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Who punches a car?!

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LumpkinPumpkin · 26/07/2026 19:48

Bit of a weird one.

Took the kids for an outing to a local attraction that’s within a country park today. Parked in one of the free car parks a bit further from the ‘main’ park area - no marked bays, unmade ground. Parked in a large available space near the entrance - a good distance from each car either side but just too narrow for two cars.

When we returned to the car there was a note on my windscreen and the wing mirror was hanging off. The note stated that the writer had seen a man ‘punch’ my wing mirror and drive off. They gave the car reg.

Thankfully the mirror popped back into place so no harm done. It was all just a bit weird. Why on earth would you punch somebody’s car? I was nowhere near anyone else’s car. I’d actually forgotten that I’d left a car with my name/job title/phone number in the window of my car (we end up doing this at work as hospital parking is awful and people end up blocked in all the time) so if he thought I’d caused damage to his car or something (100% no way I could have done), he could have called me! Maybe he really hates nurses? 🤣 Or found the knitted boob on my dashboard particularly offensive?!

Anyway, my AIBU is about whether you’d bother reporting this to police? Obviously I managed to fix it so I’m not looking for compensation or anything. I just didn’t know if this was something that this individual was in the habit of doing, whether they might want to know about it?!

YABU - don’t bother
YANBU - report

OP posts:
TheWonderhorse · 26/07/2026 19:52

Well there's nothing to say the note is genuine. It might be that someone wanted to be seen to write a note but didn't want to actually own up.

Quine0nline · 26/07/2026 19:52

Did the witness give their details?
It's easy to say no great issue , not worth the effort and the police don't do anything, pathetic of least resistance.
But, as a professional health care deliverer, do you think this sort of behaviour is a one off, or symptomatic of an angry person. Car mirror today, face tomorrow?
You were in a normal car park, for a normal entertainment site - not outside a bar in the ghetto.

MasterBeth · 26/07/2026 19:55

I'm sure this has nothing to do with you or your car and everything to do with a man with anger issues.

Because, who punches a car? A man with anger issues.

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