Hit and run driver might be my boss. What do I do?
Last week, somebody hit my parked car while I was at work and drove away without leaving a note. This did not happen on company property. (I work downtown, so parking is a public lot). I was really pissed off about it, and my insurance doesn't cover it. Police said they basically couldn't do anything about it.
Today, I saw another car in the lot that had a dent in the rear bumper and green paint around the dent. My car is green, and the location and damage of the dent was more or less consistent with where my car was hit. Figuring this was probably the person who hit my car, I waited in my car for him to show up. I didn't really know what I would do when he showed up, but I planned on yelling at him and showing how angry I was.
After 30 minutes, a woman hopped into the car. I was about to go up to her and give her a piece of my mind, but then I realized that she was my senior manager (my boss's boss). I froze in place not knowing what to do. As she drove away, she smiled and waved at me and I dumbly waved back.
I don't have enough evidence to conclusively prove that she was the one who hit my car, but there's definitely circumstantial evidence to show that it was her. (Or at least her car). How the heck can I approach this situation? I really don't want to go up to her and accuse her of hitting my car. I was thinking about talking to HR or the police, but I have a feeling that she'll learn this was me that reported it, and this will come back to bite me somehow. Is it better to just eat the costs of this car damage to avoid awkwardness and uncomfortabless at work for the foreseeable future?
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Last week, somebody hit my parked car while I was at work and drove away without leaving a note. This did not happen on company property. (I work downtown, so parking is a public lot). I was really pissed off about it, and my insurance doesn't cover it. Police said they basically couldn't do anything about it.
Today, I saw another car in the lot that had a dent in the rear bumper and green paint around the dent. My car is green, and the location and damage of the dent was more or less consistent with where my car was hit. Figuring this was probably the person who hit my car, I waited in my car for him to show up. I didn't really know what I would do when he showed up, but I planned on yelling at him and showing how angry I was.
After 30 minutes, a woman hopped into the car. I was about to go up to her and give her a piece of my mind, but then I realized that she was my senior manager (my boss's boss). I froze in place not knowing what to do. As she drove away, she smiled and waved at me and I dumbly waved back.
I don't have enough evidence to conclusively prove that she was the one who hit my car, but there's definitely circumstantial evidence to show that it was her. (Or at least her car). How the heck can I approach this situation? I really don't want to go up to her and accuse her of hitting my car. I was thinking about talking to HR or the police, but I have a feeling that she'll learn this was me that reported it, and this will come back to bite me somehow. Is it better to just eat the costs of this car damage to avoid awkwardness and uncomfortabless at work for the foreseeable future?
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Last week, somebody hit my parked car while I was at work and drove away without leaving a note. This did not happen on company property. (I work downtown, so parking is a public lot). I was really pissed off about it, and my insurance doesn't cover it. Police said they basically couldn't do anything about it.
Today, I saw another car in the lot that had a dent in the rear bumper and green paint around the dent. My car is green, and the location and damage of the dent was more or less consistent with where my car was hit. Figuring this was probably the person who hit my car, I waited in my car for him to show up. I didn't really know what I would do when he showed up, but I planned on yelling at him and showing how angry I was.
After 30 minutes, a woman hopped into the car. I was about to go up to her and give her a piece of my mind, but then I realized that she was my senior manager (my boss's boss). I froze in place not knowing what to do. As she drove away, she smiled and waved at me and I dumbly waved back.
I don't have enough evidence to conclusively prove that she was the one who hit my car, but there's definitely circumstantial evidence to show that it was her. (Or at least her car). How the heck can I approach this situation? I really don't want to go up to her and accuse her of hitting my car. I was thinking about talking to HR or the police, but I have a feeling that she'll learn this was me that reported it, and this will come back to bite me somehow. Is it better to just eat the costs of this car damage to avoid awkwardness and uncomfortabless at work for the foreseeable future?
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Last week, somebody hit my parked car while I was at work and drove away without leaving a note. This did not happen on company property. (I work downtown, so parking is a public lot). I was really pissed off about it, and my insurance doesn't cover it. Police said they basically couldn't do anything about it.
Today, I saw another car in the lot that had a dent in the rear bumper and green paint around the dent. My car is green, and the location and damage of the dent was more or less consistent with where my car was hit. Figuring this was probably the person who hit my car, I waited in my car for him to show up. I didn't really know what I would do when he showed up, but I planned on yelling at him and showing how angry I was.
After 30 minutes, a woman hopped into the car. I was about to go up to her and give her a piece of my mind, but then I realized that she was my senior manager (my boss's boss). I froze in place not knowing what to do. As she drove away, she smiled and waved at me and I dumbly waved back.
I don't have enough evidence to conclusively prove that she was the one who hit my car, but there's definitely circumstantial evidence to show that it was her. (Or at least her car). How the heck can I approach this situation? I really don't want to go up to her and accuse her of hitting my car. I was thinking about talking to HR or the police, but I have a feeling that she'll learn this was me that reported it, and this will come back to bite me somehow. Is it better to just eat the costs of this car damage to avoid awkwardness and uncomfortabless at work for the foreseeable future?
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Just tank the costs of repairs. Unfortunate as it sounds.
Circumstantial evidence isn't strong enough to make an accusation and even if it were, the fact that this happened outside of work premises means that this would be better off discussed in private as opposed to involving HR.
HR have better things to do than worry about employees' cars getting hit in public lots, whether by another employee or not.
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Just tank the costs of repairs. Unfortunate as it sounds.
Circumstantial evidence isn't strong enough to make an accusation and even if it were, the fact that this happened outside of work premises means that this would be better off discussed in private as opposed to involving HR.
HR have better things to do than worry about employees' cars getting hit in public lots, whether by another employee or not.
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Just tank the costs of repairs. Unfortunate as it sounds.
Circumstantial evidence isn't strong enough to make an accusation and even if it were, the fact that this happened outside of work premises means that this would be better off discussed in private as opposed to involving HR.
HR have better things to do than worry about employees' cars getting hit in public lots, whether by another employee or not.
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Just tank the costs of repairs. Unfortunate as it sounds.
Circumstantial evidence isn't strong enough to make an accusation and even if it were, the fact that this happened outside of work premises means that this would be better off discussed in private as opposed to involving HR.
HR have better things to do than worry about employees' cars getting hit in public lots, whether by another employee or not.
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Just tank the costs of repairs. Unfortunate as it sounds.
Circumstantial evidence isn't strong enough to make an accusation and even if it were, the fact that this happened outside of work premises means that this would be better off discussed in private as opposed to involving HR.
HR have better things to do than worry about employees' cars getting hit in public lots, whether by another employee or not.
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