If they have the video of you placing the note then they will have the video of you not hitting them.

my man is vastly over estimating the work police will do

No store is going to bother with that without a subpoena or at the very least a cop present, and no cop is going to waste the effort for a vehicle with no damage.

If they have video of you leaving the note, then they also have video of the truck being parked, sitting there without being hit, and the owner returning without any real incident.

And from experience, the cops would tell the owner of the truck to contact their insurance, and if pushed, the most they'd do is file a report. There wouldn't be any investigation, especially without evidence of damage.

Good point. Don't park nearby at least. If you do wind up getting identified and blamed you could probably tell the truth and say he was being an asshat in traffic and you were trolling him, but you never know how the justice system will work.

They'd have to file a police report and report to their insurance before security will release/show any footage. This was a while ago from someone who worked at a red retail store.

Paranoia? That's just Flock cameras. If they have a frame of OP getting into their car with a legible plate, they can probably get a close to real time ping if the area is ""served""