I’ve been threatened with, DEMOCRACY!
-Did you tow my car from 505 That Street?
-Yes Sir, we have that vehicle, it was called into us for having no permit for the lot, it will be $115…
-WON-HUNDRED AN FEEF-TEEEEN DOLLARS???? Are you serious!?
(Why do they always ask this? Can you think of a good reason I’d lie? Do you think this is some psychological experiment where we arbitrarily pick numbers Price Is Right style with a giant beeping game wheel in the back and whatever you roll you pay? Excepting of course the lucky few who hit the “get out free” space? Anyway, I digress.)
-Yes, $115
-Why is it that much?!
-That’s the borough fee for being towed for illegal parking, it would cost the same no matter how towed you or where you got towed from. As long as the vehicle weighs less than 5,000 pounds, it’s considered a light duty tow, and charged $115.
-Didn’t it use to be less?
-It was $105, but as of the first of the year, the price has been raised.
-Well, maybe I’ll just run for borough council myself and get that changed!
Sure, you do that. And while you’re at it, I’ll be over here in the corner, snickering loudly. I can safely say, that up till now, I’ve be threatened with beatings, shootings, boycotts, lawsuits, firings, slashed tires and bad karma, but I can’t say I’d ever been threatened with a political campaign. I must be getting important in the world at last.
WARNING! WARNING!,DANGER, DANGER WILL ROBINSON! YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE TOWED!
-Uh, we have a problem, you just towed my truck from Bayberry Place Apartments, and I was given no warning whatsoever.
What about that sign you drove past that said “Permit Parking Only – Violators Towed” , that didn’t count as some kind of warning?
-Yes Sir, that’s a private lot and vehicles need to display permits to park there
-Well, there was nothing in my lease that says that.
-Yes there was Sir, all residents are informed of the rules when they rent.
(And somehow, the other 299 vehicles over there all got the message)
-Well, I wasn’t, and you towed my friend’s truck without giving any kind of courtesy warning
“Friend’s truck”? I thought you said it was yours?
-Actually Sir, it was warned, that lot has a person who checks the vehicles for permits, if they don’t see one, they’ll put a warning note on the vehicle, and if it’s still there in half an hour, it can be towed. So it was warned, the warning ticket is still on the truck in fact.
-And … and you just towed it?
-Yes
-But he was only there for a couple hours!
-Doesn’t matter, didn’t have a permit and the warning was ignored.
-Okay, I MAY be back later!
Fine, and I MAY care about that…. Oops, lost it.
And he left, after 15 seconds of conversation, in which he told 2 lies (A lie-per-minute rate of 8) and then spent the next minute or so sulking in the parking lot with some of his other buddies, totally defeated and still in shock that his brilliant plan to get out of being towed had been so thoroughly smashed to atoms. And what is it again with people demanding warnings… as you can clearly see, they’ll just ignore them too. I guess he came back in the morning to whinge some more with the manager and probably got nowhere, as the truck was gone when I returned for nightshift.
It Doesn't Work Like That
-Hey! Why did you tow my car!? I had a permit!
-Not for that property. You have a permit for “A Apartments” at 125 This Street, the lot you got towed from was -“Not-A Apartments” at 130 This Street, which is on the other side of the road. It’s a different property entirely, different owner, different rules, and different permits (one has stickers for windows, the other has hangtags for mirrors).
-But your signs were up!
-Yes…. And?
-Well, your signs are up in OUR lot too!
-Yes, we tow from both properties
-You mean I can’t park over there? I thought I could park anywhere where your signs were
-Uh, no, you have to stay in your assigned lot
-Oh….
He paid, and left, and has now hopefully learned an important lesson in life. Because knowing is half the battle, porkchop.
-Did you tow my car from 505 That Street?
-Yes Sir, we have that vehicle, it was called into us for having no permit for the lot, it will be $115…
-WON-HUNDRED AN FEEF-TEEEEN DOLLARS???? Are you serious!?
(Why do they always ask this? Can you think of a good reason I’d lie? Do you think this is some psychological experiment where we arbitrarily pick numbers Price Is Right style with a giant beeping game wheel in the back and whatever you roll you pay? Excepting of course the lucky few who hit the “get out free” space? Anyway, I digress.)
-Yes, $115
-Why is it that much?!
-That’s the borough fee for being towed for illegal parking, it would cost the same no matter how towed you or where you got towed from. As long as the vehicle weighs less than 5,000 pounds, it’s considered a light duty tow, and charged $115.
-Didn’t it use to be less?
-It was $105, but as of the first of the year, the price has been raised.
-Well, maybe I’ll just run for borough council myself and get that changed!
Sure, you do that. And while you’re at it, I’ll be over here in the corner, snickering loudly. I can safely say, that up till now, I’ve be threatened with beatings, shootings, boycotts, lawsuits, firings, slashed tires and bad karma, but I can’t say I’d ever been threatened with a political campaign. I must be getting important in the world at last.
WARNING! WARNING!,DANGER, DANGER WILL ROBINSON! YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE TOWED!
-Uh, we have a problem, you just towed my truck from Bayberry Place Apartments, and I was given no warning whatsoever.
What about that sign you drove past that said “Permit Parking Only – Violators Towed” , that didn’t count as some kind of warning?
-Yes Sir, that’s a private lot and vehicles need to display permits to park there
-Well, there was nothing in my lease that says that.
-Yes there was Sir, all residents are informed of the rules when they rent.
(And somehow, the other 299 vehicles over there all got the message)
-Well, I wasn’t, and you towed my friend’s truck without giving any kind of courtesy warning
“Friend’s truck”? I thought you said it was yours?
-Actually Sir, it was warned, that lot has a person who checks the vehicles for permits, if they don’t see one, they’ll put a warning note on the vehicle, and if it’s still there in half an hour, it can be towed. So it was warned, the warning ticket is still on the truck in fact.
-And … and you just towed it?
-Yes
-But he was only there for a couple hours!
-Doesn’t matter, didn’t have a permit and the warning was ignored.
-Okay, I MAY be back later!
Fine, and I MAY care about that…. Oops, lost it.
And he left, after 15 seconds of conversation, in which he told 2 lies (A lie-per-minute rate of 8) and then spent the next minute or so sulking in the parking lot with some of his other buddies, totally defeated and still in shock that his brilliant plan to get out of being towed had been so thoroughly smashed to atoms. And what is it again with people demanding warnings… as you can clearly see, they’ll just ignore them too. I guess he came back in the morning to whinge some more with the manager and probably got nowhere, as the truck was gone when I returned for nightshift.
It Doesn't Work Like That
-Hey! Why did you tow my car!? I had a permit!
-Not for that property. You have a permit for “A Apartments” at 125 This Street, the lot you got towed from was -“Not-A Apartments” at 130 This Street, which is on the other side of the road. It’s a different property entirely, different owner, different rules, and different permits (one has stickers for windows, the other has hangtags for mirrors).
-But your signs were up!
-Yes…. And?
-Well, your signs are up in OUR lot too!
-Yes, we tow from both properties
-You mean I can’t park over there? I thought I could park anywhere where your signs were
-Uh, no, you have to stay in your assigned lot
-Oh….
He paid, and left, and has now hopefully learned an important lesson in life. Because knowing is half the battle, porkchop.
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