On 2026-06-27 4:40 p.m., songbird wrote:
Dave Smith wrote:
One of them had a cart and was facing me
and her friend was facing away from me. I stopped and waited patiently.
My cart was about a foot and half behind her. I was in no hurry and
didn't bother saying anything to get them to move. All of a sudden, the
woman spun around and took a fast step in my direction. Just one really
fast step and she whacked her hip on my cart.
sometimes people do things like that intending to file a
complaint with the store to sue for medical expenses or
damages. i would have noted the incident with the manager
of the store to make sure to keep any tapes from the
cameras just in case it ever comes up in court.
I had considered that but figured this was a big booboo on her part. It wasn't like she fell down and carried on at the time but I saw and heard
the contact and figured it must have really hurt, but after saying Sorry
to me she turned and went the other way.
If there is surveillance video it should show pretty clearly that I was
not that close to her and and was just standing there with the cart in
front of me, and that she had just spun around and took a quick step... crash.
That's why I have a dash cam. I used to see a lot of fake accident
crashes on FaceBook and I came to understand why they are so popular
over there. The one time I really needed one was when I hit a deer. The audio would have caught our conversation over the last minute or so
before the impact. My wife reminded my that the speed limit on that road
had recently dropped to 50 kph and she looked over and saw that was what
I was doing and she commented on how easy it is to keep my car at 50kph, unlike most cars. She also reminded me that, being just past sundown, to watch out for deer on that road. And then all of a sudden the deer came running across the road right in front of me. Wouldn't you know there turned out to be a problem with my memory card and it had not been
recorded.
... similar to how some people will intentionally run
their cars into others expecting insurance companies to
pay them off.
There was a tragic loss in an apparent crash scam near year a few years
ago. A family had spent the day in Niagara Falls and was heading back to
the Toronto area. A truck ran into the back of the car and the adults
were all unhurt but a 5 year old child was killed.
The pieces of the puzzle started fitting together. It had been a last
hurrah for several of the passengers who had been taken to see the falls
for their last day in Canada because they were being deported back to Hungary the next day. Aside from the possible insurance scam, the
deportees would probably need to stay as witnesses. They were all Romas trying to get asylum here. The driver of the car was charged and
convicted but the poor truck driver is left with the guilt of having
been in a crash that killed a 5 year old child.
Dave Smith wrote:
I made my monthly Costco run this morning and what a zoo it was. The
parking lot was packed but I lucked out and got a space near the door
because someone pulled out just as I was coming along. I headed first to
the cheese department and picked up a some blue cheese and Brie and then
went to the next aisle to look for the Emmental but the aisle was
blocked, mainly by two women. One of them had a cart and was facing me
and her friend was facing away from me. I stopped and waited patiently.
My cart was about a foot and half behind her. I was in no hurry and
didn't bother saying anything to get them to move. All of a sudden, the
woman spun around and took a fast step in my direction. Just one really
fast step and she whacked her hip on my cart.
sometimes people do things like that intending to file a
complaint with the store to sue for medical expenses or
damages. i would have noted the incident with the manager
of the store to make sure to keep any tapes from the
cameras just in case it ever comes up in court.
... similar to how some people will intentionally run
their cars into others expecting insurance companies to
pay them off.
songbird
On 6/27/2026 4:40 PM, songbird wrote:
... similar to how some people will intentionally run
their cars into others expecting insurance companies to
pay them off.
songbird
Sad but true, songbird. I worked for a company that handled liability claims processing for large companies. There was an instance where a
woman slipped and fell in a store; it was caught on the security
cameras. She might have had a legit claim... except she looked around
and saw she was the only person in that aisle. No witnesses. So she
got up, went to an aisle where there were other people and "slipped and fell" again. Claim denied.
Sad but true, songbird. I worked for a company that handled liability >claims processing for large companies. There was an instance where a
woman slipped and fell in a store; it was caught on the security
cameras. She might have had a legit claim... except she looked around
and saw she was the only person in that aisle. No witnesses. So she
got up, went to an aisle where there were other people and "slipped and >fell" again. Claim denied.
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