One of the Stupider Things I've Had To Do in Awhile
On September 25th I was running errands on the way home from work and was stopped at a traffic light. when I heard a loud crash in my car. The car jerked forward and bumped the car that was stopped in front of mine.
"What the hell?!" I hollered at my rear view mirror. I got out of the car, and some punk kid driving the car that rear-ended mine was freaking out in the middle of oncoming traffic.
"OhmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodareyouOK?" he blurted out. I convinced him to get out of traffic and told him I was fine. We swapped information. Two weeks later my car was fixed. Then the insurance settled the claim. On Friday I was on a desk cleaning binge and I happened to have tossed out the address and insurance information from the guy who had hit me.
Then in Saturday's mail I got a letter from the state of RI. Inside was a long form, on that ridiculoulsy long paper that you'd find in the bottom drawer of the printer at work. It was printed double-sided. There was a cover letter inside the envelope that says "You need to fill out this accident report. If you don't we'll suspend your license and make you pay $76.50 to get it back."
Here it is three months later, and I am under threat to have my driver's license revoked because some jackass wasn't paying attention and slammed into the back of my car. And the only reason why I am filling out this stupid form (no, I don't know the guy's VIN number. Really? You think I know that?) is because I really like my license picture.
Labels: only in rhode island, the ordinary

