S.O.S. (sick of shysters!)

Ever feel like you want somebody to stop the world and let you get off? I've been feeling it a lot the past few weeks. It's just one thing after another out there.

The latest... Duller had a little accidental meeting with a truck early last month. The truck was in front of him in the left turn lane at a red light. Light changed, truck started moving, Duller glanced rightwardly to make sure no eejit was running the red... next thing he knew, their bumpers kissed. At first, he wondered how on earth... Finally, it became apparent that the guy in the truck must have rolled back a bit. The other driver insisted on a report, so the police officer came and determined no one was at fault and there were no injuries. The truck had NO damage, as he had a trailer hitch for which Duller's tiny little car was no match. Duller's bumper had a little wrinkle, but no biggie.

OK, so here we are nearly 6 weeks later and our insurance company informs us he is filing a claim for $1600 in damages!!! Say what?!

Backing up just a bit, he owns, or works, for a body shop. His wife, who was a passenger, after saying no one was hurt made a feeble attempt at the old, 'well, my neck kinda hurts...' She said no more about that and they told the officer no one was injured. Oh, and get this, she works for an insurance agency.

Now here is what we think must have happened. This guy has somehow damaged his truck in the past few weeks and doesn't want to pay for the repairs. Hey, I know, we can file an insurance claim and get some other sucker to foot the bill. The really sad part is how eager OUR insurance company seems to be to hand over the money.

NEXT... I was right happy to get an emaill from Amazon today telling me they were giving me $5 credit because I bought a magazine from them in the past. Then I remembered... Once before, I had a GC and as soon as I logged in, the price on the item I wanted got higher. I signed out and, VIOLA!, the price went back down. Sure enough, I looked at my history and the items I've been viewing lately are all $5 more than yesterday. >:\

One last thing... Has anyone else been noticing a lot of little niggling things going wrong lately? Nothing earth-shattering, but one right after another. We keep thinking there's a tea kettle and we're the frogs. Nobody really notices, coz it's all trivialities. I'm just sayin...

Hey, just coz I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.