Today at work was slightly atypical.The day before I was looking at a collegue's car, let's call him "Charlie". Charlie is divorcing his dear wife. They each had a car they brought into the marriage, and they bought a third car together, a "Sequoua". A couple of weeks ago, Charlie decided to drive off with the Sequoia, since he had paid most of the payments and didn't get to use it. So he drove the Sequoia to work. For some reason, his wife was pissed.She had already gone to a state domestic abuse office and two court hearings to retrieve the car. The answers were "His name is on the title. If you don't stop yelling, I'll have you arrested." "This is not an emergency; it's a car", and "Counseler, I see 3 pleadings, all saying the same thing, but with different captions." She didn't get the car.But about Friday. On Fridays we have bagels, and I was in the kitchen cutting mine, when I heard someone talking about a woman trying to run someone over. All I heard was "She tried to run him over." and"4-Runner". I thought, "Doesn't Charlie's wife drive a 4-Runner?"It turned out that the woman was in fact Charlie's wife, who drovethe 1 1/2 hours in traffic from Maryland to get to the office in Virginia, tried to talk to the people in charge of the firm (if they were there, they would have kicked her out) and found Charlie on the street walking to the office. She drove the car onto the sidewalk trying to run him over.At one point she had the car parked, and struck a parked car on the way out, causing it to move. She stepped out to look at the car she hit when the owner came out, at which point she jumped back into the car and rushed off, swerving across lanes. (The car had a bumper gouge, but was a POS, so there wasn't any real damage.)Meanwhile Charlie was intimidated because he had no idea how this would play out if he tried to do something. He presumed it would be another case of "he said; she said". He was ready to skip work for the day.It turned out there were two witnesses, plus the people in our office. When I called him and told them that the police want a report he was surprised at the sudden change in events. I told him, "You're in Virginia. They do things differently here."When I came back with a camera (to photograph the skidmarks on the curb and sidewalk, and photograph the car), Charlie was giving the police report. They issued a warrant for her arrest on felony assault and misdemenior hit-and-run. They also issued a protective order. She will probably arrange to voluntarily turn herself and arrange bail after she is booked.Other than that, it was a pretty boring day at work.
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"Life with the NTs" (L/NTs) is an attempt at virtual tourism -- for Autistics in an NT world. "NT" is a reference to "neurologically typical", which in the sense of Autistic culture means non-Autistic. (NT can also mean anything neurologically typical, but that's a different issue.)Right now the blog is "under construction".This is a reflection of what it's like living in an NT world and adapting to NT customs.
