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This morning went early out with Mom to grab the last pre-holiday ingredients and some meds. After it all I was a bit hungry, so decided to hit a drive-through to grab something to go. The first place we hit didn't have a breakfast menu at that franchise location, so it turned out there was only one place in that area that did. As soon as I pulled in I realized it was a mistake -- the parking lot was utterly full, and after we pulled in there wasn't enough space for anyone else to pull in until the drive-through line advanced. Breakfast wasn't worth the mess this looked to be (the place is normally really quiet), but I couldn't get arround the line to just leave, and couldn't pull out safely.
Oh well, we were stuck for a bit. As we waited, an older man stepped out of the place and walked between Mom's car and the one ahead to get to his car, right on our other side. A minute later, there was motion out of the corner of my eye, and a sudden wham as he tried to back out onto us. Then a pause as he rocked forward again, and then a smaller collision as he tried to see if the thing behind him was still there. After that he pulled forward so we could all get out without worrying, and look at things. Luckily, no damage on our end -- he seemed to hit the back wheel/the solid metal hubs there. On his end I didn't see anything, but honestly wasn't looking too hard.
Throughout it he had the attitude of utter mellowness. Despite having to walk around us to get to his car, he just commented that he "didn't see us there". No actual apology, just a lightly befuddled attitude. As far as we could tell, the double tap was because he didn't realize that the reason his car stopped was that he *HIT* us, and so was just trying again to get out of whatever pothole or whatever stopped him.
Without damage, no cops or insurance were called. Mom's car, her call there. And he didn't seem to care about anything either, so whatever. In the meantime the line did clear enough for us to get around the drive-through line and just get the heck out of dodge before something else happened.
Oh well, we were stuck for a bit. As we waited, an older man stepped out of the place and walked between Mom's car and the one ahead to get to his car, right on our other side. A minute later, there was motion out of the corner of my eye, and a sudden wham as he tried to back out onto us. Then a pause as he rocked forward again, and then a smaller collision as he tried to see if the thing behind him was still there. After that he pulled forward so we could all get out without worrying, and look at things. Luckily, no damage on our end -- he seemed to hit the back wheel/the solid metal hubs there. On his end I didn't see anything, but honestly wasn't looking too hard.
Throughout it he had the attitude of utter mellowness. Despite having to walk around us to get to his car, he just commented that he "didn't see us there". No actual apology, just a lightly befuddled attitude. As far as we could tell, the double tap was because he didn't realize that the reason his car stopped was that he *HIT* us, and so was just trying again to get out of whatever pothole or whatever stopped him.
Without damage, no cops or insurance were called. Mom's car, her call there. And he didn't seem to care about anything either, so whatever. In the meantime the line did clear enough for us to get around the drive-through line and just get the heck out of dodge before something else happened.
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