Not My Day

Mark was away on business so I took it as the perfect opportunity to take his larger vehicle to Costco to stock up.  I loaded Molly in and we were off.  While pulling into the parking spot, I nicked the front bumper of the car on the pillar close by.  There was black and yellow paint all over the corner of the car.  OK, not really a huge deal, but I wasn't sure how Mark would handle the news.  I decided it could wait and Molls and I made our way through Costco.

Just as I was turning into an aisle, a nice elderly woman bent down to pick something up and I bumped her in the head with my shopping cart.  In my defense the carts at Costco are HUGE.  But maybe I should be wearing my glasses.  The woman wasn't hurt and I couldn't for the life of me think of the Korean word for "I'm sorry".  But she smiled and said OK, OK.  

I eventually talked to Mark about the car and he was not concerned.  But it's a good thing I remembered the Korean word for "I'm sorry" because I needed it later that night.

While on my way to pick up Mark from the subway station I "bumped" the car in front of me.  I wasn't on the phone or fiddling with the radio.  I wasn't even moving.  Traffic was at a stand still but began creeping forward.  The car in front of me stopped and I didn't.  The driver was OK and so was his car, but he insisted on taking a picture of my license plate number and the sticker on the windshield with Mark's cell phone number on it.  I told him "my husband."  He asked, "Korean?"  I said, "No, American".  The guy drove off without any further investigation.  I immediately called Mark to fill him in and sure enough the guy tried to contact him, but didn't speak good English.  Mark had his secretary call the guy back to translate and figure things out.  As soon as she mentioned GM Daewoo legal team, the guy backed off.  Basically he was trying to screw the crazy American epxats.  

Good thing everything happens in 3's.  I don't think I could take another mishap.  I have however started wearing my glasses more often.