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so i don’t remember if i told you :: e :: 8
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but here’s the latest: when last we visited, i had been scammed by a woman at a stoplight at the end of a freeway offramp, who threw on her breaks when the light turned green so that I might run into her, which i barely avoided doing since i take my foot off the brake when lights turn green, but still hadn’t put it on the gas, so i was able to avoid actual collision, just kissing the back of her bumper, which didn’t seem to matter to her since she still set up a hue and cry and called her husband on her cel phone and handed the phone to me while the sherriffs came to see why there was a snafu at the offramp and were so bemused they just moved her off to the nearest parking lot and handed her a form, since there was absolutely no damage, at which point i became more aware of things beyond the absurdity of the situation and used the camera i always carry for my art practices to take pictures of the rear end of her car, which had absolutely no damage, and filled out the papers and left, only to receive a call from my insurance company a couple of days later that she was not only claiming, but claiming bodily injury, at which i emailed them the photos of her car which i had taken at the scene and they sent somebody out to take pictures of my car, which also showed no damage, no marks at all really beyond what scratches one might expect in 2005 on the bumper of a 1999 car, which bumper is set to crumple completely at impact of merely 3 miles per hour yet showed no eidence of any hit at all, because there was none, and then i decided to forget about it because if this woman wants to sue there’s not much i can do about it, which turns out to be correct as today i got a message on my answering machine that my insurance company wants to talk to me before sending me a letter, which doesn’t sound good at all, and so i am prepared to have everything taken away from me for this thing i didn’t do and to be able, at last, to start again (again) from scratch somewhere else; please?

March 2, 2006 at 9:13 PM ::
Jo's avatar

Jeez louise, that is just sucky! You’d think the insurance companies would be alert to that kind of thing, but I suppose they have to go through the motions? Meanwhile document everything… OMG!

Jo on 03/03/06 at 07:53 AM ::
e's avatar

mine is, thank god.  i just talked to my insurance lady and she says not to worry about it, they think it’s stupid too.  it must be pretty expensive to go through these motions, which is why our insurance keeps going up in general.  i don’t know yet about mine in particular.

so now i should go back to sleep, huh?  this three am stuff is the pits, i see what you mean, jo.

e on 03/03/06 at 08:04 AM ::
'mouse's avatar

If you want to know just how awful (in a good way for you this time) insurance companies are, just try collecting when you’re really injured.  The days of the easy insurance settlement are long over.  This lady just didn’t get the memo.  Yet.

'mouse on 03/03/06 at 09:16 AM ::
e's avatar

which lady, my insurance lady or the scammer?

e on 03/03/06 at 09:23 AM ::
'mouse's avatar

the scammer.

'mouse on 03/03/06 at 09:38 AM ::
e's avatar

ah, her lawyer, i guess.  well, let’s hope so, she’s filing against my insurance company for 50 big ones. and i’m officially Not Worrying About It.

e on 03/03/06 at 11:39 AM ::
boot's avatar

Wow, e.  That really sucks.  I’m glad the insurance company aren’t as bloody stupid as this scamming woman seems to be.

Glad to hear you’re officially Not Worrying About It.

boot on 03/03/06 at 08:01 PM ::
e's avatar

i’m still not worrying about it; it still goes on a year later, however.

e on 03/02/07 at 11:23 PM ::

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