My Random Act Of Neighborly Resolve, Assistance & Kindness...

bridgit

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Fri Apr-13-07 10:10 PM
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My Random Act Of Neighborly Resolve, Assistance & Kindness...

So we were sitting round last night just before shutting everything down, and we hear this crash. I know many of you know 'the one', the one with the sickening sort of crunching, scraping steel & thudding with just a hint of skidding rubber? Yeah, that one, but then we hear this "Varooom!" and another crashing sound though into some other stuff :shrug: like a building. The first one shook our building. Real quick and then it was over...then silence. Strange nothing silence;

We both looked at each other and almost mouthed the words in unison, "What the fuck was that!?"

When we went out there; there was our neighbor; a pleasant, young Chinese woman that's always hitting on hubby, looking him up & down and says she likes Nicolas Cage and what-have-you hard edged but a very sweet girl; that had recently bought herself her very first car not long ago: a swell, new, fire engine red Acura 3.0 -- sweet!

Cept here she is and she is completely drunk smelling like a distillery...a whiskey distillery, in the middle of the alley all askew with the people that live in the high six figure condos behind us all yelling at her to do this and do that...to which she is not responding just sitting behind the wheel crying, it was sad and so...

I took charge on her behalf, persuaded her out of the car, pulled her off to the side, and explained to her in very low tones while fanning the fumes from my eyes that these people that were badgering her were not her friends, and that she needed to stop talking about alcohol, be still & silent for a time, and begin to gather her effects i.e. proof of insur & regis cause the cops would be coming. She began to sob,

"Am I going to go to jail!?!"

"Not if we do things my way, Deary. :)"

So then she began to listen, carefully. And though while still crying, shaking, and was clearly distraught; she began to calm down as well...somehow.

She was trying to back into her parking space off the alley, under the deck, and into our building, when she misjudged something or other and crashed into another neighbor of ours car (a tidy little mess unto itself x() and in that process bashed the steel post that supports the balcony and deck above, shaking our building. But when she realized that much, she, apparently, stomped on the accelerator and raced across the alley and into the mui expensive condo on the other side, Oi!. Not good. Cause those guys think their shit does not stink.

I had to call the property owner; a very sweet, caring gay man the most lovely and agreeable property owner I have ever dealt with, and notify him...he came right over, And by the time he arrived, I as in the center of it all placating 'the condo association' explaining to them firmly that they likely have property insurance and the little chip in their concrete step could be fixed quite easily; while exhibiting my knowledge of mechanics & auto/body works, comforting our Asian Sister, and dealing with 'the cops' which was herself a lesbian community service officer...how do I know this? Cause I have an association with her previous that's how.

The community service officer was very helpful taking great & kind pities on our drunken girl, and was glad sissy had all her paperwork in order before she arrived. Our excellent, most wonderful property owner was glad to see the event managed well and all parties dealt with, and thanked me profusely for 'being there' and dealing with everything (he reaffirmed we are to be the next into one of his house as soon as it opens up in some 2-3 months, 3x the space garage, backyard yada-yada, but that's not why I did any of it...though it was good to hear I suppose; he's such a sweet man regardless :hug:).

hubby affectionately calls her: Dragon Lady, but the matter of alcohol never came up within the atmosphere of decorum thank you. And the only thing left to do was put a note on neighbor #1's car, collect our Asian Sister, and trundle off to bed ostensibly.

I just seen her out back, she still looked a bit haggard, her car is still parked askew in her slip; but she threw her arms around me thanking me for being such a good friend...I just love her. It's all about the love you know.

That and keeping the sticky parts of personal lives from the authorities :scared: