Hello today when dropping off my son to kindergarten I dinged the door of the car next to me it was a small bump.
She got out of the car and I apologised but there was a big scratch on her door which she accused me of doing.
I lined up my car door with her car and there was no way that scratch was from me and when I checked the area where my door would have hit her car there was no damage visible to the eye no paint scratched or anything.
After pointing it out to her she said that it was okay and I should carry on I guess my Japanese isn’t the best.
I took a video of me opening the door and showing how it could not be me.
I apologised again and went on my way as she said it was ok, is there any action she could take against me later on ?
Sorry for the long post and I understand I am wrong just worried about what could happen even if she said “daijobu”. And help appreciated
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I once did scratch the door of another car. We ended up having my vehicle at the police station, they took measurements from the floor, the size of the damage on my car etc etc…
If worst comes to worse, just get the police and your insurance handle it. We had nothing to do in that matter. That’s what the insurance is being paid for. And believe when I say the insurance will carefully check those police reports, if the police mistakenly accuses you of the damage.
People can be so weird, and in my case, it’s often a husband or father who goes nuts over a little ding. Keep the video, try to be friendly with the woman if you see her often, and never park next to her again.
I got yelled at an ojisan for bumping his car (no damage, thank goodness). I now open the car door a crack and use my hand as a bumper to make sure my car door never comes in contact with the neighboring car. Ymmv.
My anxiety of that happening to me has me looking for parking on a corner or next to a pillar. I’ve even bought those rubber pieces you put on the edge of the doors in case I do ding someone’s door.
Is there like a box of sweets you could bring to appease the mother and apologize again for inconveniencing her?
I’d do that so she doesn’t start badmouthing you to everyone at the school.