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fandomsecrets2012-10-19 06:53 pm
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[ SECRET POST #2117 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2117 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Slenderman/Cthulu]
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[Bo Sinclair / House of Wax (2005); image contains possibly-triggery scars, no self-harm stuff in the text though]
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[Guardians of the Galaxy]
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[The King of Fighters: KYO manga and game]
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14. [SPOILERS for Star Trek Voyager: The Eternal Tide]
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15. [SPOILERS for Damages]
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[The Walking Dead]
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[A Night at the Roxbury]
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21. [WARNING for child abuse]
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Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #302.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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What to do after a car crash?
Yesterday, I was driving to work and was involved in a car accident where a bicyclist ran into my truck. According to witnesses, he didn't look to see if I was turning before he went into the street, so technically, he hit my car instead of the other way around. (Insert Gilmore Girls "deer hitting car" reference here.) I completely freaked out, crying hysterically, thinking I had run into him.
There were plenty of people around, since this is a busy downtown metropolis area, so by the time I got out of the car, 911 had been called and there was even an off-duty nurse helping him. Some pedestrians even helped to calm me down and pray with me. He was alright, but his leg was badly broken. A bloody-looking bruise formed on his skin within three minutes stretching from his knee going all the way down his leg. Within five minutes, the ambulance and the police were there.
I never spoke to the guy since everyone else was taking care of things. I still feel awful about everything that happened. I'm just wondering, has this ever happened to anyone else? And how did you deal? I was fine all of yesterday and today, but it's all starting to crash down on me again.
As a side note, everyone at work was sympathetic but my managers. They listened to the story, fascinated, then when I asked if they could remove the points off my record we get when we clock in late, they said, "We'll see." Um, I'm pretty sure this type of scenario falls under the "Act of God" clause or something.
Anyway, sorry for the long, rambling story, but there's no one else I can really talk to about this. My family and friends are already sick of hearing about it, since truthfully, I've talked about it now for almost 24 hours straight.
Re: What to do after a car crash?
(Anonymous) 2012-10-20 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)This is only tangentially relevant, but when I was in middle school one of my classmates was absent for a day because, his friends explained, "he ran into a car".
Re: What to do after a car crash?
(Anonymous) 2012-10-20 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)Re: What to do after a car crash?
(Anonymous) 2012-10-20 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)I've been in three extremely minor accidents as a driver (also the only ones I've been in as an adult). Two involved snow and ice - in the first case, a guy behind me couldn't stop in time when traffic backed up and slowed down and he very gently rear-ended me (no damage to either car), and in the second case, I half-way spun out making a turn and was stopped by a curb and another woman (again, gently) hit the side of my car at the wheel well (surprisingly, no damage that time either, despite the fact that I was now driving a newer, lighter-weight car).
The third time was in a parking lot in broad daylight and dry conditions. That one was an extremely frustrating situation, as I was technically at fault, but I had been moving very slowly and repeatedly looking in all directions. If you ask me, the other driver was moving way too fast for a parking lot and not paying attention to whether any other cars had their reverse lights on, but at the end of the day, it was still I who hit her with the front of my car, not the other way around. I still feel both guilty and angry about it at the same time. Also, I was about 1 hour into a 5 hour drive and had no choice but to keep going because I had to be in a certain place by that afternoon (and even if I could have turned around and gone home, that still would have been another hour of driving).
So yeah, I get it. An accident is a bit of a traumatic experience regardless of the actual outcome. I don't really have advice for dealing, but I lost my jitters within a day or two simply by continuing to drive. As for your employer, I'd try to bring up the subject again, maybe including an apology for not calling ahead to tell them you would be late (assuming you didn't do that) and explain you were just too upset and worried about the biker to think properly.