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'Keyed' scratch in the BMW this morning
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Originally posted by ContractorOnAMotorbike View PostThat response is most appropriate. No sympathy for keying someone's car.
But you are right - keying the car is wrong. Dipping it in acid, then forcing the driver to live in Syria, is getting closer.Comment
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Being able to 'laugh' it off is one of the steps to mastering the scum who think they can influence you in such cowardly ways.
In my last permie job, first day at work with a new (to me) motor, I leave work to find a colleague stood next to my car pointing to a scratch all down the side and across the bonnet asking "was that there when you bought it?". "No".
Now I thought he was a mate but I'm 90% sure I'd caught him in the act. It was so tempting to go all MF and deck him but instead I just laughed and said something like "scum's just jealous". Got in and drove off as if not phased at all.
I didn't bother getting it resprayed and took the hit when trading it in. Though it's cheaper for trade to get it fixed so didn't cost as much as if I'd had the work done, and it never got scratched a second time.
Unless you're sure who did it it's not worth the stress of worrying about it.Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.Comment
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Originally posted by Hobosapien View PostBeing able to 'laugh' it off is one of the steps to mastering the scum who think they can influence you in such cowardly ways.
In my last permie job, first day at work with a new (to me) motor, I leave work to find a colleague stood next to my car pointing to a scratch all down the side and across the bonnet asking "was that there when you bought it?". "No".
Now I thought he was a mate but I'm 90% sure I'd caught him in the act. It was so tempting to go all MF and deck him but instead I just laughed and said something like "scum's just jealous". Got in and drove off as if not phased at all.
I didn't bother getting it resprayed and took the hit when trading it in. Though it's cheaper for trade to get it fixed so didn't cost as much as if I'd had the work done, and it never got scratched a second time.
Unless you're sure who did it it's not worth the stress of worrying about it.
It's got dings, and chips, and other scratches (it's still nice) from general wear and tear so I will just soak it up.Comment
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Originally posted by Hobosapien View PostUnless you're sure who did it it's not worth the stress of worrying about it.
It took weeks for me to move onto something else to focus my hate and disdain on.Comment
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Originally posted by OnceStonedRose View PostAgreed, but when I had a car keyed (only time I ever had a new "posh" car) two days after delivery, for a while after everyone I passed was profiled in my head as the keyer and I plotted and schemed how I would wreak my revenge upon them and their immediate family. I felt it was an attack on my family's attempts to better ourselves.
It took weeks for me to move onto something else to focus my hate and disdain on.
Fortunately mine was a used car. I can see how it happening to a brand new car would be very much harder to live with.
It's the same with anything brand new. I'm sure I'm not the only one that for a while treats anything new with kid gloves, whether it be a new phone or anything that could get scratched/damaged easily. Then a few days later the newness has worn off and you treat it just like any other possession. Strange really.Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.Comment
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Originally posted by Hobosapien View PostThen a few days later the newness has worn off and you treat it just like any other possession. Strange really.Comment
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Originally posted by Hobosapien View PostThen a few days later the newness has worn off and you treat it just like any other possession. Strange really.Comment
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