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"They're just kids.."
one of Lupo's threads made me think of this that happened a while ago.
We were going to one of the big stores out of town and hubby was reversing the car into a tight space on the end of the row. This happened when he was about halfway in the space.
Its just spitting with rain and a mother and about three young kids have come out of the store, they sprint down in-between the side of a hubby's car and the car next to us whilst the mother is too busy squealing "its raining... aggh!" to actually watch where they are going.
At this point one of the kids, without even looking, steps back from the side of their car, into the space we are reversing into and opens the rear door of the car! They can't be more than about 6 inches from the bumper of hubby's car and I scream at him "STOP!" (by which time it actually leaves my mouth of course he's already slammed on the breaks but I am a terrible back-seat driver in those sorts of situations).
I think we were less than a finger width from hitting the kid.
When we've actually fully parked hubby puts down his window and says "please be careful, I barely avoided him!" (which is very polite for him, he doesn't do too well with idiots)
The mother turns round and says "But its raining! He could have got wet!!"
I usually stay out of such discussions (and usually try to avoid him having them to be honest since he doesn't stay particularly calm!) but I couldn't let that be and ended up saying "Yes, and if hubby didn't have lightning reactions he could have been dead!"
She still turns round and says "So! Its raining! They're just kids!"
It certainly felt like it had been less than a few seconds from them appearing in the door of the shop to being nearly underneath hubby's bumper!
We were going to one of the big stores out of town and hubby was reversing the car into a tight space on the end of the row. This happened when he was about halfway in the space.
Its just spitting with rain and a mother and about three young kids have come out of the store, they sprint down in-between the side of a hubby's car and the car next to us whilst the mother is too busy squealing "its raining... aggh!" to actually watch where they are going.
At this point one of the kids, without even looking, steps back from the side of their car, into the space we are reversing into and opens the rear door of the car! They can't be more than about 6 inches from the bumper of hubby's car and I scream at him "STOP!" (by which time it actually leaves my mouth of course he's already slammed on the breaks but I am a terrible back-seat driver in those sorts of situations).
I think we were less than a finger width from hitting the kid.
When we've actually fully parked hubby puts down his window and says "please be careful, I barely avoided him!" (which is very polite for him, he doesn't do too well with idiots)
The mother turns round and says "But its raining! He could have got wet!!"
I usually stay out of such discussions (and usually try to avoid him having them to be honest since he doesn't stay particularly calm!) but I couldn't let that be and ended up saying "Yes, and if hubby didn't have lightning reactions he could have been dead!"
She still turns round and says "So! Its raining! They're just kids!"
It certainly felt like it had been less than a few seconds from them appearing in the door of the shop to being nearly underneath hubby's bumper!
Sure?
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