How honest are you in this situation?

You are pulling out of the parking lot in a shopping centre or movie theatre and you accidently bump another parked car, you get out survey the scene and notice you've left a visible dent impressed upon the other car....do you write a note explaining the occurence and leave your phone number...or do you drive off before someone notices your dilemma?





Personally, and I'm very cynical but I'd leave a note stating "You can thank me now, or later, for leaving your sad vehicle with a little more character."

How honest are you in this situation?
I would be VERY tempted to just leave it and go away, but i know that i will feel guilty and won't be able to rest, so i will contact the owners,Afterall, why should they have a bad day just because you've had an unlucky one?





Lessons to be learnt?


Be more careful next time
Reply:Not to brag, but I was 17 when I bumped into a car, and I contacted the owners. I remember thinking how very P***ED I would be if someone hit my car and just left. So, I walked in to the restaurant and found the manager. He then made an announcement, and the couple came over. It all worked out in the end for us.
Reply:Once I came out of a grocery store. When I went to open the trunk of my car to put the groceries in I saw severe damage to the bumper and a broken tail light.


A note on my windshield said:


"I regret I just backed into your car and damaged it. The crowd that has gathered thinks I am writing my name and address on this paper but I'm not. Sorry."
Reply:Note-period
Reply:I slid into a car on the ice one time, it was very early in the morning (3am)...I honked and waited, finally a guy came out and I explained the situation to him, he told me that the guy I hit was in Miami on vacation and he would tell him what happened. I left my phone number and insurance information. That was 3 years ago and I'm still waiting to hear from the dude. Honesty pays...sometimes.
Reply:ouch!
Reply:If it was me, If there was but only place the person can be, I would go ahead and call out who drives a car with such and such license plate, then I would take them to the side and tell them I am sorry,but I accidently hit their car.


I'f I'm in a hurry for like a meeting or whatever, I would put down my name and phone number, wouldn't give too much 411, for they could be psycho and I would also call the police at my earliest convenience.
Reply:I would leave a note with my number and an apology. "Do unto others as you would have them do to you".
Reply:In your small "cynical" note did you leave your name, address, and phone number? Now imagine if that was your car that got a dent in it when you got out the store.
Reply:i would leave a note even if i would have the sense to want to leave it would be the right thing to leave a note. but i think that leaving your # is a important thing and ppl appericiate it even though you messed up thier car for being honest
Reply:someone left me a note once, so i'd definitely return the favor. (what comes around, goes around)
Reply:I'd leave a note under the wiper and hope that the wind would blow it away or that the rain would make the ink run and render it unreadable!
Reply:no i wouldnt,andi will tell you why,not that it isnt the right thing to do,but i have had my cars in the past banged and dented up plenty of times and pay back is a mother------!i wouldnt go and do it on purpose,but i wouldnt lose any sleep over it when and if it happens!
Reply:i would probably drive away
Reply:I like your note. But I would go with "The large dent in your fender scratched my door. I demand satisfaction and will seek revenge on you and your descendants. Have a Nice Day."
Reply:My truck has so many dings, I have renamed it a pinata! If someone left a ding just to the body, Oh well...BUt if it effects the performance of the truck, then we will have issues...I have had some pretty bad ones, one about a month after getting my truck...This was a hit and run in the parkin lot at a restraunt...I was so annoyed for so long, and eventually realized that there was no real damage except for the cosmetic portion of the truck(really bad scratch, scrape, and paint removal...) But it was more of the "How could someone do that and just leave?" I have a really bad concience, and have to leave a note, or even wait for the owner... I have learned, most peopkle appreciate the notice, rather than finding the surprise...Even a simple sorry in everyday life helps mello people that are frastrated by our actions, I have seen this in action.
Reply:I just put myself in the shoes of the person I just hit, so I would leave a note.


Mind you a friend hit a parked car and had a lot of witnesses...so he left a note saying tough luck sucker...
Reply:Thanks for the laughs (and the 2 points).





I would drive away if no one was around...
Reply:yeah, i'd leave a note.