had another incident at the Cub Foods on the way home. After buying everything we would need for the week and after driving all the way home. I realized that I was missing the strawberries I’d bought. I showed Lynsey the receipt and we realized that I was also missing the bread, a turkey, eggs and the bananas. Altogether a total of about $25.00. After retracing my steps, I realized that the check-out girl had put half my groceries on one conveyor belt and half on the other one. Of course at first I thought I was losing my mind and had forgot them somewhere. The good thing is that when went back, they were all bagged up and ready to go behind the customer service counter.
The day did get better though. We had Ryan and Paula over for dinner and relaxed over a few beers and good company. We also met our next-door neighbors Dan and Seth.
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