having three young kids comes with certain logistical considerations. take getting in and out of cars for example. easy- unplug your seatbelt. be pounced upon by one of your children who was that much faster than you. the others realise the one that got away and start to request, if they are polite, but more realistically scream, for equality of freedom. hands, yours, by now, are pinned down by a heavy child. 3 voices increasing in decibels.
that's before you open the door.
in this particular sunday afternoon we had parked the car. angie went to get joshua out and as she had eventually climbed out she went round to get him. he was kicking against her playfully and with a step back she accidentally knocked the car next to her. the lady screamed "CAREFUL!" we apologised quickly as we were at fault.
angie went in to the supermarket with two excited boys.
the owner of the victim's car came back and after hearing of the knock examined his car. i apologised again. he accepted it and said "after my day, this is the least of my worries"
then as he left he shouted at the kid on the other side of his car for having their door open. whilst pulling away he said to his girlfriend about the knock: "at the end of the day we have an expensive car and they haven't".
he's right however, he must have spent a fortune on his car and it is, "at the end of the day", an expensive one. Certainly more than ours. In fact most cars are more expensive than ours as I have never bought a car.
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Despite the knock and its implications, this is a thoughtless and narrow-minded response on their part. How does he know that your car wasn't expensive to you? It might have cost a year's income or more.
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