pek1
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Hej everyone! How did your new year's go? I worked that night, but was off early so I could stay off the roads and away from the drunk drivers. I had to work New Year's Day, but found out later that this day was like none other.
For starters, I deliver pizza. The other driver that was supposed to work, I guess, had requested it off, so it was just the manager and I working. We got hit with so many orders, which is the bright side; the bad side is that the orders were up to 1 1/2 hours late. First thing that happened is that the sign blew off my van (it was very windy) and someone found it and brought it to the store. Then, as I was on a four-pizza delivery (four different places, not four pizza), I was slowing down to turn right onto another side street to my third delivery. Just before the intersection, a car came around the corner from the left, swung wide and hit my van on the front left corner, knocking out the lens for my marker light. The light is still working, as are my turn signals and headlights.
What made this unusual is the other car. I recognized the first letter of the license plate, which was a court-issued plate. The owner had been convicted of drunk driving and has to have that plate there, can't sell the car and every vehicle he owns has to have this same kind of plate on it. He called the police on my insistance, which is probably the reason that his insurance company can't get ahold of him (I'm already going after him). Hopefully, sometime within the next week or two, I'll get some money to fix my van.
Then, after I got back to the store, the driver that couldn't make it was in and delivered the two pizzas. (It would be another two hours before any more drivers came in to work). To add insult to injury, I was delivering another pizza and while backing out of that driveway, I cut my wheel too soon to the right, so I buried my front left in a snowbank. I then declared, "I wish winter was over!" Funny thing is, winter has only been here since a couple days before Christmas, but because we've had snow for awhile, it seems longer.
On a bright note, neither I nor Snickers were injured in this accident, as the damage is minimal. She handled herself like a trooper and all of you would have been proud.
So, how was your New Year's? Hopefully, everyone stayed away from their steering wheel if you drank and you didn't allow your friends to drive after they drank . . . right? Let's hope for a better 2008!
For starters, I deliver pizza. The other driver that was supposed to work, I guess, had requested it off, so it was just the manager and I working. We got hit with so many orders, which is the bright side; the bad side is that the orders were up to 1 1/2 hours late. First thing that happened is that the sign blew off my van (it was very windy) and someone found it and brought it to the store. Then, as I was on a four-pizza delivery (four different places, not four pizza), I was slowing down to turn right onto another side street to my third delivery. Just before the intersection, a car came around the corner from the left, swung wide and hit my van on the front left corner, knocking out the lens for my marker light. The light is still working, as are my turn signals and headlights.
What made this unusual is the other car. I recognized the first letter of the license plate, which was a court-issued plate. The owner had been convicted of drunk driving and has to have that plate there, can't sell the car and every vehicle he owns has to have this same kind of plate on it. He called the police on my insistance, which is probably the reason that his insurance company can't get ahold of him (I'm already going after him). Hopefully, sometime within the next week or two, I'll get some money to fix my van.
Then, after I got back to the store, the driver that couldn't make it was in and delivered the two pizzas. (It would be another two hours before any more drivers came in to work). To add insult to injury, I was delivering another pizza and while backing out of that driveway, I cut my wheel too soon to the right, so I buried my front left in a snowbank. I then declared, "I wish winter was over!" Funny thing is, winter has only been here since a couple days before Christmas, but because we've had snow for awhile, it seems longer.
On a bright note, neither I nor Snickers were injured in this accident, as the damage is minimal. She handled herself like a trooper and all of you would have been proud.
So, how was your New Year's? Hopefully, everyone stayed away from their steering wheel if you drank and you didn't allow your friends to drive after they drank . . . right? Let's hope for a better 2008!
!! Glad you re okay!
