31 May 2007 @ 12:51 pm
So today I got assaulted!

Really.

I was driving to work, only to discover some idiot blocking the road. Just stopped there yakking with some guy standing in the middle of the street. And yakking, and blocking, and yakking. I give 'em a honk to encourage them to MOVE. Of course neither of them do. The rest of the road clears up, I drive around... dude kicks my car.

So of course I try to find out if my car is damaged and who the hell this guy is so I can file charges. Chumpboy doesn't like that, and he and his friend decided to pile on.

I didn't fight back, and after a minute or so they were either satisfied or knew they were about to get busted hard, because they took off. I got the license plate of the chick they were with, then parked my car.

On the way back I found out that one of my friends from work had seen, if not the whole thing, much of it, and had called the cops. Between the five minutes it took me to park and walk back to where it happened, both the ambulance and the police had come and gone! (Holy crap, response time!) We did catch the police, though, and gave a full report.

I checked in (since, hey, I work in the ER!). I am medically cleared. Scrapes to the wrists and knees, a little cut on my cheek, a sore shoulder. I know I will feel worse later, but such is life. Right now I'm waiting for film for the camera, so I can get pictures of my injuries.

There is very little chance these monkeys will actually be caught. While I did get the license plate of the chick, every likelihood is that she will refuse to give any information about the event. Luckily, my ER visit is covered by my insurance (and my frickin' $80 copay will be covered by AFLAC, yay!). My car appears undamaged (though I didn't have MUCH chance to look at it). My pants are ruined; oops.

So there's MY great adventure for the day.
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[identity profile] cedel.livejournal.com on May 31st, 2007 05:30 pm (UTC)
Holy crap! I certainly wouldn't have been so cool about the situation. Hell, if I were the friend, I wouldn't have been smart enough to call the police. I would have started yelling and wading into the situation and probably made it much worse.

Stupid humans! Why are there so many of them?
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[identity profile] dragonoflife.livejournal.com on May 31st, 2007 06:00 pm (UTC)
My friend is a small and very meek girl who I can scare by just standing next to her, sometimes. So she is not sort to wade in.
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[identity profile] cedel.livejournal.com on May 31st, 2007 05:33 pm (UTC)
I'm glad that you're more-or-less okay, though. Yikes! E-mail me if you want to get together for hugs and hot chocolate, or maybe a really bloody Shadowrun one-shot.
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[identity profile] dragonoflife.livejournal.com on May 31st, 2007 06:01 pm (UTC)
If I end up feeling physically bad enough that I have to call off sometime this weekend, I will. Although when I built my new computer I lost your e-mail address because I can no longer get Outlook Express to function.
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[identity profile] tigerphoenix.livejournal.com on May 31st, 2007 05:36 pm (UTC)
Is it bad that I feel like it's an upside that nobody drew a gun on you? I'm really, really glad you're okay, honey.
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[identity profile] dragonoflife.livejournal.com on May 31st, 2007 06:09 pm (UTC)
Heh, I knew the guy didn't have a gun because he didn't try and shoot me when I was in the car to begin with.
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[identity profile] dramatica.livejournal.com on May 31st, 2007 05:53 pm (UTC)
I'm glad you are okay.. And that those d-bags didn't seriously hurt you!!

If I had a wii I'd let you borrow it..
That would make things better.
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[identity profile] dragonoflife.livejournal.com on May 31st, 2007 07:02 pm (UTC)
Actually, they yanked around my arm and my shoulder is sore, so a Wii might be a bad idea...
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[identity profile] dramatica.livejournal.com on May 31st, 2007 07:48 pm (UTC)
Well, you cculd play the games that don't require you to swing the remote around like a mad man!

But this is all hypothetical, cause I don't have a wii. :(
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[identity profile] tlttlotd.livejournal.com on May 31st, 2007 07:10 pm (UTC)
Post the license plate number.
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[identity profile] tigerphoenix.livejournal.com on June 1st, 2007 12:03 am (UTC)
Now do the bright thing and take it down, please, this would have been MUCH better served by an e-mail.
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[identity profile] dragonoflife.livejournal.com on June 1st, 2007 12:27 am (UTC)
Oy.
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[identity profile] ouchfest.livejournal.com on June 2nd, 2007 12:37 pm (UTC)
Holy crap!

I am not as confrontational as you. Also, the kind of people who will block a street and kick cars are the kind of degenerate pieces of shit who would assault a dude too. I would have just kept driving and been pissed all day, but then I wouldn't have such a story to tell!
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