Just got the call that my car is ready.  Can I just say I find insurance people to be nearly as slimy as used car salesmen and attorneys!

I took my car to get it repaired after a recent fender bender.  The first repair guy I met was so friendly, even telling me to call on Monday to see if my car is ready.  OK, nice.  Then I call Monday.  The guy on the card says I didn't order parts for you.  Really, you told me you would.  Well it doesn't matter we can get them right away anyway.

I take my car in after work.  It's not the same guy.  He wants to know who was handing out his cards.  Obviously someone who didn't want to be bothered with a phone call on Monday?  This fellow is very nice though I'm palmed off again to someone else. 

Everyone tries to convince me that they are working for me and all will be new again.  So why don't I trust these people?  Maybe it's because they are all so nicey nice and ever helpful if you don't need to know their real name.

I'll go look at my car today.  I don't know if I can trust them or not.  Did they check everything?  Is the spare tire which was moved almost through the back door in the same spot?  I know they replaced the molding but does it have wind noise like it developed in the last week?  I guess I have to trust people who I already know don't identify themselves accurately.  Not a lot of confidence in my corner.

Even more bizarre is the woman who was the third in line of my accident.  She's admitted she's responsible for the kid who hit me but there is a caveat - a phantom 4th driver hit her.  Really?  When was that because there were only 2 impacts.  According to her story someone hit her so hard they knocked her into the kid that hit me and was busy texting!  Let's revisit this for just a second, the "phantom" hits her so hard it pushes her into the boy's car which then pushes into my car.  WOW!  I like phantom cars!  Wonder if it was a new model or something more classic.  She doesn't recall because of course being a "phantom" she didn't see it!

I will be totally gray headed before some of these folks learn to tell the truth.

PS We had some nasty storms yesterday and of course my luck has not changed.  The rental is covered in golf ball dimples!  I just can't win.

Long Live Texas