This deserves it’s own entry.

As we were backing out of the parking lot at Costco today, we heard someone beeping their horn incessantly. It sounded close so Jack stopped. He was already backing out very slowly as we always do, but couldn’t figure out where the beeping was coming from. Finally we realized it was the car that was in the spot directly behind us. Apparently he felt the need to whip out of the parking lot as fast as he could and try to beat us and since we were already there, he’d just beep at us till we stopped so he could go.

Apparently either we didn’t stop fast enough for him, or he didn’t. Either way he left his car half in the parking lot and got out of his car to inspect some phantom damage we supposedly did when we ‘hit’ his car. The only problem with that is we didn’t hit him. Nor even come close.

This guy kept inspecting his bumper very dramatically (which was a good five feet from our van) and by then some other people had stopped to gawk at what was going on. Fortunately for us, an older couple had been putting their purchases in their car right next to us and they said we didn’t hit him. We didn’t even touch this guy’s car. Melissa was sitting the back of the van and she said we never came close.

My thoughts turned to a bit of paranoia… What if this guy was one of those freaks who purposely sets himself up to get hit so he can sic the sleazy ambulance-chaser lawyer he likely has on retainer on us, then take off in his private jet charter paid for by innocent unsuspecting people? There are people out there like that… and this is exactly what it seemed like.

I was relieved but still annoyed when instead he waved it off and made a production of saying, “don’t worry about it” repeatedly like he was letting us off the hook. I really wanted to just saying WhatEVAH to him but I kept my mouth shut and quietly got back in the car.

Definitely a strange incident, though.