“Helluva Way to Wake Up, positive edition”

photo by Dissolved Into Shadows

“Dear PoPville,

I walked up to the 7-11 on 19th and Wyoming in Adams Morgan Wednesday morning, to get milk for coffee.

My car happened to be parked on 19th and Wyoming. As I headed back home I noticed a piece of paper under one of my windshield wipers.

Remarkably it survived the previous nights deluge.

It was a note from a DC resident, with his name and phone number, explaining that he accidentally pinched my car’s fender, while trying to navigate a pretty narrow street with a school bus heading in the other direction.

The damage was fairly minimal. And if the car were older I would let the honest citizen off the hook entirely.

I didn’t text him until Thursday, because I was investigating low-dollar repair options to reward his honesty.

But when my own insurance provider wouldn’t respond and private body shops were telling me 3-4 weeks back up I decided it was fair play to contact him.

And when I did he was apologetic and had already filed a claim with Geico.

I used the claim number to schedule a repair appointment for Monday morning, complete with a rental car.

There are good people in our midst.”