Archive for October 10th, 2008

My wife’s car, her pride and joy – a U.S. Marine red Jeep Liberty – was sideswiped this morning by person or persons unknown. We suspect that the damage was done in our health club parking lot. Not much damage to the vehicle, but the paint job is seriously pooched. Given what I know about automotive painting, we’re probably going to have one of those claims that’s big enough to go past our deductible, but not much more, making even filing a claim a difficult decision. 

What kind of person scrapes up somebody’s car, then doesn’t take responsibility for it? No note, no appology, no nuthin.’ That’s aggravating, but it begs the bigger question – why is it okay to walk away from your responsibilities today, where it once was not? Read the rest of this entry »