So I came out of the Fargo Ihop (traveling to ****inson ND), and this van is parked close to my WRX, so close that it is a PITA to get the kids into the back seat, even better than that the rocket scientist that just parked his van next to my car is watching his kids put their hads on my hood, the kids are touching my hood like they're finger painting! I proceed to tell the guy "nice" can you tell your kids not to touch my car, and I ask him if he could park a little closer. The dude does nothing! What would you do? I touched his van all over and folded his mirrors in! would you find that appropriate or over the top. I personally found it funny that a bunch of people were watching me from inside the Ihop. Why can't people control their kids, if mine did this it would be ugly for them!
hahah the word censor is funny sometimes. And no, you did nothing wrong. People don't really give a damn about anyone else's property. I saw a kid pushing his brother around in a target cart the other day, ran right into a customer's car - as the customer was WALKING OUT TO HIS CAR, and the kid just laughed and kept on going. The customer was mad, I would be too.. I tried to go after the kid but he ditched the cart (hitting another van in the process of course) and ran off with his brother. They left huge dents in both vehicles. They're kids, so .. whatever, they got away, so whatever. I know that this is why I have a huge red gash in my drivers side door too... ****ing KIDS. I truly detest people sometimes.
This is why I always park far far away from the door of stores in parking lots. I cant stand door dings by someones stray cart. I prolly would have beat the kids infront of him, then him.
wow I wonder if the guys in that town 60 miles from montana would like to know that they get filtered in forums? anyway, I sort of thought that the guy watching from the Ihop might call the cops, I was waiting to get pulled over and questioned about it. I hope I scared the CRAP out of this idiot!
I don't think you did anything wrong either. Hell, I would have done, or wanted to do the same thing. When people have blatant disrespect for my possessions, my car especially, I get pissed. Then again, it drives me nuts when somebody so much as shuts the door of my car with a SLAM, so idk. :hsugh:
I don't think I would have touched the guys van. you know the saying "2 wrongs don't make a right" Also if I were there with my kids, I would have liked to have set a good example and not do that sort of thing in front of them. Besides, if he parks like an ass, do you really think it matters to him if you touch his van? Don't get me wrong I would have been steaming, but wouldn't have been confrontational.
Valve stem tool or the window markers. Just draw a shape on the guy's window resembling the area that reminds you of that prick.
I have a very short fuse so if it had been my car who know what I would done. As for you... I think what you did was a good start! Some times you can't blame the kids. It all go's back to who and how the kids are raised. I was always told by my dad to respect other people and there porperty. When the day comes that I have kids they will be told the same thing. I think that these type of lession if thats what you would call them are "lost" it some kids now days. Thats just my 2 cents... I'm sorry to hear that about your car man!
I would have done far worse. When I was in the Navy, we were sitting in my car at the park waiting for people to show up for our daily physical training. This Chief pulls up in a late 80's mercedes convertible and parks on my passenger side (keep in mind there are about a hundred empty spots. As he gets out, he hits the passenger door on my car so hard with his door that I can feel the car shake as we're sitting in it. I immediately step out of my car and say "Hey man, what's the deal? You just hit my car with your door!" He shrugs and starts walking away. I say "HEY, What the hell man? You hit my car with your door. What's your ****ing deal?" He shrugs again and keeps walking. He was about 20 yards from us when I walked around to the passenger side and yelled out "Hey, check this out!" He turns around, and as he does, I heel kick the sheetmetal on his driver's side door as hard as humanly possible. He comes running back "What the hell is your problem?" I simply walked off.
The moral of that story is, if someone chooses to disrespect you and your belongings, they are not worthy of respect. What better way to learn a hard lesson than to be taught with violence. I can guarantee that, for a very long time, that Chief will be very gingerly about how he opens his doors. You want to teach a father to keep his kids in line and not mess around with other people's stuff? Fold his mirrors till they break off the van next time. Then toss it through his door window. I am willing to bet that if you did that, the next time someone says "get control of your kids" he'll snatch them right up and apologize for their behavior.
If you dont have a valve stem tool, a small pebble in the valve stem and screw the cap back on untill you hear the hissing. FTW.
I don't really think what I did could really be classified as wrong, no mini-vans wre harmed during the incident. I am more recently of the opinion that MORE people need to stand up and say no when wrongs are done (not that this was a huge wrong). All that evil needs to succeed is for good people to stand by and watch bad things happen. Frogy
