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.”