Small accident?

ezover · Apr 13, 2015

pattyj said: ↑

I do think 7000 is very high but the driver should pay something.None of us are perfect we all make mistakes.I've made a few of them and owned up to it.I've paid for damages so it would stay off my record.One time when backing in and inside dock from a busy street in Kansas City I clipped the trailer door and it came off its hinge,I paid for that.I entered a scale from a con gra place and I was too close to the railing and slid off,called a wrecker and I paid for that.Thank god that was the only thing that happened to the trk.I just think if a driver does something and its preventiable he should admit hes in the wrong and offer to pay something.I am surprised this was 7 k that's a bit much.A driver hit me while at a customer waiting in line.He didn't set his parking brk hit my headlite and that's all that I thought was wrong.But once I lifted the hood the entire thing fell apart.I cant remember the cost but I know it wasn't that much.Boss got a used hood and fixed it.There are ways to not have it cost that much.With todays economy ppl are out to for blood no doubt about that.
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the price you pay is your job if you screw up to bad or to much, employer- employee there is a difference. patty there is a difference between you willing and offering and being forced to pay. they have labor laws and unions to protect employees from owners like this.

77fib77 · Apr 14, 2015

The attitude that it is the parked trucks fault kills me. Total lack of responsibility.

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