Then all three of us went into the charity shop, and while Mavis had a good sniff around at all the smells it must contain, I found a couple of treasures that I just couldn't leave behind. Just one pound for the book and one pound fifty for the little jug. I do love anything with it's own little feet. 😃
Alan's car got seriously scratched by a woman reversing her car out of a huge space in Booths carpark yesterday morning. She drove off without leaving us a note or anything. Unluckily for her, two workmen were sat in the car on the next row eating their lunches and watching her bad driving, they took a photo of her mid-manoeuvre. Also another person left their contact details under our windscreen wiper as they had witnessed it all as well. Then as luck would have it right outside the Police station Alan spotted her car, and jumped out in front of her so she had to stop. She has now provided details and asked us to get quotations for the repair work as she doesn't want to go through her insurance company. Once she agrees to the quote our car will be off the road for two days while it is repaired.
This is not what we need when we are so busy with everything else at the moment for sure.
Sue xx
I think you are very noble not wanting to disappoint Mavis! Wish I could ways of being similarly noble.
ReplyDeleteHaha ... we are aren't we. :-)
DeleteThat was a stroke of luck with the car! I once reversed straight into the passenger door of another car in an almost deserted car park. I'm glad I did leave my details and grovelling apology as the car belonged to the wife of the chief constable 😱
ReplyDelete😂😂
DeleteOh gosh what were the odds of that happening!! Good for you for being an honest person ... and phew that you are!!
DeleteHaha ... stop laughing SueJay, but I do have to admit to a little grin when I read Kirsten's comment. ;-)
DeleteThat reminds me of a work colleague who borrowed a company car for a trip and when parking back in the company car park managed to reverse into the managing directors car, she planted to towball right into the middle of the drivers door. As her work colleagues observed, not a career enhancing move!
DeleteOh gosh, I shouldn't laugh at this either ... but I did!! :-)
DeleteShocking how many people will just drive off and not leave details in these circumstances
ReplyDeleteIt's been happening quite regularly in the supermarkets carparks in our town just recently. We do have an older population though, so perhaps that is partly it. But it's not the end of the world if you leave your details is it.
DeleteIt's actually a criminal offence to drive off if you damage someone's vehicle. See Section 170 of the Road Traffic Act, as I pointed out on our towns Facebook Group.
How lucky that people spotted that woman and even luckier to see her later, and you have a Police Station ?- they are a rare find in Suffolk.
ReplyDeleteThe timing was perfect, we drove once around town and didn't spot her, then parked in Aldi car park opposite the Police Station, which sadly is a mostly unmanned one, but Alan was checking on the off chance as there were a lot of cars parked outside. There was no answer to him ringing the bell. It was when he was crossing back to the carpark that she drove up. Very fortuitous timing for us.
DeleteLooks like a very nice breakfast to me!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the workmen and the other person took photos and left contact info and Alan was able to spot the woman and confront her.
It makes for a rather naughty, but tasty little breakfast. :-)
DeleteThey were both very helpful and we have texted them to let them know of the outcome and thank them.
Well, I'm glad that Karma quickly bit THAT lady on the btm and you have Justice. Now I have finally eaten up the bits and bobs of Christmas nibbles (bar the salt and vinegar crisps - yuk) I have lost 2 lbs . . .
ReplyDeleteWe have a feeling that she was scared of loosing her driving licence, as she is older then us. This is most likely the reason she is determined to pay the repair bill and not go through the insurance companies. I'm glad I'm not the only one who really doesn't like salt and vinegar crisps, everyone in the family thinks I am quite strange.
DeleteYuk, I don't like them either ...
DeleteI'm sorry about the car and more so that the driver just left. I hope she follows up with the repairs. Best to you.
ReplyDeleteWe wouldn't have minded if she had left her details for us, it's just a car (even if it is only 6 months old), and no one was hurt which is the main thing. It was the driving off that really annoyed us, and broke the law.
DeleteSuch phantom knocks and dings are frustrating. I am glad the culprit has agreed to pay up. I hope she follows through with it.
ReplyDeleteWe hope she does too, hopefully she will as we have all her details and can move forwards if she doesn't.
DeleteI hope it gets sorted. I wonder if she should be driving and will she hit a child in the car park next time? We parked in a wide cul de sac and a man dashed out to ask us to move a bit further back. He was very nice about it. He said his wife had already reversed off the drive twice into parked cars and her insurance was getting too much.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what my first thought was, if it had been a tight space I could have understood it, but her car, our car and the one on the other side of her were all absolutely central in the reasonably generous spaces.
DeleteOh gosh poor man having to deal with his wife's little dings, but he was very good to warn you. :-)
I don't often eat breakfast but have been known to have something unconventional like a bit of leftover rice pud, a bowl of trifle or even a Scotch egg in the past. Well, I guess the Scotch egg could count as breakfast anyway - sausage and egg! Somebody (an elderly gentleman) reversed into the side of our car in a car park a couple of years ago, he was reversing out of a parking space and said he hadn't noticed our car! Husband was in the (stationary) car at the time and the gentleman immediately accepted responsibility and exchanged details, so it was all ok. I hope the woman does pay up, I'm sure you're right about her worrying about losing her licence.
ReplyDeleteI think we all get too obsessed with the foods we 'should' eat at breakfast time don't we. A Scotch egg sounds like the perfect 'breakfast' food ... and I'm sure Alan would agree, he has been eating at least one a week just recently. It's good that your bump was all dealt with in the correct way, I doubt the elderly gentleman could have done anything different with your car being occupied by your husband. It's a good job he was there!!
DeleteAt least there was some fruit in your breakfast pies ! If you enjoyed them the a little bit of what you fancy doesn’t do you any harm. Catriona
ReplyDeleteHaha ... minimal fruit yes. 😄 It's good to have a little treat every now and then isn't it.
DeleteI am SO glad she was 'caught', one way and another. How awful to just drive off - makes me wonder if she was actually insured at all.
ReplyDeleteMince pies and squirty cream - mmmmmmm. xx
I should imagine she is insured, just wary of losing her driving licence at her age. It's still better to stop though and offer to pay for the damages isn't it. I love squirty cream ... possibly much more than I should. 😄
DeleteSo glad the lady was caught. Man the guy who tore down the side of our last car was never found and we ended up paying the deductible on the damage.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Oh gosh, that's such a shame. It's so much easier to cope with if someone admits to the accident and apologises isn't it. ☹️
DeleteThose workmen and the person who left their details under your wipers restore your faith in humanity, don't they? I hope the damage can be made good.
ReplyDeleteI love tat little jug, wonder if it originated from Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, it looks like those in the abandoned factory! xxx
They really do, one bad person and three good ... sort of sums up our world at the moment doesn't it!!
DeleteThe jug has no marks on the bottom at all, potentially it's just a very good copy. As soon as I saw your post I double checked it. 😀
Mincemeat tarts for breakfast!!! yes why not. They are not a popular item at Christmas over here. I like them however, no one in my family cares for them. The ones in the bake shop were so expensive I did give them a pass this year.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny I didn't like them myself until recently. These little mini dairy and gluten free ones are delicious. ❤️
DeleteIt's just not on to hit Alan's car and do a runner is it. It's the inconvenience of being without it whilst it's being repaired too. So lucky that she was spotted by the workmen and then Alan! We had an elderly neighbour who was always having accidents that were never her fault, even when she was 90!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your little jug Sue, it's adorable :)
Angie x
He was very upset, his car is less than six months old. ☹️ Oh gosh still driving at 90, that's quite rare isn't it. I only know of one other person that was doing that, he drove until he was 98, but only to the local pub a mile away, where he had soft drinks, but met up with his friends twice a week.
DeleteI would have been upset too if I was in Alan's position :/ We all called our neighbour Dangerous Doreen! She was totally oblivious to other road users!
DeleteDisgraceful behaviour from a lady who sounds as though she is old enough to know better than to drive off after hitting your car😒 I'm also wondering if she has a driving licence or insurance! I hope you can get your car repaired quickly 🫰
ReplyDeleteYour car gets stopped pretty quickly these days if you don't have insurance in the UK. The police's ANPR pings at any car going past without the relevant documentation, and we have a lot of police cars around town. 🙂 Alan is booking it in as soon as she says yes to the quotes. Luckily the lower of the two quotes is the garage we use all the time.
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