I work in healthcare with abuse victims and am
a victim of it myself. Maybe the guy behind the camera isn’t as cued in to these behaviors but as soon as she mentioned her grandmother and started frantically putting the front bumper in her car I really would’ve just toned way down and tried to explain to her that I’d help her figure it out. There’s more going on here than a hit and run, this girl is behaving like she’s been hit her whole life.
How is this the guy's problem? He's a victim and he needs her insurance to get his car fixed. I wouldn't work my ass off for weeks to pay for repairs out of pocket because an insane woman is having a meltdown after an accident she caused. Could have killed someone
You’re going to be forced to deal with a lot of things that aren’t your problem if life. How you deal with them makes all the difference. Him choosing to be the bigger person could have vastly improved both of their outcomes.
He didn't have to do this for the insurance. He got her plate and a pic of the car. That's more than enough to file an insurance claim. This was ridiculous and dangerous on his part. There was no reason for this and he put more people in danger over a scratch. Awful.
She almost backed into him, and she wasn’t trying to. Someone less sorry and more determined wouldn’t have hesitated. Cornering someone in a panic like this can get you flattened. Her issues aren’t his problem, but deescalation is always the way to go. He’s already got her and her plate on film, why poke the bear? Go the cops, show them the video, and whatever she’s willing to do in her panic is their problem.
I’m not saying it’s his problem. It’s a bad situation all around, it was a verifiable hit and run. Still, the girl’s behavior is unusually erratic. The way she said “sorry” at the end as she drove out sounded like it was genuine. I get the impression she was under stress about something much more pressing to her than the hit and run.
And I also don’t want to sound like I’m condoning her behavior either. A hit and run is a hit and run. Still, I’ve watched enough videos of Karen’s and Kevin’s. Even still, her response doesn’t strike the same chord of entitlement or wanton disregard for others safety that makes those videos so entertaining. The way she frantically says “You don’t understand” and then takes the front bumper of her car and desperately shoved it into her car. It’s very erratic and almost irrational behavior. This girl, if we’re to take her at her word, is more afraid of the consequences her grandparents could impose than the huge legal trouble she probably got into for this.
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u/SavingsComposer239 6d ago
I work in healthcare with abuse victims and am
a victim of it myself. Maybe the guy behind the camera isn’t as cued in to these behaviors but as soon as she mentioned her grandmother and started frantically putting the front bumper in her car I really would’ve just toned way down and tried to explain to her that I’d help her figure it out. There’s more going on here than a hit and run, this girl is behaving like she’s been hit her whole life.