The Drama Unfolds
Act 1
Scene: 8:45 in the evening. Enter Beloved, W and Jackoff in voice role.
*Ring Ring*
*The Beloved answers the phone*
Beloved: Hello?
(off set blah blah)
Beloved: Yes he is. Here.
*Hands phone to W.*
W: Hello.
JO: I'm Jackoff. You hit my truck yesterday. You owe me money for the ladder.
W thinks: okay, how much?
JO: You can come over here to pay me or ...
W thinks: Is there an estimate? Why no mention or question of insurance?
JO continuing: you can just mail me a check.
W thinks: This isn't how these things are supposed to go...
W: That's not going to happen.
JO (bristling): You owe me because you ran into the back of my truck on a county road and you're gonna pay for the damage.
W thinks: Yeah, but this really isn't how things are supposed to go. This guy's trying to intimidate me!
W: Yes, but your employee was the one who parked in the middle of an icy mountain road after a blind curve.
JO: That doesn't matter! You hit my truck so you were driving too fast for the conditions. You owe me!
W thinks: This guy still hasn't mentioned an amount. He's trying to shake me down for dollars! Let's see if he's bluffing ...
W: I was driving less than 25 ...
JO: I'm going to call the county Sheriff and report you (ominous music rises ...)
W: You go right ahead.
*click*
End Act 1
I want my two dollars!
Posted by: Paper Boy | December 18, 2007 at 06:51 PM
I came here to sympathize, but Paper Boy made me LOL.
Posted by: Craig | December 18, 2007 at 07:23 PM
You off your meds?
Posted by: rkba | December 18, 2007 at 11:13 PM
You're right on this one, Wulfgar. Hang tough.
Posted by: GeeGuy | December 19, 2007 at 08:22 PM
I think you owe me money too. You can use paypal, it's easy and convenient.
Someday, I'll get over the sense of irony and the uncontrolled serendipity of the universe I felt the other day at the video store.
Posted by: goof houlihan | December 19, 2007 at 08:51 PM
Hmmmm...... He parked in the middle of an icy road on a blind curve?
Perhaps you forgot mention your concerns about your own health after you were unable to avoid his illegally parked vehicle. The biggest danger with whiplash injuries is that the symptoms can take years to develop.
Ladder....... This wasn't a vehicle he was using for business purposes was it? For contract work perhaps? Probably making him, in the legal sense, a sole proprietorship?
In the past a typical whiplash injury, where no bones were broken, was hard to document. Soft tissue injury didn't show up on normal x-rays/radiographs. Literally adding insult to injury, the patient suffering all too real pain was considered to be a fraud, a liar, or at best a hypochondriac. New imaging devices (CAT Scans, Magnetic Imaging, and Ultra Sound) now show soft tissue injury. Typical symptoms like neck pain can start a few days after the accident.
One of the interesting thoughts I had randomly a while back for no specific reason was that in cases of neck injury resulting from vehicle collisions, which would be handled in civil court, it doesn't even matter who is at fault if you have a lawyer who is delightfully sleazy.
"Why yes. I will buy you a ladder, even though it was your fault. While I'm here, I thought I'd drop off this summons to appear in civil court. Or....... you could just write me a check for $100,000."
Posted by: Jon | December 20, 2007 at 08:19 AM
My comment seems to have been blocked by your spam filter.
Posted by: jon | December 20, 2007 at 12:08 PM
Damn Typepad! I fixed it, Jon. I'll write more later when I have more time.
Posted by: Wulfgar | December 20, 2007 at 12:16 PM
Is there an Act II yet?
Posted by: Randy | January 02, 2008 at 11:43 PM