A blind person walked into my car today.
Was it my fault? Eh, maybe.
I was doing some freelance for Aaron downtown. I had to be at the Convention Complex at 7:30 to do some run-throughs. The day before it took me 30 minutes, and that was in heavier morning rush hour traffic, so I figured the same amount of time should be fine for this earlier drive.
As I reached the parking garage I used the day before, I noticed two guys directing traffic. What I failed to notice was a large FULL sign. They were only letting people with a monthly pass in. I swear a guy ahead of me went the regular "push button for ticket" lane.
I still hadn't noticed the FULL at this point. I pushed the button. Nothing happened. I notice the big neon FULL sign. Uh oh.
I realize my mistake and start to back up. The guys directing traffic- ah, makes sense now!- do a good job of making space for me to get out of there. I feel stupid, but feel like I'll be out of there in a second.
Just then I notice, coming toward me down the sidewalk, a guy with dark glasses and the white cane with red tip. Double Uh oh.
I'm half way across the sidewalk, car in reverse. I know I can't do anything but just sit there and wait for him to hit me.
As his stick hits my car, he "jumps" and is startled. I put the car in gear, pull forward, and he continues on his way.
I feel bad for the guy...
...but wait a sec. What about the two guys directing traffic?? Why did he tell me to come backwards with this guy coming right toward me? I'm not taking full credit for this one...
I ended up driving five blocks down and finding another garage. I parked, made my way through the maze-like Skywalk system (I think they need a few more helpful signs, although the maps they have are pretty decent- maybe I should have just brought a compass) and ended up being about five minutes late. I probably should have realized that all thousand people at the event we were covering would probably want to park in that garage. D'oh!
Maybe I need to install one of those reverse BEEP BEEP BEEP things on my car. I think that would help. Maybe it can just beep all the time. That would solve a lot of problems. That, and a big sign that says "USE YOUR TURN SIGNAL."
A lot of people around here need that one....
Posted by alangage at November 30, 2005 06:04 PM
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