What is your best story when you were in a foreign country? (kbin.social)

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It can be anything: Scary, funny, confusing or embarrassing. What happened that stands out most in your mind?

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[-] burliman@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

Was in Ireland a while back and I hit a guy with my rental car. Just a love tap. Nothing serious and no one was hurt. I was pulling out of a lot and it was really hard to see and I was looking for traffic and inching (centimetering?) out. And I look and there’s suddenly a bloke there, getting pushed a little. He smacks the hood of the car and yells something, then waves his hand at me and keeps walking.

In the States that would have been a lawsuit.

[-] z00s@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Centimetering lol

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah litigation is no joke. It's wonderous to see the lengths people go to to get one up over somebody else. I think it has to do with the lack of social security or something.

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