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Sam Starbuck, Private Eye
Sep. 10th, 2016 11:59 pmA couple of months back, a young woman rear-ended my Mum, which was not a serious incident but did damage Mum’s car, and of course these things are always a bit traumatic. The woman gave Mum her phone number but refused to give her any insurance information, suggesting that Mum just send her the bill for the repairs.
Which is bunk, you guys, and in some places illegal, so never fall for this. Even Mum knew better than to fall for it, but she was shaken and worried so she didn’t push the issue, just got the woman’s name and phone number.
When she got home she reported it to her insurance, who tried to contact the young woman, and she (expectedly) did not answer her phone or return any calls. So Mum sent the name and phone number and asked me if I could locate an address for her. Interestingly, this girl is an adult, but young enough that she has never owned or rented property, so it turned out to be easier to (insert long paper trail here but eventually) find her Facebook, and then link from there to her parents’ Facebook, and locate their address. Which I may say I didn’t even need my work resources to do, like, it was all public record.
I sent Mum what I could find, which was the Facebook pages, the home address, and a (very dubious) phone number for her parents that I did tap a work database to find. That was like a month ago, and I never heard any more about it once the car was fixed, so I forgot all about it.
Until today, when Mum texted me to let me know that the insurance agent, using the information I sent, contacted her parents. Turns out her parents own the car and hold the insurance, and they handed over the information promptly. Today a large check arrived from their insurance to cover Mum’s car repairs and medical bills (she needed a little PT, nothing serious).
Intrigued, I checked on the young woman’s Facebook page, which has been totally locked down, and her parents’ Facebook page, where they are very unhappy with certain children of theirs who they raised better than this.
I feel a little bad. She’s a kid and kids make mistakes. But she’s a kid who tried to fuck with my mother, so my sympathy is limited, and the Facebook post about their parental disappointment was a balm to my soul.
Also Mum says she’s sending me a ten percent commission, which will be nice.
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Which is bunk, you guys, and in some places illegal, so never fall for this. Even Mum knew better than to fall for it, but she was shaken and worried so she didn’t push the issue, just got the woman’s name and phone number.
When she got home she reported it to her insurance, who tried to contact the young woman, and she (expectedly) did not answer her phone or return any calls. So Mum sent the name and phone number and asked me if I could locate an address for her. Interestingly, this girl is an adult, but young enough that she has never owned or rented property, so it turned out to be easier to (insert long paper trail here but eventually) find her Facebook, and then link from there to her parents’ Facebook, and locate their address. Which I may say I didn’t even need my work resources to do, like, it was all public record.
I sent Mum what I could find, which was the Facebook pages, the home address, and a (very dubious) phone number for her parents that I did tap a work database to find. That was like a month ago, and I never heard any more about it once the car was fixed, so I forgot all about it.
Until today, when Mum texted me to let me know that the insurance agent, using the information I sent, contacted her parents. Turns out her parents own the car and hold the insurance, and they handed over the information promptly. Today a large check arrived from their insurance to cover Mum’s car repairs and medical bills (she needed a little PT, nothing serious).
Intrigued, I checked on the young woman’s Facebook page, which has been totally locked down, and her parents’ Facebook page, where they are very unhappy with certain children of theirs who they raised better than this.
I feel a little bad. She’s a kid and kids make mistakes. But she’s a kid who tried to fuck with my mother, so my sympathy is limited, and the Facebook post about their parental disappointment was a balm to my soul.
Also Mum says she’s sending me a ten percent commission, which will be nice.
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