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The other day, on my way to work, I stopped off to pick up a coffee. As I’m pulling into the parking spot, I was watching the car in the spot next to mine. It had just pulled in, but the guy was leaning over talking to his son in the passenger seat, and hadn’t opened his door yet. Without looking back to see if someone had pulled in, he reached over and opened his door. He was still looking at his son instead of next to his car. He pushed the door all the way open, and smashed it against my passenger door. He immediately looked over, and mouthed, “Oops!” He then walked into the store.
I got out and went to look at the door. There was a large scratch, a few inches long, on the door. I went inside, where the guy was on line. I said to him, “You know, you just put a pretty big scratch in mt car door.”
He replied, “Yeah, well, you pulled in pretty fast. Sorry anyway.”
We received our orders at about the same time and walked out at the same time. He looked at my door and said, “Oh wow, did I do that?”
I said, “Yes, that was from you.”
He replied, “Sorry again!”, got into his car, and drove off.
This was a man wearing a yarmulka. I won’t say a frum guy, because obviously it didn’t bother him all that much.
I decided not to make a big deal of it. He lives in the community, and has likely been there much longer than me (I’ve only been living here for a couple of years.) He’d claim I pulled in too quickly, and would possibly try to smear my name. For a repair of maybe $200, it’s not worth it.
But still – doesn’t it bother him? Shouldn’t he at least offer to do something to make things right?
He should, but not everyone thinks that way. Unfortunately, people don’t care most of the time unless it is a car accident (Chas Ve’shalom).
You should have asked.
You can still send him a bill. Just ask a shailah how much he owes you, it’s not necessarily the cost of the repair, it might be the devaluation of the car.
if you wanted to be paid, why didn’t you say so? DY +1.
I dont understand why it needs to be made into a big deal, or why he’d need to defend himself or find a desire to smear your name. Perhaps he will right away write you a check, he just didn’t think about it having his son’s discussion on his mind, etc. If you ask for reimbursement and he then denies it or makes excuses, then you can decide how to proceed from there. Til that happens,give him the benefit of the doubt and be dan l’kaf zchus
Wow….judge favorably please
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