The Rock Is So Famous He Can Knock A Guy's Car Mirror Off And The Guy Will Laugh And Pay For It Himself
The Rock – Here’s a fun story to start your week off… I’m driving to set in my pick up truck – music blasting – I’m singing away like I’m having a one man party in my truck – then I hear a loud BANG. What the hell..? Look in my rear view and see I sideswiped another pick up that was parked in the street and destroyed the side mirror. First thing I thought was, “Aw shit.. someone’s not gonna be happy..”. I flipped a U-turn and drove back to scene. Just as I got out of my truck a guy was walking across the street to his truck. I said “Sir, is this your truck?”. He stopped and stared at me for a good 5 seconds, looked around his neighborhood, looked back at me and “Yes it is. Why?”. I said “Well, sorry to tell ya I sideswiped it and knocked the hell outta your mirror and may have done even more damage. You give me your info and I’ll leave you mine and I’ll take care of everything”. He stared at me again, cocked his head sideways and said..”Uhhh.. Are you The Rock?”. I said “Yup”. He broke out into a huge smile and said “Wow, this is gonna be an awesome story!”. I started belly laughing at that, then he started laughing and before you know it we’re both standing in the middle of the street pointing to his mirror and laughing like two ol’ crazy buddies. I checked back in with him a few days later and he refused to accept any money and said he fixed the damage himself. Want to thank Mr. Audie Bridges of Wakefield, Mass. for being so cool about the whole thing. Life is funny cause you never know who you’re gonna run into… and sure as hell never know who’s truck you’re gonna sideswipe while driving to work.
This is obviously a cute story and all but what I’m more blown away by is how awesome it must be to be The Rock in this scenario. You’re driving and not paying attention, you knock some dude’s mirror off and try to do the right thing and give him your insurance but the sheer magnitude of meeting you is enough for the guy to go “Ah screw it, let’s call it even.” Even if it’s a basic car mirror, that’s some guy thinking the act of being in your presence alone was worth a few hundred dollars. There’s just no price you can put on that (besides the couple hundred dollars). When people are willing to blindly look the other way at you screwing things up, that’s how you know you’ve truly made it.
That said, I’m not ruling out based solely upon size differential and the appearance of terror in this slender man’s eyes that he may have punked out and was just saying whatever he could to get out of the situation. “Hey thanks Mr. T, no it’s cool, I’ll pay for this one myself or just drive without a mirror forever but no sir no problems at all with the situation, no need to come back.” Can’t say I’d blame him.