Forgive my bad writing, this is my first post

This happened about a week ago. So I was just casually driving to work as usual, but I was on a call(yes I know, not the safest thing) when all of a sudden I hear a thud on my right side, and am greeted by the sight of the dude who is on my right's side-view mirror half-way torn off.

I look at him in shock as my boss is telling me to hurry up and meet with the client. I work in real estate (this will be semi-important later), so I need to hurry if i want to potentially make a commission.
So without thinking, I peel out going 60 mph/97 kmh and completely tear off his mirror.

And if you think that's the most embarrassing part about it, you'd be wrong. See we were both going in the same direction, but he disappeared from my vision. After all that happened i collect myself and give the potential buyer a tour of several houses (I will not disclose where). When we were finally done and agreed upon a price as we were walking outside, that's when i saw him. He was getting out of his rental and we locked eyes. I was still trying to get my commission so I once again drove away before we could meet.

In the end I got my commission, and before you ask, yes I went back, apologized, and offered to pay for the damage. And even though we had a good ending, I still have this heavy guilt in my stomach.

TL;DR- I wasn't paying attention while driving, sideswiped a guy, met him later, and made an easy situation very awkward.

Comments

shadesofwolves t1_j67tptd wrote on January 28, 2023 at 9:49 AM

#1,548,964

How did you know you were going to see him again?

Also, in some places, leaving the scene of a collision is illegal.

Same as being on your phone while driving.

I mean, how reckless can you actually be?

Fickle-Angle-4651 OP t1_j67u5lr wrote on January 28, 2023 at 9:55 AM

#1,549,015

Replying to shadesofwolves (#1,548,964)

I know what I did was wrong, also I didn't know i was going to see him again. I forgot to mention it but he was going to his house across the street. Another addition is that I wasn't holding my phone, I had it on my car speaker. The reason i was so stressed about getting to my buyer's location was because I was late on bill's and my mind was also focused on paying for things like my paraplegic nephew.

[deleted] t1_j67u7dm wrote on January 28, 2023 at 9:56 AM

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koozy407 t1_j67ub9k wrote on January 28, 2023 at 9:57 AM

#1,549,037

Replying to shadesofwolves (#1,548,964)

Isn’t leaving the scene of an accident illegal everywhere?

shadesofwolves t1_j67ubdg wrote on January 28, 2023 at 9:57 AM

#1,549,038

Replying to Fickle-Angle-4651 (#1,549,015)

Exactly, so you should have stopped and dealt with the collision properly or you may not have had the opportunity and then you've ruined someone else's day for your own selfishness, potentially illegaly.

Whatever is going on in your personal life doesn't change the fact that actions have consequences, you're obviously an adult so you should know better.