Broken headlight

Mrs Husker · 03-02-2007, 03:45 PM

:angry :angry I am beyond livid right now and it has nothing to do with surgery. :angry :angry

I live in Nebraska and if you have been watching the news, you see that we just got over a foot of snow yesterday. I work for the state at an aquarium and we all took yesterday off as our office is in the country and the plows never get to us before 3 or 4 in the afternoon. Now my boss came in and plowed 1 strip through the front (customer) and back (employee) parking lots last night. So when I got in today about 7:45am we had very limited parking. My boss came down about 8:30 to finish plowing and backed a truck into my car and broke my driver side headlight. I thought no big deal, I just get it replaced and get reimbursed. Wrong!!! It could take up to 4 weeks to get approval but I was told that if I wanted to, I could take it in and have it fixed and take the chance that it wouldn’t be reimbursed. It’s $170.51 just for the flipping headlight ,not counting the labor to install it. What a crock of $@&*. My surgery day is March 20. We are remodeling our kitchen. My house is a flipping mess. My new cabinets will be here on March 9. My pre-op testing is March 12. We have to put in a new sub-floor in the kitchen for the new tile. We are removing the soffet (sp) because we got larger upper cabinets. I didn’t have any clean socks today for work and am wearing my dd. It’s not like I don’t have a lot on my mind and on my plate right now. I realize that they are responsible and should pay for it, but, should I take the chance of getting it fixed and not being reimbursed, or take the chance of getting a ticket for driving with a busted headlight that they will not reimburse?

I need a drink, and I don’t mean of a protein shake.

Thanks for being there.

anonemouse · 03-02-2007, 03:54 PM

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I realize that they are responsible and should pay for it, but, should I take the chance of getting it fixed and not being reimbursed, or take the chance of getting a ticket for driving with a busted headlight that they will not reimburse?

Take the chance and get it fixed ASAP. Like you said, they won't pay for a ticket. Ask your boss to pay to have it replaced and tell him that you will pay him back when you get reimbursed.

**Wheetsin** · 03-02-2007, 04:03 PM

Hmm...are there any disclaimer signs in the parking lot? Is it owned by the aquarium?

A month is a long time to go with no headlight. One way or the other you want to get it fixed. You can't go popeye b/c they won't pay for it.

Maybe yu could run it through your insurance? That way they're working with your employer's insurance and you don't have to do that much. I don't know for sure, and it might depend on the ownership of the lot land.

At least you had clean underwear. :)

Mrs Husker · 03-02-2007, 04:37 PM

I have an appt to get it fixed Monday at 2:00. I will leave work at 1:30 and take the rest of the day and NOT count it as vacation just becaused they really pissed me off. I love my job and I love being out here in the middle of nowhere. For the most part, even though we are part of the state, we are left alone.

Mrs Husker · 03-02-2007, 04:38 PM

At least you had clean underwear. :)[/quote]

Thanks for the laugh, I really needed it.:)