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TomB: [ What are the odds? ] , Sunday, July 08, 2012 @ 10:28 AM

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I am a : Roofer

Yesterday, while awaiting to make a left turn off of a rural highway, a local roofing company truck, plowed into the back of our family sedan, containing my wife and two of our youngest children.

The driver made no attempts to express any concern for the people he had just slammed into at 35mph He simply remained at his vehicle....In fact; He LAUGHED, when my wife asked him WTH? (He may not speak English). Some bystanders came to my wife's aid, thank God. Called 911/etc.

Fotunately, the kids walked away, seemingly only bruised-up a bit....The wife's unsure...Not feeling so hot this AM.

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twill59: [ RE: What are the odds? ] , Sunday, July 08, 2012 @ 10:42 AM

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Did he have a drivers license?

TomB: [ RE: What are the odds? ] , Sunday, July 08, 2012 @ 10:58 AM

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Don't know.....Have to wait till next Wednesday to get police report.

tico: [ RE: What are the odds? ] , Sunday, July 08, 2012 @ 12:43 PM

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Run that company owner down through there.

Rockydog: [ RE: What are the odds? ] , Sunday, July 08, 2012 @ 2:40 PM

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Tom, my prayers are with you, your wife and family. I hope nothing serious comes of it and hopefully the other vehicle had insurance.

Roofguy: [ RE: What are the odds? ] , Sunday, July 08, 2012 @ 7:08 PM

Had he laughed at my wife after doing this, he'd be trying to pass tooth fragments tomorrow.

www.adamsrooftech.com

wywoody: [ RE: What are the odds? ] , Sunday, July 08, 2012 @ 7:23 PM

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That's too bad, Tom. What kind of terms are you on with the owner of the other roofing company?

I wouldn't let the laugh neccessarily mean too much. If I confront a Hispanic worker about doing something to my work like nailing through my flashing or walking on my tile, they always seem to respond with a sheepish laugh. I think it's a cultural thing actually meant to avoid confrontation.

If it was a "Ha Ha look how mad that gringo lady is" laugh, then it's different.

A couple of years back, I was at a party and asked a lady there about the two spots her hood was smashed in on her car. She told me she was behind one of my competitors roofing truck on a hill and it rolled back into her hood when it took off and she had to chase it down.

tico: [ RE: What are the odds? ] , Sunday, July 08, 2012 @ 8:06 PM

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Congratulations Woody, you've got the only legal workers in the states.

TomB: [ RE: What are the odds? ] , Sunday, July 08, 2012 @ 8:36 PM

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"Terms?"....Has no bearing. The responsible party is going to compensate for the car and any losses incurreed; Period.

I know what you mean with the smile....I do that myself; They say it's a defense mechanism of sorts....An actual laugh however, that's completely different.....Not a cultural thing.....Could be cultural, if the selfish/crimminal mindset is a culture.

twill59: [ RE: What are the odds? ] , Sunday, July 08, 2012 @ 8:42 PM

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Sometimes I respond with a stupid smile/ laugh ......before I fully comprehend something. No rhyme or reason to it.

tico: [ RE: What are the odds? ] , Monday, July 09, 2012 @ 8:57 AM

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Exactly, no rhyme/reason.
That's A load of crap. They have emotions. I sometimes, when I see A passel of 'e on A roof, I'll park up the block, then walk over and holler MIGRA' MIGRA'! Which to them is immigration.
Try it some time. It's A hoot.
Down here in sunny south Florida they are refered to as "walking ATM's by the local criminal element. They say, "it's the fastest 1000 do.lar withdrawl around".
I call it thieves robbing criminals.

wywoody: [ RE: What are the odds? ] , Monday, July 09, 2012 @ 9:30 AM

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I've told this story on here before, but this reminds me of it.

Some years back I was doing a reroof for a Korean couple. She was a pharmacist and very fluent with English and who I mostly dealt with. Her husband was a Korean church pastor with such a heavy accent that it took time to decypher whatever he said.

Since he was around most of the time, when he spoke to us, we would mostly grin, nod and say "yeah". On the last day on the house I was working solo to finish some details and he offered to buy me lunch. When we were walking in the restaraunt parking lot, he said something and I did my grin, nod "yeah" routine and surprisingly he started to hug me. It was just as he started to embrace me that I processed what he had said. "I saw you work alone and think you look lonely. Are you lonely?"