Changing lanes...

It was just another drive back to the hotel from office. The bug count was finally getting close to zilch and so we decided to head home early. It was barely a 1km drive back but it turned out to be more eventful than we had bargained for.

It was right before the last crossing to our destination. My colleague who was driving was in the process of changing lanes and trying to make sure of any approaching traffic in his rear view mirror. He looked up and all he had time to say was “Oh, shit!”… and BOOM!


We rammed into the back of a car right in front of us pushing it well over the divider. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt. The lady in front probably got the shock of her life. We were pretty much shook up as well. Both my compatriots came out without a scratch and I ended up with a raspberry lump on my head!

As you can expect every alternate person here in Redmond works for Microsoft and so did the Good Samaritan in the car right behind us. He came to our aid while we were getting out of the car and out of a sense of self preservation making sure that all our corporal extremities were in fact intact.

A prompt call to 911 made sure that we were soon accompanied by the paramedics and little later by the cops. A few more calls to the rental company, a few discussions on Indian food with officer Neese, an hour wait in the cold while things were getting back to order, an unfortunate ride in the ambulance for the lady in the car in front of us (it was merely precautionary) and our ride getting tolled away like war hero effectively signed the day off for all of us.

So just another day in my life and now I stand one lump richer!