You won't fucking believe what just happened--

Nov 15, 2007 20:07

Well, about an hour and a half ago actually. I was at my computer, and I heard this loud metallic BANG and vibration, followed by another. Couldn't see anything from the house that could have caused it, and went outside. A neighbor's teenage daughter said "A truck just drove into your garage door!" Well, damn, if it didn't. We have one of those metal garage doors on a track, and the door itself is completely destroyed, with huge angular holes in it and weird shapes. And boxes that can be seen through it. It looks like some weird contemporary work of art, although I kinda doubt that was the driver's intent since he backed out and took off, fortunately NOT sideswiping my car. And weirdly, I had parked on the other side of the driveway today b/c it would be easier to clean the trash out of the floor of the back of my car. Maybe that's why the garage got hit, and not my car. Anyway the neighbor saw him hit the garage door and back out and peel away, but she's been looking for it (it's a tan Chevy S-10, fwiw), and while the cop was getting my information and was just about done, the neighbor's daughter thought she saw it, and so the cop went to check it out. He asked me if I wanted it prosecuted, and I decided yes. You just don't smash into someone else's garage and then take off. It's unethical, damn it! :-) For one, the whole thing cost $500 (which is, coincidentally, my deductible on my homeowner's insurance), and on the recarpeting, painting, post sewage flood last Spring, they waived the deductible b/c I guess it was my first claim. So if the door itself can be replaced for under $500, I'm better off not going through the insurance co. And if the police actually catch this reckless driver, and he can afford to pay for any of it, I'd be better off.

Just fucking surreal. I'll take some pictures tomorrow and post them. Maybe I could do a poll of what period or style of art it most resembles.

OK, going to bed w/ a headache. Just had to share the bizarreness.

garage door smashing, general weirdness, hit and run

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