[Marilyn]

Gayle, I was backing up to leave a convenience store parking lot in my company truck a few years ago, and did not notice that there were some yellow posts about 2 1/2 feet tall at the edge of the parking lot. I hit one of them pretty hard with the end of the back bumper. It bent the bumper so that it crinkled the side of the bed behind the rear tire. The whole side of the bed and the bumper had to be replaced. The company paid for it, but I had to call fleet management and my boss. The boss was sorta understanding. Then about a year later, he called me and wanted to know the proper procedure that I had gone through with fleet management. He had done the same thing.

What I'm saying is, it happens to all of us from time to time.

When hubby was in the hospital recently, I parked too close to another car at the hospital and thought I'd better back up and move over a bit. When I did, I scratched the front fender of my newest company truck on the car's side mirror. No damage to their mirror, but hubby says the damage to the truck will probably be in the $500 range. It's not the type damage that requires reporting to fleet management. I'm planning to get an estimate and I may just pay to fix it myself since it was my mess up.