Common courtesy
Whether by malicious intent or otherwise, someone took the driver’s side mirror off my car this weekend. I was visiting Becca in Manhattan, and at some point between when I parked and when I went to leave, my car was damaged.
I have a few reasons why I believe it may have been a malicious act. 1) There is no other visible damage to my car, indicating that if it was a sideswipe, it was close enough to hit the mirror but far enough away to miss everything else; 2) The mirror was carefully place on the top of my hood where I would notice it quickly (as if the whole “missing mirror” thing might have escaped my attention); 3) There was no note on my car, which implies a certain “I don’t give a s**t” attitude; and 4) I have a KU parking permit that was prominently displayed on my car, which, depending on the person in question, may be enough to warrant such an act.
However, all of these things don’t necessarily add up to vandalism, and I certainly want to believe that it was a simple accident. But #3 above *really* gets to me. If it truly was an accident, how hard is it to leave a note with your information? This is just simple common courtesy. And if it was intentional, what is the reason? Are there really people out there who need only to know that someone is from a rival school to decide that person is worthy of being vandalized?
So now I am out $100 (my comprehensive deductible), and I will be without a car for two days. I realize that this is a minor annoyance in the grand scheme of things, but I just wish that people would have a bit more respect for one another…
But like my dad says, “wish in one hand…“