That's just rude

My office--well, my cubicle--has a window to the outside world. If I turn around, I have a unobstructed view of the entrance to the loading dock, meaning I can see if it has started snowing/raining/hailing/clearing, I can see the various delivery trucks come and go, and I can see about a half-dozen parking spots. Exciting stuff, I know.

Yesterday I was waiting for an install to finish on one of the computers on the workbench behind me, when I glanced out the window and saw someone attempting to parallel park. I am not a big fan of parallel parking myself and will walk blocks out of my way to avoid it, so I am not one to criticize anyone else's parking skills. This guy started out well enough. He pulled past the space, cranked the wheel and backed into the spot until he was a few inches away from the already parked car behind him, which was fine, of course. Until he tried to go just a little bit farther and ran into the other car's bumper--Laura Gayle's car, to be precise.

The look of shock on the driver's face was visible even from two stories away, and after a moment's pause, he quickly pulled out and drove away. My officemate thought I was just joking around until I read out the license plate number and reached for the phone to call Laura. She went out to look for damage while I headed outside to look for the car.

There doesn't appear to be any damage to her car, but I gave Laura the identifying information just in case. Including the parking permit number which I got because the guy didn't bother to go any farther than the neighboring lot. How hard would it have been to get out and look? Or maybe call the campus police to report the incident? That's just rude.

Comments

[Heide]

Clearly not a graduate of higher education - we hope.

[lauragayle]

This is exactly what friends are for! THANK YOU, Mosker!

[Ray]

That's so fucked. . .I just never cease to be amazed at people's ability to demonstrate a lack of consideration for others. Wow.