That Extra 30 Seconds
The wife and I were having dinner in Hawaii one night on vacation. As we were getting up to leave, I noticed she hadn’t finished her drink. I told her she should finish the thing since we paid some ridiculous price for it.
Fast forward 30 seconds and we leave the restaurant and are walking the 3 blocks back to the hotel. About 50 feet in front of us as we’re walking (were walking down the sidewalk on the left side of the road), a car comes flying out of a side street from the right and crosses through the street, hops the sidewalk in front of us, and smashes into a wall.
If she hadn’t finished her drink, we would have been smoked by the car and most likely squished between the car and the wall. We always finish our drinks now.
Story credit: Reddit / mikevankempen