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(Well, it's not a "job" per se, but close enough.)
This afternoon, I got in a minor fender bender. (Very minor; all that happened was we swapped paint. The other guy wasn't even aware we'd hit; he was driving a 3/4-ton pickups.) This was the kind of "wreck" where, had it been my personal vehicle, I would've shaken his hand and said "nothing happened". Unfortunately, the biz being what it is, I'm forced to choose between "call police" or "risk paying for a full new paint job out of my pocket". (Green Cab Co rocks, but they don't take any
from anyone -- especially the drivers.)
So, called the police, waited for about half an hour. (While waiting, another cop on her way elsewhere ordered us to get the cars off the road.
)
Finally, all is said and done. The officer actually assigned to handle us has shown up, and decided that he won't be writing any tickets. (Whew!) While we're filling out the paperwork, one of Green Cab Co's accident investigators arrives. This guy has been doing A.I. for several years, and he's seen some pretty bad ones. (No details, thank god. I don't want to know.) He tells me that this might be the mildest "wreck" he's dealt with in years. (Whew! again.)
He checks his camera, and discovers that the SD card has been removed by someone. Luckily, I carry a tablet with me, and it so happens that I have an SD card in it, so I let him use that. (The card, not the tablet. My... precious.....) What I didn't do was erase anything off the card. All it has is my maps (which I copied to the hard drive first), my biz records (also copied to the HD), and various other things that fall under the heading of "business stuff".
Our Safety Guy, who is in charge of all accident stuff, gets the card from the A.I. this evening. Safety Guy has been having a bad day; I'm not the only driver to wreck, it seems. (The A.I. specifically warned me to not show my head in the safety office today lest I lose it.) While perusing the card, Safety Guy sees all of my stuff -- including a lil' text file called "It was the best of trips, it was the worst of trips.txt". Yes, folks, a rough draft of that very post.
(The A.I. told me this about 6 pm and I swear I felt faint.)
Fortunately, Safety Guy loved the story, and spent a few minutes going
. He apparently liked it so much that his mood improved back to his usual unsmiling self, instead of The Face Of Doom. I honestly believe that my rough draft may have kept him from recommending I be put on probation. (Remember, I'm pretty new (especially compared to the guys who've been driving 30+ years) and, regardless of fault, I've already been involved in a wreck, minor though it may be.)
I still avoided him while I was there tonight. Better safe than sorry.
This afternoon, I got in a minor fender bender. (Very minor; all that happened was we swapped paint. The other guy wasn't even aware we'd hit; he was driving a 3/4-ton pickups.) This was the kind of "wreck" where, had it been my personal vehicle, I would've shaken his hand and said "nothing happened". Unfortunately, the biz being what it is, I'm forced to choose between "call police" or "risk paying for a full new paint job out of my pocket". (Green Cab Co rocks, but they don't take any
from anyone -- especially the drivers.)So, called the police, waited for about half an hour. (While waiting, another cop on her way elsewhere ordered us to get the cars off the road.
)Finally, all is said and done. The officer actually assigned to handle us has shown up, and decided that he won't be writing any tickets. (Whew!) While we're filling out the paperwork, one of Green Cab Co's accident investigators arrives. This guy has been doing A.I. for several years, and he's seen some pretty bad ones. (No details, thank god. I don't want to know.) He tells me that this might be the mildest "wreck" he's dealt with in years. (Whew! again.)
He checks his camera, and discovers that the SD card has been removed by someone. Luckily, I carry a tablet with me, and it so happens that I have an SD card in it, so I let him use that. (The card, not the tablet. My... precious.....) What I didn't do was erase anything off the card. All it has is my maps (which I copied to the hard drive first), my biz records (also copied to the HD), and various other things that fall under the heading of "business stuff".
Our Safety Guy, who is in charge of all accident stuff, gets the card from the A.I. this evening. Safety Guy has been having a bad day; I'm not the only driver to wreck, it seems. (The A.I. specifically warned me to not show my head in the safety office today lest I lose it.) While perusing the card, Safety Guy sees all of my stuff -- including a lil' text file called "It was the best of trips, it was the worst of trips.txt". Yes, folks, a rough draft of that very post.
(The A.I. told me this about 6 pm and I swear I felt faint.)
Fortunately, Safety Guy loved the story, and spent a few minutes going
. He apparently liked it so much that his mood improved back to his usual unsmiling self, instead of The Face Of Doom. I honestly believe that my rough draft may have kept him from recommending I be put on probation. (Remember, I'm pretty new (especially compared to the guys who've been driving 30+ years) and, regardless of fault, I've already been involved in a wreck, minor though it may be.)I still avoided him while I was there tonight. Better safe than sorry.
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