I am such a failure

[wighty]

First car 'accident' ever.  Barely an accident.  Rear-ended the guy from a stopped position at a red light because my foot came off the brake while I was checking the GPS and I was too busy trying to figure out my route to pay attention.  Inflicted a paint scratch approximately an inch long.

Really sketchy looking guy walks out and spits out some

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[long_scarves]

You can apparently get a new license at the DMV, which is good, right ;u; But I would think he would want to contact you to sort out payment and stuff and you can get it back. Just take deep breaths ;u;

[wighty]

Thank you, Scarfle. I'm sure you're right, like 99% of people are really probably honest and nice and this guy probably just hasn't called me yet because he either didn't notice or because he wants to get his car looked at first so he doesn't have to deal with the awkwardness of talking to the idiot kid who rear-ended him too much.

Like the super duper worst case scenario is what I automatically leap to which is that honestly the scratch could easily go unfixed and he might just not call me and keep the license and do all sorts of unscrupulous things with it. The license can be replaced easily, yes but there's no way of saying 'I lost it can you disable my old number' or whatever because the DMV in my state apparently doesn't care.

Blargh. I need to . . . stop being so negative. And believe that people are Good. Thanks for trying to help, Scarfle. =)

[long_scarves]

lmao I'm so sorry I can't help more. I just... don't have a license... But I'm pretty sure they get lost all the time. And I would think anybody who would get so angry about the scratch would want someone else to pay it and contact you and give it back ;u;

Just make sure the phone is always on! Taking action in a few days sounds like a good to me. ;u;

[wighty]

I hope they do. Maybe that's why the DMV doesn't care about disabling them in the case of loss? I actually don't know much about licenses either despite having one, aha. And you've helped fine! Thank you for trying to make me feel better. I was sort of pacing back and forth all afternoon and night waiting for the phone to ring.

[long_scarves]

hahaha I know some of my family members have gotten into trouble with licenses and stuff like that and it's turned out fine. Maybe you should just wait and play on your DS or something by the phone. It's not good to stress out too much ;u; And it's out of your hands now, and you seem to have a good game plan.

[wighty]

Stressing is my favorite activity next to RPing. Maybe I will go do that.

And I'm not sure I have a plan at all besides wait for him to call me.

[long_scarves]

Well, you plan to wait and then take action on Monday, right? That's still a game plan. And maybe someone else will know what to do ;u;

[wighty]

Aha, guess so. I need a checklist of What to Do When You Have Been An Idiot And Lost Your License.

The other thing I am worrying about is if he makes up some bogus claim about his bumper being totally trashed and demanding 10000000 kabillion dollars. But I will try to stop worrying now.

Thanks for talking to me Scarfle. =) I feel better now.

[long_scarves]

Is there anybody you can call that you know experienced anything like this before? Uncles or aunts or neighbors? lmao look at me asking for adults' help... I think that my business teacher talked about something like this once, but I guess all you can hope for is that he'll be satisfied with the paint job ;u; It might be a little pricey, but hopefully affordable!

;u; ;u; ;u;

[wighty]

I ended up talking to a lot of people and the police, so. They said it should be OK. So yeah.

;u;