Itty Bitty Towing Tidbits

[mhkohne]

It really is a shame that neither love letter author left a number where they could be reached, or that there isn't some way that Sir Arga of Barga of Friendly Neighborhood Towing couldn't let them know "I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request."

* - Means "no."

Oh, you see, the language of the tow driver is universally understood - he towed their cars!

[sms001]

I hope people have to pay for the boots they damage too.

Can you? I've seen the ones they use in Chicago up close and they look pretty indestructible.

[suburbandecay]

Can you? I've seen the ones they use in Chicago up close and they look pretty indestructible.

You can damage damn near anything with an angle grinder and the right wheel...

[Racket_Man]

parking in no-parking zones and such is almost part of my job, but at least I have a good excuse. PEOPLE NEED their cheezey gooey goodness in a cardboard box.

I have a BIG lighted sign on top of my car and I am generally there for only a few minutes. No real trouble yet.

[Sleepwalker]

Well, if it was a lot that depended on tenant reporting rather than tow patrols, the first note MIGHT be helpful.

But Arga shows no mercy.

[sms001]

You can damage damn near anything with an angle grinder and the right wheel...

True that! I think I musta still had the Homer clip in my head; I was thinking of average Joe's reaction - tire iron, trying to drive w/ it on, etc.

[Jetfire]

Parking Wars has caught a couple guys running off with a boot on too. (At least one instance I can remember, with the classic Garfield and Sherry of the PPA) They were booting the car, and the owner just got in and drove off, with the boot still attached.

We saw them get the boot back, but not the final damage of the car.

[PepperElf]

When they were done I said 'thank you' to the officer handing me the ticket. She replied 'I'm sure you don't mean that' to which I said 'I most certainly do. You could have jacked me up with 4 tickets, all of which I deserved, and instead you gave me 1, and were professional about it. I believe Thank You is the only appropriate answer from me.'

Deer in headlights. I think I really baffled her. Sorry my response was so unique. Should have asked for her number, she was cute too.

hopefully that made her day... after she was done being confused over it.


and i'm wondering... did brandon call and complain about not reading his note?

[Argabarga]

Well, the "Gangsta" crew picked up the car without any fuss, used their "Student Cash" account to pay for it... The local university has a deal with local merchants, us included, that they pre-load everyone's student ID card with cash "points" you can spend at retailers who take them, (and we do), they had enough of them on their account that they paid for the impound with it

That's soooooooooo gangsta!

[eltf177]

Well, the "Gangsta" crew picked up the car without any fuss, used their "Student Cash" account to pay for it... The local university has a deal with local merchants, us included, that they pre-load everyone's student ID card with cash "points" you can spend at retailers who take them, (and we do), they had enough of them on their account that they paid for the impound with it

That's soooooooooo gangsta!

I'm not quite understanding this "Student Cash" concept. Why in the world would the university give students this, and why would any merchant participate? It sounds like they didn't have to pay for the tow at all!

[drunkenwildmage]

I'm not quite understanding this "Student Cash" concept. Why in the world would the university give students this, and why would any merchant participate? It sounds like they didn't have to pay for the tow at all!

If it's what I think it is, allot schools have a card of some sort that when they started out, was a "Meal plan" card that was originaly required to be purchased by students living on campus. This basically forced them to buy meals in the school's on campus cafeterias. If you lived on campus you had to put x amount of money on it per semester/quarter..etc.. Over time, they morphed into cards that could be also be used at off campus restaurants, and it looks like in this case, eventually other merchants around the school.

[suburbandecay]

I'm not quite understanding this "Student Cash" concept. Why in the world would the university give students this, and why would any merchant participate? It sounds like they didn't have to pay for the tow at all!

drunkenwildmage is right in how it started out. It's now more like a credit card that parents(or student loans) can top off and that a student can't use for booze. At least for the schools I am acquainted with anyway.

[Racket_Man]

unfortuneately for some merchants it is a royal pain to deal with.

[lolad]

It's as dumb as racing a freight train to the crossing (which you probably do too, so, nevermind)

There is a railway level crossing up my way that recently had an electronic sign put up reminding people the size of the fine for disobeying the lights, and gates and bells.

This is for two tracks that have coal trains running through them. They're slow, they're long and THEY DON'T STOP QUICKLY!!!!!

I go through it every day and there's been no evidence of an accident, but i wonder how many near misses there were for the sign to go up.

[protege]

I REALLY want to hear the afterstories on these, especially from Brandon and his "Boyz."

...and I'm sure Brandon and his Boyz are all skinny white kids from the 'burbs. You know, the wangsters with the hats on backwards, pants 52 sizes too big, walking with a fake limp, and ending every sentence with "you know what I'm sayin'?"