Originally Posted by
ZipZop
Aloha!
As other have posted, "Let your conscience be your guide". Do what you think is right.
Me? I'm way too laid back. My car looks like a practice project for ding repair shop students. I don't really care. The way I look at it, those are battle scars that would be on the door sooner or later anyway. BECAUSE - In Hawaii, the one thing we do not have in abundance is SPACE. There is very little of it. Thus, parking spaces are smaller than they are on the mainland. Doors get dinged all the time. I'd like to say that the Aloha spirit prevails and everyone owns-up to a door ding, but that's not the case. If you ding a car when an owner is sitting in it, they will immediately get out and address the situation, believe me, but of all the countless dings i have received in my car doors when I was not in the car, no one ever put a note on my vehicle nor approaced me and apologized, let alone offered to make it right.
I've also been shut out of my car (on more than one occasion) where both cars next to me parked so close I could not open the doors to get in. I had to wait until one of the car owners came back and drove away so that I could get access to my car. It's easier to do in Hawaii because the parking spaces are so tight. If you drive a large SUV, chances are you are going to shut someone out of their car if you don't park dead center in your parking spot. The temptation is to park your large vehicle a bit to the right so YOUR door opens easily. Some do not realize or care that they are shutting out the car owner to their right in doing so.
Ah, life is interesting when you live on an island in the middle of the Pacific ocean.