Jogeephus
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Had a truck driver ask if he could park his trailer in my front pasture for a few days and I agreed. A few days turned into a few weeks and I was needing to move some cattle onto the pasture and bumped him up about moving his trailer.
A few days went by and nothing happened but sometime today he came out without calling and picked up the trailer and left the gates leading to the highway open and cows got out on the highway and a woman hit one of my cows with her car. The lady is alright but her child wasn't buckled and was thrown from the vehicle and was life flighted to the University of Florida and is said to be in critical condition and his prognosis doesn't look good.
I called the truck driver and told him all that had happened and asked him WHY ON EARTH DID HE HAD NOT SHUT THE GATE when he knew full well there were cattle in the pastures. I explained to him that I told the state patrol that it was HE that had left the gate open and not me and told him the state patrol wanted to talk with him since he was ultimately at fault since the accident was totally due to his careless negligence.
As you can imagine I was not a happy camper with all this but thankfully the wreck never happened and I rode my lie for a full five minutes or so painting a pretty gory picture before letting him in on the truth of the matter - that the wreck never happened - but it could have. Wonder if anyone learned a lesson - besides me that is.
I've always said, add a person add a problem. I don't know why I keep straying from this rule. Maybe this time I'll learn because it could have been bad.
A few days went by and nothing happened but sometime today he came out without calling and picked up the trailer and left the gates leading to the highway open and cows got out on the highway and a woman hit one of my cows with her car. The lady is alright but her child wasn't buckled and was thrown from the vehicle and was life flighted to the University of Florida and is said to be in critical condition and his prognosis doesn't look good.
I called the truck driver and told him all that had happened and asked him WHY ON EARTH DID HE HAD NOT SHUT THE GATE when he knew full well there were cattle in the pastures. I explained to him that I told the state patrol that it was HE that had left the gate open and not me and told him the state patrol wanted to talk with him since he was ultimately at fault since the accident was totally due to his careless negligence.
As you can imagine I was not a happy camper with all this but thankfully the wreck never happened and I rode my lie for a full five minutes or so painting a pretty gory picture before letting him in on the truth of the matter - that the wreck never happened - but it could have. Wonder if anyone learned a lesson - besides me that is.
I've always said, add a person add a problem. I don't know why I keep straying from this rule. Maybe this time I'll learn because it could have been bad.