So, I was sitting at a red light when the car beside me just rolled right up into the car in front of it with a little CRUNCH. I winced when I saw the bumper crumple. The damage didn’t look serious, but the real collision was potentially yet to come. How would the drivers react?
I think we all know how the unexpected inconvenience of a fender bender can cause tempers to flare. Weren’t you watching where you were going!? But it’s just a scratch, why are you making such a big deal of this!? So I watched, a bit anxiously, to see how the two drivers would handle the situation.
For a second, both drivers just sat there. The driver in the back car emerged first. She was immediately apologetic, “Oh, honey, I am so sorry! I was trying to get a bug off of my back...” she was saying as the front driver emerged from her car. As they both inspected the bumpers, she began to offer her insurance information and ask if the other driver thought they should call the police. The driver in the front car responded, “Oh, honey, that is just a scratch, I’m not concerned about that...”
As the light turned green and I pulled away from the scene, I had seen enough to realize that both drivers had responded with nothing but kindness and compassion towards the stranger in the other car. What could have been a tense and angry encounter had turned out to be a surprisingly congenial interaction. After all of the hatred that has been in the news lately, that small display of human decency and compassion did warm my heart.
By the way, their skin was not the same color.
Heartwarming
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