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My morning commute listening is typically divided between three radio stations. Yesterday morning, Jen on WXLO was talking about an incident she witnessed in a Target parking lot over the weekend. A woman who had unloaded a shopping cart sent it rolling toward one of the cart corrals, rather than push it all the way there herself. It missed the corral completely and kept going until it rolled into a BMW SUV at a considerable rate of speed. I don't know how much damage was done, but it was "much more than just a little scratch."
The woman got into her car and drove off. Jen wrote down her plate number and that of the SUV. She wasn't sure about what to do, and was asking for advice from callers. Should she report it or stay out of it? Hearing this, I thought she should report it, and I thought that's what I'd do, but I'm honestly not 100% sure I'd bother. It is the right thing to do, though, isn't it? What would you do?
Most callers seemed to think she should report it. Then, interestingly, a woman called and said she was the one who did it. She said it was rude of Jen to be talking about it on the air when it's none of her business. She said she didn't mean for it to happen, but she didn't come forward because anybody who could afford a BMW SUV could obviously afford to have it fixed, so why should she have to pay anything? Then she went on with a sob story about being a single parent, and if Jen reported it her kids wouldn't have any Christmas this year.
Boo-hoo.
If I were the owner of a BMW SUV (Note: I will never be the owner of any SUV or other gas guzzling vehicle) and something like this happened to me, and the person who did it came forward and showed a little bit of remorse, I'd be perfectly willing to cut him or her some slack. But in this case? No effing way!
She wasn't talking about it today, so I don't know how the story ended, but I'm going to try to find out.
The woman got into her car and drove off. Jen wrote down her plate number and that of the SUV. She wasn't sure about what to do, and was asking for advice from callers. Should she report it or stay out of it? Hearing this, I thought she should report it, and I thought that's what I'd do, but I'm honestly not 100% sure I'd bother. It is the right thing to do, though, isn't it? What would you do?
Most callers seemed to think she should report it. Then, interestingly, a woman called and said she was the one who did it. She said it was rude of Jen to be talking about it on the air when it's none of her business. She said she didn't mean for it to happen, but she didn't come forward because anybody who could afford a BMW SUV could obviously afford to have it fixed, so why should she have to pay anything? Then she went on with a sob story about being a single parent, and if Jen reported it her kids wouldn't have any Christmas this year.
Boo-hoo.
If I were the owner of a BMW SUV (Note: I will never be the owner of any SUV or other gas guzzling vehicle) and something like this happened to me, and the person who did it came forward and showed a little bit of remorse, I'd be perfectly willing to cut him or her some slack. But in this case? No effing way!
She wasn't talking about it today, so I don't know how the story ended, but I'm going to try to find out.
