Did I overreact?

[got3fords]

My wife and I are sitting in a small town restaurant where parking is literally right out in front of the restaurant's big glass front windows. We happened to be at a table where my Ranger was visible right from our table. (I was admiring it while waiting for our food.) Then we noticed a couple who were slightly older than us approach my truck like it was nothing. Right when the woman reached for the passenger door handle, my left hand instinctively flew up and smacked the window making a loud noise, startling the woman, and making the couple realize they were about to try to get into the wrong truck. They had parked right next to us in 15 or 20 year old Taco. They looked toward us and the guy made a "sorry" gesture and proceeded to their Taco.
My wife was mad saying it was loud and rude to smack the window and scare them. What do you think?

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[Chris M]

You might have overreacted just a bit.
They'd have noticed it wasn't their truck when the doors didn't open.
Or when the key didn't fit in the ignition.
But I understand being protective of your equipment.

 

[bfastr]

I will admit to having tried to get in the wrong car once or twice, only to stand there stabbing my remote thinking, "this stupid car".. and then I realize I am at the wrong car.
it seems the world is full of similar colored cars now. And yes I am guilty of buying a truck that blends in too. my wife walks up to the wrong truck every time we go out

 

[AzScorpion]

Maybe a little but I probably would've done the same thing but sounds like it was an honest mistake. I always park way away from anyone else if possible. Besides he's a Taco owner and no telling what could happen from him touching your Ranger. God forbid it might get slower and start to rust now.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

I've told this before on here but it bears repeating.

I was teaching a class in CA and for lunch I loaded up the students in my white Taurus rental car and went down the street to a local restaurant.

When we were done we all came out and all 5 of us hopped in the car.

I suddenly noticed that the car was full of trash.

It wasn't my white Taurus. Mine was parked 3 spaces over.

At least I noticed it before I tried to start it.

 

[the5Gmartian]

If it would have been your right hand that smacked the glass I would have said no, but your left hand…. You’re a monster

 

[got3fords]

If it would have been your right hand that smacked the glass I would have said no, but your left hand…. You’re a monster

Lol! It was the hand closest to the window.

 

[SteveRanger]

my in-laws have a 2012 Kia Optima, fully loaded. After owning it for a couple weeks my father in law got in the car and got a knock on the window, Guy claimed it was his car and pointed to the next spot where my FIL parked his car, they had the exact same car/trim level. They both had a good laugh, talked about how much they liked the car and went on their way.

I would of done the same thing as you, and my wife would of reacted the same way towards me, lol

 

[KJRR]

My approach would have been different. I wouldn't have smacked the window, I would have set off the alarm and laughed like crazy when they jumped.
Then my wife would have called me an asshole.

 

[Jmarler]

Reminds when I was at the grocery store and I started putting things in someone's elses grocery cart, then I turned around I saw my wife with the cart and she started laughing.

 

[Floyd]

Reminds me of a great story....
My B.I.L. once owned a gray 1952 Buick with a black top.
It was rare old car and probably the only one we had seen like it in many years .
(Until this incident)
He came out of the Piggly Wiggly one day, got in "his Buick" then noticed the clutch pedal was GONE!
He then looked around and noticed that he was in a car which was nearly identical to his (except it was an automatic!

It was parked right next to "his Buick" which was a stick shift!

 

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[Floyd]

and we all know they're all super responsible

Much more so than most car owners!

 

[P. A. Schilke]

My wife and I are sitting in a small town restaurant where parking is literally right out in front of the restaurant's big glass front windows. We happened to be at a table where my Ranger was visible right from our table. (I was admiring it while waiting for our food.) Then we noticed a couple who were slightly older than us approach my truck like it was nothing. Right when the woman reached for the passenger door handle, my left hand instinctively flew up and smacked the window making a loud noise, startling the woman, and making the couple realize they were about to try to get into the wrong truck. They had parked right next to us in 15 or 20 year old Taco. They looked toward us and the guy made a "sorry" gesture and proceeded to their Taco.
My wife was mad saying it was loud and rude to smack the window and scare them. What do you think?

Hi James,

A very minor transgression and your reaction was also minor... This happened so much at Ford with our prototypes as they were all the same color in many cases. When I took the knobs of Ranger Vehicle Engineering, my vehicle coordinator was used to specing the same color...I told her to mix the Rangers colors up...she was completely baffled as she had always just picked white....This made her have to work a bit more...not a perfect solution but it helped. I told the back story of the Econoline that in the morning was a automatic and in the afternoon was a stick...not only the same color, but the keys matched the two different vehicles parked only two slots apart.... Sigh!

best,
Phil

 

[Floyd]

I struggle with that nearly every day!

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