A few years ago, I witnessed a woman hit my car bumper as my car was parked in a space and she was attempting to leave. It got scratched heavily, but I deemed there was no structural damage to the bumper itself.
Instead of becoming angry, I just let her go. It was just aesthetic, right? Learn to let trivial things like this go. Pay it forward, so to speak.
I think I just cashed in on it today.
As aforementioned, I got into a little car accident yesterday (my front bumper got the brunt of it; the van had a scratch on the rear bumper. Insert "Stereotypical Asian Driver Joke" here). I hit a kid driving his Dad's van (no injuries or whiplash, thank God). His Dad and I spoke on the phone, and he asked me if I wanted to go through insurance. I told him I didn't care about my car damage, I cared about his, so I didn't care.
Today he called me up and told me the damage to his car would've cost $15 in paint, so he told me not to worry about it. I was willing to give him $100. I even told him I would...but he said not to worry about it.
Awesome.
I'm a lucky bastard.
Moral of the story? Pay it forward sometimes. Now I'm going to have to do it again, which I gladly will when given the right chance
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