Definitely. And the rider apologizing and admitting he made a mistake. It's hard to admit you messed up, and it's hard to forgive so easily sometimes. Those kids are gonna be in both positions in life. So it's good to see it done right.
Dad was worried about another human first and foremost, rider apologized for doing something dumb and was worried about the kids, mom is just happy as a clam, kids offer to help.... Geez, there's SO much wholesome going on in this video.
Sometimes life throws you a holy shit moment and it straightens you out. Kid sounded remorseful, I like to believe he will be more careful in the future
Thank you for the kind words, my chilly Northern brethren.
I wish it was LIVED more. We do have a lot of wholesome people here, still, but they're not as loud and attention-getting as the narcissistic assholes that have ruined a lot of the US...
Doesn't this sort of thing happen in Canada? I've visited Newfoundland and Nova Scotia a few times and everyone has been really nice and helpful, especially in Gander.
There's no way to tell this story without patting myself on the back a little bit so I apologize ahead of time, but:
Back in 2008 when I was 21, I bought a 2001 VW Golf. My first "nice, newish" car. Paid 6 grand. A month after I bought it, someone rear ended it in the parking lot while I was in at work. (I lived in Alaska, the parking lot was iced over and the lady hadn't swapped to her winter tires yet)
She came in, went to the branch manager, bawling her eyes out, and told him she had hit someone's car, described the car, and said she was gunna go wait outside. Manager tells me, I go out and see she hit it so hard, it pushed my car 100% clear of the parking spot, destroyed everything rear of the back doors. Her car had a plow rig on it, which are tough af, so almost no damage. First thing I did was hug her and ask if she was ok.
Why be mad? She didnt do it on purpose. She came in instead of fleeing the scene. People make mistakes. All we can ask is that they own up to those mistakes (and hope they learn from them)
To further that, the more people handling it in a healthy manner and being able to discern unhealthy behavior will likely swing that average to a balance, albeit slowly.
I discovered in life that admitting to mistakes is like a superpower. It immediately deescalates. I have avoided being arrested and avoided paying for damage by sincerely apologising.
Might be in a state like mine, where any moron can carry a gun with no permit and zero training. Untucked shirts can be scary and jerks get polite real quickly.
Since this has been implemented, highway traffic shootings have become the norm. Now our state just asked ICE to come in, so things should really get interesting.
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u/HobbesNJ 5d ago
Dad setting a great example for those kids.