Nothing. He was in marketing, on a different floor, and constantly in and out of the building.
I didn’t see him again for weeks, by which time it was far too late to yell across the cafeteria,“Hey, Asshole, your uncle phoned about parental visitation rights again!”
This. If you’re not happy with the amount you’re offered, have your lawyer write them a letter threatening to take them to court, and all of a sudden they’ll offer a whole lot more. Worked like a charm for us - we got much more than the original laughable offer, including the lawyer’s fee.
Really, you’d be suprised how much money they will shell out if they need to. Or if she doesnt have enough coverage, she will have to pay.
Dont do the steel ball thing, in some states that is a felony, and it’s damn stupid besides.
Another vote for Sue the bitch.
You should also contact the County Attorney and ask if there are going to be any charges filed against her. She hit you, she caused you harm. That should be good for some form of Vehicular Assault or something like that. Push for it. Demand it. Call more than once. She should also be up for Careless Driving, or Reckless Driving or whatever your state calls it.
This. Exactly this.
Really glad that you’re ok.
I’m very glad you’re relatively okay (you should get checked out pronto by a specialist), I’m very sorry about your bike and leathers and helmet, and SUE HER FUCKING ASS OFF.
You know, you might have a great business idea here. I’m sure that there are many, many people who know someone who desperately needs a cell phone shoved up the ass. I hear that large animal vets have gloves that reach all the way up to the elbows or shoulders. You probably need some of those things.
I’m glad you’re still with us. The same basic thing happened to my husband’s nephew and grandnephew last weekend, except that they were in a pickup truck (that belongs to my husband). That pickup used to be a 4X4, and it got turned into a subcompact. Totalled, of course. The driver who was at fault had minimum insurance, of course. If this hadn’t been a heavy-duty truck, I don’t think that the nephew and his son would have survived.
Yep, sue her - and I NEVER say that.
Considering what a really good helmet & jacket cost, plus any medical care you need (and you ought to be checked out if you weren’t already) AND your paint job, she needs to pay for her own stupidity. (My husband rides. He just paid $750 for a full face helmet coughgag Money well spent tho!)
I am SO glad you weren’t really hurt, and that no-one had your accidental maiming or death to live with forever.
This is what your insurance company’s lawyers are for, surely? Get them to go fuck with the other company.
I’m very glad you’re okay. What a stupid bint. Please get yourself checked out, if you haven’t already.
And I live in pachinko ball country! You just let me know how many I should send.
Seconded. I’m glad you were not seriously hurt but sorry that you’re in pain now. I’d love to hear how this turns out.
I am personally dedicated to not talking/texting and driving. I keep my phone, on vibrate so I can’t hear it and be tempted, in my purse. There is no call that can’t wait.
Driving is going to get even more interesting after the release of Google’s smartphone glasses.
It should be a great way to eliminate those road distractions while behind the wheel.
I do the same with ringtones. I don’t answer the phone when I drive, but I do prioritize and, if the ringtone is assigned to someone I would need to speak to right then and there (e.g., the sprog’s school, or someone I’m meeting), I know I have to find a safe place to stop where I can take the call. Otherwise, they can talk to my voice mail and I’ll call them back when I can.
That said, a co-worker of Airman’s was involved in a fatal accident where she struck a motorcyclist and killed him. She was, you guessed it, on the phone. In fact, unless she’s working, I’ve never seen her without her phone in her hand; she’s texting or talking. She managed to avoid criminal charges, but I don’t know if the victim’s family sued her or her insurance company.
Get your back checked out ASAP. if they don’t want to pay for your leathers and helmet, they’re going to anyway because you’re going to get the meanest junkyard dog lawyer you can find and garnish so much of this woman’s household income that she won’t have a car or cell phone for years.
A co-worker? :eek:
Come in early to work on Monday, and super-glue everything to his desk.
ETA: Oh. It didn’t happen yesterday.
You know what? Do it anyway.
Too stupid to learn her lesson, huh?
Is it not illegal to use a phone while driving? Here in the UK it’s a specific offence and is enforced pretty rigorously.
I notice a good ten or so drivers a day on the phone- it ain’t that rigorous.
Anyway, glad you’re not too squished Flatlined!
Any sensible person wishes, fervently, that it were so.
And then there are the people who scream that passing laws against it only increases the nanny state-ism our government is falling in to and besides, it infringes on their personal right to be a damn fool idiot and, possibly, a murderer, but they know it won’t happen to them because they’re just that fabulous and exceptional.
And if I didn’t say it before, flatlined, I am very, very glad that you are so aware of your surroundings and that you weren’t too badly hurt because you were aware (defining too badly as “requiring an ambulance ride”). I still think you should sue the bint’s ass off. What does Bill say?