Never a dull moment at the Wal-Mart...
So my favourite time to shop is at like midnight or later on a weeknight, primarily due to the dearth of people in the store, and abundance of rockstar parking in the lot. Thing is, when the lot is empty save a few cars and as many errant shopping carts (or "buggies", in the locally oh-so-colorful vernacular), one is occasionally tempted to do a donut or 42. Or in the spirit of the local NASCAR fetish, otherwise zoom one's way around the lot-cum-autocross-track. That is until I...er "noticed" a landmark of sorts:
"OK," I think, "WTF was that?!"
Then, "Hrm...this isn't good..."
OK, by now you're realizing that this isn't my car. As it turns out, I was inside shopping, and this little incident doesn't have anything to do with me. I notice, exiting the store, what looks like a stunt car up on two side wheels, only completely still. Again, "WTF?!" Get in the car, drive around to the site, and at first we can't figure out what the deal is. There's a tow truck, but why's the car up on its side like that? On approach, it kind of looks like the car's up on some kind of a ram type thingie, there's a yellow cylindrical support on the elevated side, but I can't think of any type of repair that would be so pressing as to require that sort of device.
OK, now we start to realize that some clown has not only hit an aisle sign post, but hit it with enough force to completely high center the car on the 3 foot concrete abutment supporting said post, which has now partially collapsed under the impact of the collision.
You really have to give this person moron props for sticking this landing. Seriously, how many stuntmen could have done this if they tried? To not completely collapse the abutment? to have the whole mess stop right when it did and catch the concrete on the lip of the lower body between it and the frame? Sheer unintentional genius.
At least the car itself doesn't seem to have sustained much damage. Not sure if Wal-Mart will be billing the poor slob who damaged their property, but if they do, it's surely deserving.
All I can say is that I wish I had my camera for some proper photos, I don't think I'm going to see many of these in my remaining days, and I'm hoping there are quite a few of those yet to come.
...and oh yeah, I guess I'm back...
;)
"OK," I think, "WTF was that?!"
Then, "Hrm...this isn't good..."
OK, by now you're realizing that this isn't my car. As it turns out, I was inside shopping, and this little incident doesn't have anything to do with me. I notice, exiting the store, what looks like a stunt car up on two side wheels, only completely still. Again, "WTF?!" Get in the car, drive around to the site, and at first we can't figure out what the deal is. There's a tow truck, but why's the car up on its side like that? On approach, it kind of looks like the car's up on some kind of a ram type thingie, there's a yellow cylindrical support on the elevated side, but I can't think of any type of repair that would be so pressing as to require that sort of device.
OK, now we start to realize that some clown has not only hit an aisle sign post, but hit it with enough force to completely high center the car on the 3 foot concrete abutment supporting said post, which has now partially collapsed under the impact of the collision.
You really have to give this person moron props for sticking this landing. Seriously, how many stuntmen could have done this if they tried? To not completely collapse the abutment? to have the whole mess stop right when it did and catch the concrete on the lip of the lower body between it and the frame? Sheer unintentional genius.
At least the car itself doesn't seem to have sustained much damage. Not sure if Wal-Mart will be billing the poor slob who damaged their property, but if they do, it's surely deserving.
All I can say is that I wish I had my camera for some proper photos, I don't think I'm going to see many of these in my remaining days, and I'm hoping there are quite a few of those yet to come.
...and oh yeah, I guess I'm back...
;)
posted by Gene at 12:58 AM
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