I just screwed my life away in 5 mins last night

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Hit a fence in company car. The wooden fence wasent damaged but the car has a big dent on it now. And engine light is on. No doubt my boss is going to find out. My life is over. Goodbye

They have insurance for that kind of thing. It happens.

Repeat after me: "I parked it, went inside, and found it that way when I came out. No note, nothing."

Yes, your boss is gunna find out. Too bad you didn't minimize your losses by contacting him at the 1st reasonable time after the crash and said; "Sir, I screwed up last night, hit a fence, dented the car and the check engine light is now on. What's the reporting procedure for this?"

Keeping such an occurrence to yourself until you're found out will undoubtedly triple-fold the offense. Confess as soon as possible and hope that your confession precedes your boss' discovery of the dent.

Sorry, this is not honorable. Plus it will increase the punishment if it's possible to ascertain the truth of the matter.

Fess up, take your knocks, then move on. Honestly, that'll feel better than waiting in fear for the hammer to fall.

If his boss is Klingon it would be important to be honourable. Lying to diminish responsibility would be the NT thing to do, and it's probably a good idea unless you have evidence to the contrary.

I had a chuckle

Please take a deep breath.

It may not be too late. That's the important thing. Just like a poker player can take a stab at the pot (small bluff), you can try something respectful, brief, don't invest a lot into it. It may be the end of the job. But it may not be.

Maybe something like: "I was scared. I didn't know what to do. I dented the car. The check engine light is on.

Or maybe even briefer, similar to what MountainLaurel recommends "Sir, I made a mistake . . . What's the proper reporting procedure?" Notice at the end you're giving your boss a chance to take it in a positive direction. By no means a guarantee, but you might be increasing the odds.

Please trust your gut instincts. Once you get an idea pretty good, take a pause for an hour or two, see if it still feels good (I call this a poker pause ). It doesn't need to be perfect, just pretty good and then hope for the best.

And okay, you made a mistake. You are still an alright person.

(PS These days I only play league poker for points. I don't really recommend it for money because of the inevitable upswings and downswings.)

No offense but I don't see how your life is over........if worst comes to worse its still only a job, I imagine there are other important things in your life besides that.

I called my supervisor tonight and told him what happend. Except I told him I did it tonight and not last night. He seemed cool about it, saying accidents happen and don't sweat it. But I have to talk to the vhical manager tomorrow. Hopefully the cops dont need to b involved ( I never reported it)
ill let you know tomorrow how it goes and how much s**t im in!

And yes without this job, id have no life. I am completly independent thanks to this job. Without it I will be homeless

Since I didnt report it to the police, would that be a hit and run? I don't even think anyone lives there since the place had no lights on and any cars parked. It also had no indication of any personal belongings outside..

Called the police department. Dispatcher told me it indeed was a hit and run what I did. I have to go to the station in the morning to make a report.
I don't know how I feel. I just want to get all this over with. Or just go in my closet and kill myself

Well I hope you don't lose it, but if the supervisor seemed cool about it that's a good sign. But yeah I am looking at ending up homeless.....I am dropping out of college after this semester because I can't keep taking out loans, I was an idiot to take out as many as I have, I don't have any kind of employment going for me and not much chance of getting on SSI. and my mom wont let me stay at her place forever, So yeah not trying to start a pity party, my point is there are probably worse things then ending up homeless but maybe I am just trying to be optimistic about my own situation.

Hahah are you serious? Watch out OP it's not honorable.

Can't believe you called the police department.

For insurance to pay, you usually have to have a police report for something like that. Because one wasn't gotten immediately, and because it is a hit and run, they may not pay. Usually with that situation, they suspect you are covering up a DUI.

Frances

Good point. I still prefer sacrips suggestion though.