RealJorge300
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Sorry I haven't been around....things have been crazy at work, plus at home as well. Was off to El Paso, then our league had a sweeper up in Reno, my son is playing flag football, so just lots going on.
I had this happen to me this morning and I wanted to see if I was overreacting:
As I pulled into the parking lot at work, I found a space and began to back in. I have an slightly older car, no rear-view camera so have to do it all old school with mirrors and looking over my shoulder. I usually leave a space open between me and the last car in line, just for safety and to make sure I don't have to worry about it. So as I was about 3/4 of the way into the space, another car comes in and parks in the space I left open, while I am still backing up. One other thing, we have a strong safety culture at our company. We are supposed to stop working when we see a potentially unsafe situation and correct it before proceeding. So I asked the lady who pulled in next to me like that if she thought that was safe. She got upset with me, basically saying it was my fault for taking to long to back up. Saying I was straight in and should have been done. Needless to say I didn't stand for that and continued to mention the unsafe nature of what she did. Her response was to apologize for offending me?!? I then said that it wasn't about offending me, it was about being safe. Well we went round and round on this for a minute or two longer and then parted ways as I began walking to the building. The entire time she was upset at me for saying something and saying it was my fault.
Was I wrong in my statement? Did I overreact to this? Just need a neutral 3rd Party view from sane individuals, and since I don't know any of those, you guys will have to do.
I had this happen to me this morning and I wanted to see if I was overreacting:
As I pulled into the parking lot at work, I found a space and began to back in. I have an slightly older car, no rear-view camera so have to do it all old school with mirrors and looking over my shoulder. I usually leave a space open between me and the last car in line, just for safety and to make sure I don't have to worry about it. So as I was about 3/4 of the way into the space, another car comes in and parks in the space I left open, while I am still backing up. One other thing, we have a strong safety culture at our company. We are supposed to stop working when we see a potentially unsafe situation and correct it before proceeding. So I asked the lady who pulled in next to me like that if she thought that was safe. She got upset with me, basically saying it was my fault for taking to long to back up. Saying I was straight in and should have been done. Needless to say I didn't stand for that and continued to mention the unsafe nature of what she did. Her response was to apologize for offending me?!? I then said that it wasn't about offending me, it was about being safe. Well we went round and round on this for a minute or two longer and then parted ways as I began walking to the building. The entire time she was upset at me for saying something and saying it was my fault.
Was I wrong in my statement? Did I overreact to this? Just need a neutral 3rd Party view from sane individuals, and since I don't know any of those, you guys will have to do.