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Just realized my apology to my brother was about the wrong thing entirely
When I was 16, my brother let me borrow his car and I scraped the side against a pole in the parking lot of a grocery store on 5th street. I apologized over and over for the car damage, but I never said sorry for not listening when he told me to park further away. The dent cost $400 to fix, but the real issue was that he trusted me and I blew it off. I still think about that conversation 10 years later... has anyone else realized they apologized for the wrong part of a mistake?
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the_simon25d ago
5th Street parking lot dents hit different. Fix the trust, not just the car.
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ryan_shah3825d ago
Yeah I read something about how the city's been patching that lot with cold mix asphalt and it just crumbles after a week. Heard the trust thing before too @the_simon, feels like they're just filling holes instead of fixing why they keep showing up.
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avery_ross25d ago
Ngl, this one really got me. It's not just about a pothole or a dent in your bumper, it's that feeling of being let down over and over again. Like when you bring your car in for the same issue three times and they just shrug at you. You want to believe the city actually cares, but when they patch the same spots with the same cheap material, it's hard to feel anything but ignored. Tbh, that kind of thing wears you down more than any cracked rim ever could. Just sucks knowing your tax money goes to half-baked fixes that barely last a month.
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