Well, it was a super wet and rainy day tonight in Big Apple, NY. As I was driving back home from dinner, I came to a stop at the traffic light. A taxi driver, who was probably going too fast and couldn't stop on time because of the road condition rear-ended me. Good thing I drive an SUV with a spare tire hanging on the back. My car is fine (I have to check my spare tomorrow), the frame that held my spare is slightly misaligned, but there was no apparent damage to my car. The taxi, on the other hand, was a different story ... his bumper was dented, and his hood was crushed. It was clearly his fault, and he was unapologetic about the whole thing and he was extremely rude. I was actually more upset with the taxi driver being an a$$ about the situation than the accident itself. I consider myself to be pretty calm, collective and have a lot patience, but the taxi driver's attitude pushed me to the point where I almost wanted to hurt him. Instead, I just responded in a nonchalant manner with my classic wiseass oneliners. I think I got him even more mad the fact that I didn't lose my cool.
Anyway, when the police arrived, one of them took our information and went to his car, the other was checking out the damages. The officer didn't really see much damage to my car, and it was then I took out my Surefire 6P (with M60L drop in) from my glove compartment and shined it around the area where the spare tire frame was misaligned. The officer took note of the damage and afterwards he said, "nice, is that a Surefire 6PL?" You should have seen the expression on my face . I told him that he was very close. I talked with him for about 10 minutes about Malkoff and his M60 series drop ins, and a little bit about other flashlights. He told me that the EMS guys that he knows are flashaholics, always getting the latest and brightest flashlights and showing them off to him. He also stated that the EMS guys somehow convinced him to get an E2E and he's been carrying it since. The officer is no flashaholic, but he said that he found the flashlights the EMS guys were carrying as "interesting" and always listen to their conversations. Sounds to me like the officer is on the road of becoming one of us.
Despite the minor incident and rude taxi driver, it was quite pleseant talking with the officer. After the other officer gave me the police report, they left the scene. As I was walking to my car, the taxi driver approached me and told me (still in the rude and nasty manner) that his taxi won't start and asked if I had any jumper cables. I opened my trunk and took out my battery-powered jumpstarter. I approached his taxi as he pried his hood open. I paused and stood there for a moment and then said, "I would have helped you if you weren't an a$$ from the moment you rear-ended me." I smiled at him as his face turned bright red. I turned around and put my jumpstarter back in my trunk and left
Anyway, when the police arrived, one of them took our information and went to his car, the other was checking out the damages. The officer didn't really see much damage to my car, and it was then I took out my Surefire 6P (with M60L drop in) from my glove compartment and shined it around the area where the spare tire frame was misaligned. The officer took note of the damage and afterwards he said, "nice, is that a Surefire 6PL?" You should have seen the expression on my face . I told him that he was very close. I talked with him for about 10 minutes about Malkoff and his M60 series drop ins, and a little bit about other flashlights. He told me that the EMS guys that he knows are flashaholics, always getting the latest and brightest flashlights and showing them off to him. He also stated that the EMS guys somehow convinced him to get an E2E and he's been carrying it since. The officer is no flashaholic, but he said that he found the flashlights the EMS guys were carrying as "interesting" and always listen to their conversations. Sounds to me like the officer is on the road of becoming one of us.
Despite the minor incident and rude taxi driver, it was quite pleseant talking with the officer. After the other officer gave me the police report, they left the scene. As I was walking to my car, the taxi driver approached me and told me (still in the rude and nasty manner) that his taxi won't start and asked if I had any jumper cables. I opened my trunk and took out my battery-powered jumpstarter. I approached his taxi as he pried his hood open. I paused and stood there for a moment and then said, "I would have helped you if you weren't an a$$ from the moment you rear-ended me." I smiled at him as his face turned bright red. I turned around and put my jumpstarter back in my trunk and left
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