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Car gets towed in for a two-hour parking violation.
Guy claims he wasn’t there for two hours
We tell him that his tires were chalked (a chalk mark is drawn on the sidewall of the tire down to the ground and extended out by several inches. When the car is re-checked in two hours, if this mark is unbroken, then the car has not moved)
Guy says he left and came back several times, and must have, in the mother of all coincidences, parked in a way that realigned the chalk marks (Technically not impossible, but the chances of this are so slim as to be impossible)
We tell him such
He insists he left and came back, he even knows what time he came back and has a receipt from a beer store to prove it! He bought a six pack at 7:45pm, and was back in that space at 8pm on the button! And we’d better release that car for free or he’ll sue us for all kinds of bad things ™ since it's now 9:45, and that means he didn't get his 2 hours! And we'll pay for that!!
We ask if he’s SURE he parked the car at 8pm
Yes he says, absolutely
Is he REALLY certain? These things could end up in a court of law, and we need to be sure that HE’S sure after all.
Oh yes, absolutely, he says.
We inform him that at 8pm, his car had already been impounded for THREE HOURS as verifiable by security camera footage
He blusters, calls us names, and hangs up.
Did he honestly think he had a CHANCE? I mean really.
Guy claims he wasn’t there for two hours
We tell him that his tires were chalked (a chalk mark is drawn on the sidewall of the tire down to the ground and extended out by several inches. When the car is re-checked in two hours, if this mark is unbroken, then the car has not moved)
Guy says he left and came back several times, and must have, in the mother of all coincidences, parked in a way that realigned the chalk marks (Technically not impossible, but the chances of this are so slim as to be impossible)
We tell him such
He insists he left and came back, he even knows what time he came back and has a receipt from a beer store to prove it! He bought a six pack at 7:45pm, and was back in that space at 8pm on the button! And we’d better release that car for free or he’ll sue us for all kinds of bad things ™ since it's now 9:45, and that means he didn't get his 2 hours! And we'll pay for that!!
We ask if he’s SURE he parked the car at 8pm
Yes he says, absolutely
Is he REALLY certain? These things could end up in a court of law, and we need to be sure that HE’S sure after all.
Oh yes, absolutely, he says.
We inform him that at 8pm, his car had already been impounded for THREE HOURS as verifiable by security camera footage
He blusters, calls us names, and hangs up.
Did he honestly think he had a CHANCE? I mean really.
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