I'm an office manager for a large rental company close to a college campus. One of our properties is kitty corner to the college, and we've been getting complaints from the tenants that people have been parking in their lot and walking to school, thus taking one of their spots.
Today as I'm walking to my car for lunch, I notice a car pull in, a kid jump out and start walking to class. I call out to him that he's not allowed to park there and the following conversation occurs:
Me: getting meaner every day!
DK: dumb kid who thinks he's "gangsta"
Me: Excuse me, this parking is for tenants only, you can't park here.
DK: I am a tenant, I live here
Me: (knowing every tenant by name and face) No, you don't live here, I don't recognize you
DK: Well my cousin lives here and this is his spot.
Me: Regardless, you don't have a parking hangtag, so you can't "take his spot"
DK: I don't care if I don't have a hangtag, he said I can park here! Besides, there's no sign that says I need a hangtag!
Me: <Points to the sign he just parked under that says permit parking only> You will be towed if you park here, please move your car now.
DK: lady, you don't want to mess with me! You tow my car and I'll sue you!!
Me: <Flabbergasted, and getting pissed off by this point> Sue me?? For towing your car out of a lot you don't belong in??
DK: Who the hell do you think you are lady? I'm telling you again you don't want to mess with me, you don't know who I am!!
Me: I don't give a shit who you are, just who you're not and that's someone who does not live here and will not have a vehicle parked here when you get back.
By this point I was getting a little nervous because he was a big guy, and he was starting to back me up to my truck, so I knew I needed to wrap it up.
Me: Look, I'm not going to stand here and argue with you. I'm warning you that if you leave this car parked here, it will not be here when you get back. I will call the tow truck right now and have it towed.
DK: F*&k you lady. Don't mess with me or my car. You touch my car and I'll sue you.
Me: <rolling my eyes> Do as you like kid, it's $170 to get your car out of the tow lot, just a warning.
I watched him walk off towards class still shouting about suing me if I touch his car and that I don't know who he is and I better not mess with him. So I pulled out my cell phone and called our tow company, gave them the license plate and car type and left. Unfortunately he must have decided I was serious about towing him because he came back and moved his car before the tow truck got there. I really wanted to see the look on that asshat's face when he came back to no vehicle! Better luck next time! (And you know there'll be a next time 'cause SC's never learn!)
Today as I'm walking to my car for lunch, I notice a car pull in, a kid jump out and start walking to class. I call out to him that he's not allowed to park there and the following conversation occurs:
Me: getting meaner every day!
DK: dumb kid who thinks he's "gangsta"
Me: Excuse me, this parking is for tenants only, you can't park here.
DK: I am a tenant, I live here
Me: (knowing every tenant by name and face) No, you don't live here, I don't recognize you
DK: Well my cousin lives here and this is his spot.
Me: Regardless, you don't have a parking hangtag, so you can't "take his spot"
DK: I don't care if I don't have a hangtag, he said I can park here! Besides, there's no sign that says I need a hangtag!
Me: <Points to the sign he just parked under that says permit parking only> You will be towed if you park here, please move your car now.
DK: lady, you don't want to mess with me! You tow my car and I'll sue you!!
Me: <Flabbergasted, and getting pissed off by this point> Sue me?? For towing your car out of a lot you don't belong in??
DK: Who the hell do you think you are lady? I'm telling you again you don't want to mess with me, you don't know who I am!!
Me: I don't give a shit who you are, just who you're not and that's someone who does not live here and will not have a vehicle parked here when you get back.
By this point I was getting a little nervous because he was a big guy, and he was starting to back me up to my truck, so I knew I needed to wrap it up.
Me: Look, I'm not going to stand here and argue with you. I'm warning you that if you leave this car parked here, it will not be here when you get back. I will call the tow truck right now and have it towed.
DK: F*&k you lady. Don't mess with me or my car. You touch my car and I'll sue you.
Me: <rolling my eyes> Do as you like kid, it's $170 to get your car out of the tow lot, just a warning.
I watched him walk off towards class still shouting about suing me if I touch his car and that I don't know who he is and I better not mess with him. So I pulled out my cell phone and called our tow company, gave them the license plate and car type and left. Unfortunately he must have decided I was serious about towing him because he came back and moved his car before the tow truck got there. I really wanted to see the look on that asshat's face when he came back to no vehicle! Better luck next time! (And you know there'll be a next time 'cause SC's never learn!)
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