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  1. 04-15-2015, 09:44 PM #1
    Robert Martellaro
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    Drive-through optical

    ​I moved my office upstairs just in time, although the receptionist at Edward Jones had to take the next day off due to nerves.

    The driver veered onto the sidewalk, missing another car that was t-boned while making a u-turn. I heard the metallic crash, a long, agonizing, five seconds of bumpers and fenders scraping the pavement as they found their final resting places, finishing with a solid thud that I could feel when the car pictured below met my old storefront entrance.

    This driver was disabled, and had her service dog in the vehicle. Fortunately, no serious injuries that I'm aware of.
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  2. 04-15-2015, 10:01 PM #2
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    Good for you. Bad for Edward jones. A few years ago I sold one of my stores and two months later a pipe busted and flooded the whole place. I sold it just in time.
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  3. 04-16-2015, 07:13 AM #3
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    Robert your post reminds me of a sign I once saw :)



    Poor old lady dying in her car while hooligans like Robert are posting selfies ;)
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  4. 04-16-2015, 08:57 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by braheem24 View Post

    Poor old lady dying in her car while hooligans like Robert are posting selfies ;)
    I tried to give her my business card, but I couldn't get past the lawyers and paramedics.
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  5. 04-16-2015, 09:06 AM #5
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    Your move upstairs was timely. Sorry for EJ, but glad your shop is ok.
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  6. 04-22-2015, 05:18 PM #6
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    there is rush of cars crashing in optical lately, 2 in this area, thankfully only tired display units have been the only victims.
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  7. 04-23-2015, 01:19 PM #7
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    Looks like some one wanted badly to get in on the ground floor of an investment!
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    Yeah, we're doing the drive thru thing too

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