Explains our submitter in North Carolina: ”My friend walked out to the parking lot to find a big dent and a sticky note on her car, which still had some writing on it from her recent birthday.” And while the driver didn’t just dent-and-dash, the fact that he or she didn’t bother to leave a name/plate/policy number — just an entirely unnecessary postscript — made the whole situation a less-than-satisfying belated birthday surprise.
![Sorry I hit your car, you can call my insurance and sort it out [phone number redacted]. P.S. You should clean this writing off your fucking car.](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/5983079626_288db38be8_o.jpg "Sorry I hit your car, you can call my insurance and sort it out [phone number redacted]. P.S. You should clean this writing off your fucking car.")
related: I dinged your car, but you kind of deserved it.
42 responses so far ↓
#1
Meredith
So, how is the insurance company going to “sort it out” if they don’t even know which client to bill? You can’t just randomly call Allstate or whatever and say, “Yeah, so someone hit my car, and they left me a scrap of paper with your number on it. Fix it.”
Jul 27, 2011 at 9:13 pm rating: 90
#2
sammi
Omg whoever wrote that note is the ultimate douchebag!
Jul 27, 2011 at 9:15 pm rating: 90
#3
wonderman
“p.s. you should wipe your ass more often too”
Jul 27, 2011 at 9:15 pm rating: 90
#4
Lindsey
I chose to believe that the only reason this note would need a PS is if the denter was too busy reading the other car to pay attention driving.
Jul 27, 2011 at 9:25 pm rating: 90
#5
Quite Contrary
PS to your PS: You shouldn’t have hit my fucking car in the first place!
Jul 27, 2011 at 9:47 pm rating: 90
#6
Kay
No plate #. I don’t think there is room for a policy #. It is an old ploy in the world of sleazebags to write a note of no real value after you have hit someone’s car if someone is watching. So you get out of your car, appear to be concerned, and appear as though you have to get somewhere soon. So you scribble some drivel and put it on the victim’s wind shield so that those within sight believe you did the right thing and don’t report your license plate to anyone. Not condoning the action, just reporting.
Did someone say douche bag?
Jul 27, 2011 at 10:32 pm rating: 90
#7
Get on your bikes and ride
What an idiot. Really? If you’re going to bother to stand there and try and think up some useless drivel to write that you don’t really mean to make yourself look good for someone watching you that you don’t know, why not make it fun while your at it? Forget the pointless note and draw a three legged flaming unicorn with a lyric from your favorite death metal band under it , maybe blended with a quote from your favorite movie. It could even become your trademark signature for when you ding cars and feel unreasonably compelled to appear ethical without even comprehending the meaning of the word. But then of course you wouldn’t get to be posted in PAN. *Sighs* Life is full of conundrums.
Jul 28, 2011 at 12:44 am rating: 90
#8
Canthz_B
Brilliant!! In these days with cameras everywhere, pretending to leave a legitimate note is absolutely nearly almost the right thing to do.
Jul 28, 2011 at 2:36 am rating: 90
#9
Black Bellamy
There IS a phone number on that note, for all you “fake note” commenters. If you’re going to leave a fake note, why leave a fake number too?
Jul 28, 2011 at 10:06 am rating: 90
#10
aaa
This reminds me of an old coworker of mine from a few years back. Evidently he ran into a parked car and didn’t think he should have to pay for the damages “since it was a piece of crap”. He didn’t seem to understand that nobody wants their car crapped up, even when he was asked “Would you want somebody pulling a dent and dash on your car because they thought it was a piece of shit?” “But it’s my car, they should pay for it!” He wasn’t the sharpest pencil in the box.
He also somehow ended up without a car, I can’t remember if it got totaled, repoed, or impounded (and I think his license was suspended around the same time, too) not too long after that and decided that would be the perfect time to buy some fancy new rims for his non-existent car. Our guess was that he took his bitchin rims with him when he rode the bus. Just because you don’t have a car, that doesn’t mean you can’t travel in style.
Jul 28, 2011 at 11:09 am rating: 90
#11
wonderman
That story doesn’t make much sense. A complete stranger did this with no explanation?
Jul 28, 2011 at 12:02 pm rating: 91
#12
it's naptime
He could have just scraped a “wash me” into the leftover birthday writing.
Hitting her car to give him the excuse to leave a “wash me” note taped to it seems excessive.
Jul 28, 2011 at 2:45 pm rating: 91
#13
Crustacular
Clumber’s story instantly reminded me of the scene in The Big Lebowski when Walter smashes the wrong car. classic
Jul 28, 2011 at 11:29 pm rating: 90
#14
dabearkat
The capper? The blocked-out part reads (555) INS-URED
Jul 29, 2011 at 12:22 am rating: 90
#15
Chesire Cat
I don’t think cops care about bash and dashes honestly. Hell someone hit a little old lady in her c car causing her to run into my husband’s car. The driver drove off immediately. My husband and the old lady got the liscense plate number. The cops came and took their statements and they gave them the liscense plate number.
I called the police several times to ask if anything was done to the hit and runner and nothing was ever done to him as far as we know. I assume if charges were brought we would get some notice or my husband would have to go to court to be a witness. Nothing happened. We never got compensation for it. It was just a small bump so it did not do much damage so we did not file a claim. The old lady’s car was much worse.
So I tend to lose faith in justice when it comes to automobile accidents of any kind. In my state we have a no fault law and often times even if it a blatantly someone else’s fault the cops just no fault it so they don’t have to gather evidence or do police work and then you get stuck with the bills even if it was not your fault.
Jul 31, 2011 at 12:49 pm rating: 90
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