Isn’t it ironic
November 13, 2009Yesterday I got into a car accident. More accurately, I caused an accident. I rear-ended a nun as I was trying to dial my BlackBerry. I thank God (and I do mean that literally) that no one was hurt. Emergency vehicles arrived (five total). Hands trembled (mine). Tears flowed (mine). Professionals soothed (mostly me). Cars were towed. My sister-in-law drove Sister Marion home (she was, as you’d expect, quite forgiving).
The ironic thing is this: I’d recently included the statistic “dialing while driving increases the risk of accident threefold” in a business parable entitled Fat, Dumb and Lazy (guess which this falls under). The book was just printed on Tuesday. In fact, six boxes of said book were in the back of my SUV at the time of the accident. The firemen helped me unload them, along with my gym bag, yoga matt and three shopping bags from Nordstrom.
Oh no, it’s not at all humiliating to hit a nun’s borrowed compact with your big shiny SUV while dialing your BlackBerry when she doesn’t even own a cellphone and then have to unload your shopping spree in front of her. I think the phrase you’re looking for is, “adding insult to injury.”
So how was your day?
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November 16th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Ah, Julie, I’m sorry to hear it! I’m relieved to hear no one was injured. Car accidents are so scary. The only good thing about hitting a nun is that she probably won’t sue. Take care and get some rest.
Judy
November 16th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Oh, wow. Sorry to hear about what happened, but I’m also glad you both were ok.
November 22nd, 2009 at 10:38 pm
I’m glad you and she are OK. It could have been so much worse. And now I bet you’ll never be tempted to touch your blackberry while driving.
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:24 am
Oh FUNNY! My sides are hurting! So glad that no one was hurt, but the irony is just too good to be true!
November 24th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Insults, maybe, but thankfully there were no injuries.
November 24th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
You inconsiderate, selfish, thoughtless, conspicuous consumer, SUV-driving, Blackberry-using b@*#^! Too funny, glad you’re okay …hmmm is there a lesson in there somewhere?
November 24th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
It’s almost two weeks post and I am still holding tight to the lesson: I haven’t dialed while driving my rental Kia once!