Maybe I'm in the minority, but I'd be pissed as hell if it were my car too. I don't see why everyone is acting like this woman is a selfish bitch for being upset about her car going missing for 10 hours. Sure a person is more important than a car, but the assistant had no facts or info about what was going on with the husband, because the woman had no contact with her. I get along good with many of my co-workers but none of them are THAT close with me that they could disappear with my car for 10 hours with no phone calls and I would be totally cool with it thinking, "Oh well her husband was in an accident, I'm sure theres a good excuse." Hell naw! I'd have given the cops a full description of this woman and had them out looking for my damn car.

As far as the woman, once she got back and explained the situation I probably would have been more understanding and less angry once I considered the actual situation. I can see that she probably was flustered and upset, but I've been in similar situations with family members being rushed to the hospital ( as we all have) and I can't imagine having a co-workers car (not family or friends) and not thinking at all while sitting in the waiting room not to call them for 10 hours. Also, assuming everything the woman said was true, why wouldn't she call once she was on her way back to the office in the car to say "I'm so sorry I'm on my way."? She made no contact with them at all until walking into the office. Sorry, but I just don't that she was in that much of a state of shock that she could think of nothing but her husband the entire time she had a co-workers car for 10 hours with no phone calls.

In any case, I think both people were somewhat at fault here. The woman for not making some kind of contact with the assistant after 10 hours with her car, and the assistant for not being more proactive about calling the cops or trying to find out what was going on rather than just sitting at the office for 10 hours crying.

Edited By: MissDivaDoll 01/21/2010 9:47 AM. Edited 1 times.