Need some advice, apologies for ramblings.
One my neighbor, lets call her Laura, has a child with special needs about 5 years old and overall very difficult to handle. In the morning, when she tried to park, she bumped into one of the cars. There is a minor scratch but nothing otherwise you can see.
Laura dropped the child home and came back for inspection and to inform the car owner. Since this is a apartment block, it took her about 5 minutes or so to drop the kid and come back to the car. Meanwhile, a nosy neighbor, Olivia, (known as a local radio in the community, mid 50s, single, children hater and so on) made sure to inform every passer by (including me). I checked but didn't notice anything major. If it would have been my car, I would have let it go. Plus, Olivia called the police.
Meanwhile, Laura came back and had some talk to Olivia (and the police over the phone). Laura took pictures of both the cars and tried to find superintendent to figure out the car owner. The owner also didn't mind much and they resolved issue amicably (I was cleaning my car just besides them so could hear everyone). The police stopped by and he explicitly mentioned, we don't do anything in such cases. There was no need to call.
On the way back, Laura went to talk to Olivia and Olivia literally yelled at her. I could hear the yelling but not exactly what. I was stopped by Olivia to update. IMO, Olivia just meddled but when I asked about the cops, she was like, this is 'Hit and Run' because Laura did not leave any note on the other car. I said, no its not because her car is still there and she came back. You should have given her at least 5 minutes. Thats the time it takes her to drop the kid at her apartment and come back.
So I wonder, if this can be really called as 'Hit and Run'?
Note - I honestly think that Olivia is upset because the kids play near her place and it 'disturbs' her (so she ALWAYS yells at the kids), so this was just a kind of revenge. Laura's kid is little loud compared to the other kids.
Thanks in advance.
One my neighbor, lets call her Laura, has a child with special needs about 5 years old and overall very difficult to handle. In the morning, when she tried to park, she bumped into one of the cars. There is a minor scratch but nothing otherwise you can see.
Laura dropped the child home and came back for inspection and to inform the car owner. Since this is a apartment block, it took her about 5 minutes or so to drop the kid and come back to the car. Meanwhile, a nosy neighbor, Olivia, (known as a local radio in the community, mid 50s, single, children hater and so on) made sure to inform every passer by (including me). I checked but didn't notice anything major. If it would have been my car, I would have let it go. Plus, Olivia called the police.
Meanwhile, Laura came back and had some talk to Olivia (and the police over the phone). Laura took pictures of both the cars and tried to find superintendent to figure out the car owner. The owner also didn't mind much and they resolved issue amicably (I was cleaning my car just besides them so could hear everyone). The police stopped by and he explicitly mentioned, we don't do anything in such cases. There was no need to call.
On the way back, Laura went to talk to Olivia and Olivia literally yelled at her. I could hear the yelling but not exactly what. I was stopped by Olivia to update. IMO, Olivia just meddled but when I asked about the cops, she was like, this is 'Hit and Run' because Laura did not leave any note on the other car. I said, no its not because her car is still there and she came back. You should have given her at least 5 minutes. Thats the time it takes her to drop the kid at her apartment and come back.
So I wonder, if this can be really called as 'Hit and Run'?
Note - I honestly think that Olivia is upset because the kids play near her place and it 'disturbs' her (so she ALWAYS yells at the kids), so this was just a kind of revenge. Laura's kid is little loud compared to the other kids.
Thanks in advance.