Dragynphyre
11-12-04, 07:07 AM
not enough oomph for the Rant Hall, so I'll post it here
Needed to go buy about 10 gallons of housepaint yesterday, so I drove over to the paint store in the heart of the shopping district, where the shops are open until 9 on Thursday and Friday, instead of closing at 6 as they do the rest of the week.
There were no parking spaces in front since it's a bus stop, but no matter, l'd just park across the street.
So I parked my car, fed the meter, walked to the crosswalk, and waited for the light to turn green so I could cross. Light turns green, I check to make sure no one is running the red on the main drag and start to cross.
I wasn't quite halfway across the 2 lane street when I had to jump back to avoid being hit by a rather large black SUV who was making a left turn. I think I shouted, and I know I slapped the hood of the car hard enough to make my hand sting for a while.
Rattled, but not injured, I continue to cross the street, and a witness on the other side asks me if I'm ok, etc. The kid driving the SUV then pulled over and ran across the street and asked me if I was ok, he was so sorry, he wasn't paying attention... I told him I was ok, that he missed me completely, and I was just going to go about my business. I was too stunned to be angry, I think.
Well, the witness lady went off on this kid, I couldn't have done a better job myself. ;)
I thanked whomever or whatever it was kept me from getting squashified.
Needed to go buy about 10 gallons of housepaint yesterday, so I drove over to the paint store in the heart of the shopping district, where the shops are open until 9 on Thursday and Friday, instead of closing at 6 as they do the rest of the week.
There were no parking spaces in front since it's a bus stop, but no matter, l'd just park across the street.
So I parked my car, fed the meter, walked to the crosswalk, and waited for the light to turn green so I could cross. Light turns green, I check to make sure no one is running the red on the main drag and start to cross.
I wasn't quite halfway across the 2 lane street when I had to jump back to avoid being hit by a rather large black SUV who was making a left turn. I think I shouted, and I know I slapped the hood of the car hard enough to make my hand sting for a while.
Rattled, but not injured, I continue to cross the street, and a witness on the other side asks me if I'm ok, etc. The kid driving the SUV then pulled over and ran across the street and asked me if I was ok, he was so sorry, he wasn't paying attention... I told him I was ok, that he missed me completely, and I was just going to go about my business. I was too stunned to be angry, I think.
Well, the witness lady went off on this kid, I couldn't have done a better job myself. ;)
I thanked whomever or whatever it was kept me from getting squashified.