... and it leaves a scratch?
Full disclosure I have no way of proving it but I know that I washed my car by hand yesterday and there was no scratch. Today I return to my car and a (very new looking) white car is parked next to me, there is white paint on my car and a big scratch above it, roughly in line with where their car door would open onto mine.
I know whose car it is but I've no real idea how to broach the subject or what to say. I've gotten the paint off and while it's a big ugly scratch I'm pretty sure the scratch will buff out but that's not the point really and they clearly weren't to know that. It looks like it was quite a forceful open.
I'm asking here I guess because my first instinct is to go barrelling in and tell them off. But I'm trying to be more considered with my responses and keep my stress levels low. So advice about how to handle most effectively (if at all) would be greatly welcomed!