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Originally Posted by Winnipesaukee
Why can't people be responsible for themselves and their own stupidity?
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The age old question, when do people stop pointing the finger at everyone else, and take responsibility for their own behavior? My take on the matter is, we can wish in one hand and "you know what" in the other. Don't mean to hi-jack the thread or get off-topic, but I have to share just a few of these outrageous moments I've experienced related to people refusing to take the rap.
I was returning home from a shopping trip in North Conway when I came to a normally timed stop at a red light. I heard the loud squeal of tires and barely had enough time to look in my rear view mirror before the man behind me slammed into the back of my car. Luckily no one was in the back seat, and no one was seriously injured. When Police responded to take a report of the accident, this man had the audacity to try and tell Ossipee Police Department that I had backed into him!!! The Police Officer looked at him with a half crooked smile. "You mean to tell me she backed into you and caused that much damage? She would have had to be going at the very least, 40 MPH in reverse". Turns out he was speeding wildly while yacking on his cellphone, and trying to turn the volume down on his navigation system...
We had a tenant at one of our rental properties call us one day, irate that she had just slipped in the drive way. I arrived and immediately saw that the driveway had been properly shoveled and sanded. The girl came out of the store located in the building where she had been waiting for me to arrive. She was wearing platform wooden flip flop sandals that were at least 5 inches high, a skirt, and now torn and stained nylons. She again told me she had slipped in the driveway and pointed out the spot. I looked at her, looked down at her shoes, and then looked back up at her and said "I can imagine you fell in shoes like that!". This was totally irrelevant according to her and she knew more about the law then the typical tenant did (which they all claim). I took pictures and gave her our Attorney's information. We offered to pay for her outfit but she was going for the throat. We never heard anymore about it needless to say