Incident at school-need ADVICE

At our school's parking lot, there aren't really assigned spots, but people usually stay in the same spots. For a complicated reason, I decide to change spots. I hear that some kids are getting annoyed at how I am parking in their zone, and a week later, my friends tell me that my car is scratched! I'm in a zone of about 4-5 cars, and I know 2 people didn't do it, and I know 2 who could have. After some investigating, I can easily narrow it down to one person. The scratch isn't bad at all, and I would have NEVER even have noticed it(the aged car has had previous scratches before, not from me) if my friends hadn't told me, but it's still a noticeable long scratch.

Should I just confront the kid tomorrow and talk to him about it(saying first that I won't report him(of course I won't commit to this) and talk to him about it(he say sorry and we forget it)? Or should I gather indisputable evidence(like witnesses) and get him expelled? I mean hey I'm not happy that he did it, and IcCan change spots, but I don't want some kid getting away with this. I don't want to make this very complicated and make it a public incident(with the school) where everyone keeps asking me about it and why I made it into such a big deal and everything. I could just ask the school to make up that there was a witness at the scene(when there really wasn't) to put the blame on someone else so it won't look like I was the one who made it into a big deal.

You put yourself in this position by instigating hatred toward your peers.

So you need to ask yourself, why did you do it in the first place?

You put yourself in this position by instigating hatred toward your peers.

So you need to ask yourself, why did you do it in the first place?

FearTheRain

I don't think changing your usual parking spot is "instigating hatred".

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You put yourself in this position by instigating hatred toward your peers.

So you need to ask yourself, why did you do it in the first place?

-Manntis-

I don't think changing your usual parking spot is "instigating hatred".

The dude who scratched his car would disagree with you. ;)

At our school's parking lot, there aren't really assigned spots, but people usually stay in the same spots. For a complicated reason, I decide to change spots. I hear that some kids are getting annoyed at how I am parking in their zone, and a week later, my friends tell me that my car is scratched! I'm in a zone of about 4-5 cars, and I know 2 people didn't do it, and I know 2 who could have. After some investigating, I can easily narrow it down to one person. The scratch isn't bad at all, and I would have NEVER even have noticed it(the aged car has had previous scratches before, not from me) if my friends hadn't told me, but it's still a noticeable long scratch.

Should I just confront the kid tomorrow and talk to him about it(saying first that I won't report him(of course I won't commit to this) and talk to him about it(he say sorry and we forget it)? Or should I gather indisputable evidence(like witnesses) and get him expelled? I mean hey I'm not happy that he did it, and IcCan change spots, but I don't want some kid getting away with this. I don't want to make this very complicated and make it a public incident(with the school) where everyone keeps asking me about it and why I made it into such a big deal and everything. I could just ask the school to make up that there was a witness at the scene(when there really wasn't) to put the blame on someone else so it won't look like I was the one who made it into a big deal.

RyuHayabusaX

If the scratch is not that bad then you really should not get him expelled(which I highly doubt he will in any case). Talk to him. And how much evidence do you have? What kind of evidence?

If someone intentionally scratches a car usually it is VERY noticeable. Hard to imagine someone saying "I'm gonna key that guys car, but only a little bit..." :P

Slash his tires. GodLovesDead

lol

It would be funny if he did that, then the another dude walks up and admits he accidently scratched the car. :P

I'm scared to talk with him because he looks like he's on drugs or something, and I'm not getting into that. RyuHayabusaX

Well does he look like this?

If someone intentionally scratches a car usually it is VERY noticeable. Hard to imagine someone saying "I'm gonna key that guys car, but only a little bit..." :P

duxup

Wow really good point.

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If someone intentionally scratches a car usually it is VERY noticeable. Hard to imagine someone saying "I'm gonna key that guys car, but only a little bit..." :P

Hulkness

Wow really good point.

Get the scratch taken care of and park there again. If you see another one go up to the ***** and confront him about it. Don't let him get away with it. It's not like he owns the damn spot, you can park wherever the hell you want.

You could try casually brining up the general parking situation with him... then be like, "Yeah, parking is kinda tight around here. I think my car got scratched because of it. Did you by any chance see who did it? It's not a big deal, but I'm just curious."

Just stretch the truth and see what you can get from him, or be more straightforward if that doesn't work.

The best advice is to forget about the incident.

If you confront him about it, and don't do anything you could be seen as a push over, or chicken.

If you escalate the situation by getting (or trying to get) him expelled, kicking his ass, or doing something to his car he'll most likely up the ante, and mess up your *&%# to a noticable point. Then you'd be in a stressful situation over some &*%$ that didn't even bother you in the first place.

Lastly from this post it seems like you're not sure the one person did it either, but they are the most likely suspect. If you accuse the wrong person it would be really bad.

After a while, I realized to just let things go. It's a very minor thing. If you let it bother you, he wins. So don't let him win =)

Just move on.

Ok, I didn't read the whole thread, but I don't think I caught it if you said. What car is it you drive?Infinite-Zr0