- has had my first car accident...or: incident.
Left side mirror went AWOL when I got too close to a parked van...y'know, those sturdy japanese vans with concrete side mirrors that'll tear the wing off a 747 if it gets too close?
Anyway, I stopped and checked that the van was alright, otherwise I'd have left a note with name and address.
I absolutely
hate people who just drives away from small accidents like that - that's totally irresponsible in my opinion, and so I thought it would be the right thing to do just in case.
I couldn't see a darned thing on the van that I hit, and I even double checked just to make sure.
I then picked up the remains of my car's mirror, and walked over to where I parked, and called my boss, telling him about the absent mirror.
I also checked the mirror case that were left, and it turns out that the (fold-in) side mirror thing had - ta-daaaa! - folded in, and in that process the mirror itself had come loose and dropped out of the mirror casing.
We agreed that I'd go straight to the work shop at the central precinct, and so I did.
Boss even told me that it was cool of me that I told him right away, and that he was happy that I called him.
Erm - is it just me, or isn't that the natural thing to do in such a situation? *scratches head*
And: Hmmm, I've got a
good boss!
Fortunately the workshop had a spare mirror ready for me, and 10 minutes later I thanked the mechanic and drove back to the museum with a brand new left side mirror.
Dayum, it isn't even painted yet.
Neither is the right side side-mirror, but hey - I didn't break
that mirror!
So all in all it wasn't so bad, the only thing left for me to work on, is to get my ears back to their natural skin colour - the red colour tend to glow in the dark.