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By Alice Gibbs
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A driver has shared a shocking note that someone left him after hitting his car in a parking lot.
Instead of leaving contact details, the note's author sarcastically blamed the victim's "tiny car" for the accident—and followed it with some offensive language. The vehicle owner, Kos, who lives in Australia, shared his experience online in a post on Reddit's r/WellThatSucks, where it has had over 80,000 reactions and thousands of comments.
Thanks to dashcam footage, Kos knows that the crash occurred about an hour before he finished work. The car's front end was pushed in and scratched. Expecting the note to contain the responsible party's details, Kos was instead met with a crude and unapologetic message.
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"I saw the damage to my car and I was pretty surprised," Kos told Newsweek. "When I first saw the note I was relieved. I thought that the person responsible was decent enough to leave their details. The moment I saw the note I had to laugh, even though I was pretty annoyed."
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Despite the driver's claim that Kos' car was "tiny," he clarified that his vehicle is a standard Hyundai i30 sedan. The damage, though mostly cosmetic, will require a new bumper, grille and headlight, along with checks on sensors and electronics. The cost of repairs is expected to be in the thousands, with Kos having to pay a $990 insurance excess until the other driver is identified by police.
Kos suspects the note was left to mislead witnesses rather than genuinely take responsibility. "I think the reason they left the note was to fool any witnesses and stop them leaving their own info," he said.
The note itself, strewn with profanity and grammatical errors, said: "I couldn't see you're tiny car when I was reversing and now my cars f*****. Also people were there so I had to leave a note. F*** you."
With thousands of reactions on Reddit, people headed to the comments to share their thoughts.
Redditor Trollercoaster101, quipped: "You are obviously the offender here for buying such a tiny car that another driver cannot see easily from three miles away." Others pointed out grammatical errors in the note, reinforcing their opinion that the driver was careless in more ways than one.
Despite the frustrating experience, Kos remains optimistic about the integrity of most Australians. "Just to be clear, the majority of Aussies are good people and this situation is a one-off," he said. "The overwhelmingly positive support from people definitely made me feel better about the whole thing."
But Kos' biggest takeaway from the incident was to stress the importance of a dashcam. "My advice is to get yourself a dashcam because it'll protect you in this kind of situation."
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