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Temporal Paradox!
*RING* Hello? Uh, no. No, you can't pay for your impounded car today, and pick it up tomorrow. Why? Because by tomorrow, it will have an extra day of storage on it and will cost you an extra $35 to pick up. So no, you cannot pay the charges due on it as of Wednesday and then pick it up Thursday morning. Yes, you'd be paying in full NOW, but you aren't picking it up NOW, by your own admission, you plan to pick it up ONE DAY FROM NOW when the charges will be different because, it will have SAT HERE AN EXTRA DAY.... hence ONE DAY of storage. Yes, I understand you don't want to pay for another day of storage, but, the only way to avoid having to do so is to pick it up BEFORE it gets that extra day. No, we won't make an exception. *CLICK*
*sigh*, Some people really need to do the CPU running their brain a favor and dial back the graphic resolution, or the sounds, or the number of on screen objects, anything really, so that it can actually run the program without choking on the code.......
It's October, so: BOO!!
Pull in to check a small private parking lot, and immediately notice a car that I don't recognize. Before I even go over to it, I can see there's someone sitting in it, so I'm not even going to mess with it. Cars with people in them almost always leave before the mandated 15 minute wait is up, and it just doesn't make any practical sense to force a confrontation that you don't need in the middle of the night, so I just let them be. To me, you aren't parked until there's nobody in the car anymore.
Well, this guy is at the far end of the row, I go down to the near end and start checking for permits.
Soon as my flashlight turns on, the lights to the mystery car come on, engine fires up, brake lights go out, and he FLIES backwards out of the spot. Flies out the lot in reverse..... flies across the alleyway...... and nails the dumpster at the building across the alley....
It was empty, so it made a very big "GONG!" when he smacked it, probably managed to move it a bit too
He gets out, looks at the damage, quickly gets back in and drives off with what has to be at least $500 in "customized bodywork" to his bumper....
Dude, I wasn't going to tow you, wasn't going to shoot you, I wasn't even going to TALK to you.... just take a deep breath, chant your power mantra and CALM THE FLIP DOWN!!!
He Gambled, Lost, Therefore we Must Have CHEATED!
Got another "I'mma contesting you towing me! My Daddy's lawyer said I can!" letter the other day.
Guy parked at his buddies apartment, without a permit, and ended up just how you'd imagine he would, poorer in the wallet, courtesy of us.
He didn't like that, so he sent us a letter. A letter in which:
He freely admits he didn't have a permit for that lot
He freely admits he knew that apartment was parking-by-permit only
He freely admits that he knew he was taking a risk on getting ticketed/towed
But, he says it was totally unfair and unreasonable for us to actually have TOWED him because..... he had his 4-way flashers on. Thus we should have known he was only going to be "a minute"
Parking on the street IN FRONT of that apartment? Free from 6am to 2am the following morning...
Two blocks from that apartment? Municipal parking garage, $1 gets you an hour
And yet, we're the ones in the wrong again, obviously.
Towing Manager wrote back the usual response "Private lot, marked in accordance with Borough regulations, your fines stand as is"
He wrote back "I WANT YOUR MANAGER!"
So, Manager above Towing Manager rolled his eyes and wrote him. "Private lot, marked in accordance with Borough regulations, your fines stand as is"
Incredible as it may seem, he gave up after that, I was sure we'd get a "I WANT ANOTHER MANAGER" letter, I was all primed for it, and it never showed up.
Don't raise my hopes like that buddy and then fail to deliver. It's not nice to play with the emotional expectations of others like that, unless you're my cat. I must admit the way she goes from "I love you" to " Your bed now belongs to me, and if you disagree, well, you're gonna look awfully funny trying to sleep on it without a head" oddly endearing.
*RING* Hello? Uh, no. No, you can't pay for your impounded car today, and pick it up tomorrow. Why? Because by tomorrow, it will have an extra day of storage on it and will cost you an extra $35 to pick up. So no, you cannot pay the charges due on it as of Wednesday and then pick it up Thursday morning. Yes, you'd be paying in full NOW, but you aren't picking it up NOW, by your own admission, you plan to pick it up ONE DAY FROM NOW when the charges will be different because, it will have SAT HERE AN EXTRA DAY.... hence ONE DAY of storage. Yes, I understand you don't want to pay for another day of storage, but, the only way to avoid having to do so is to pick it up BEFORE it gets that extra day. No, we won't make an exception. *CLICK*
*sigh*, Some people really need to do the CPU running their brain a favor and dial back the graphic resolution, or the sounds, or the number of on screen objects, anything really, so that it can actually run the program without choking on the code.......
It's October, so: BOO!!
Pull in to check a small private parking lot, and immediately notice a car that I don't recognize. Before I even go over to it, I can see there's someone sitting in it, so I'm not even going to mess with it. Cars with people in them almost always leave before the mandated 15 minute wait is up, and it just doesn't make any practical sense to force a confrontation that you don't need in the middle of the night, so I just let them be. To me, you aren't parked until there's nobody in the car anymore.
Well, this guy is at the far end of the row, I go down to the near end and start checking for permits.
Soon as my flashlight turns on, the lights to the mystery car come on, engine fires up, brake lights go out, and he FLIES backwards out of the spot. Flies out the lot in reverse..... flies across the alleyway...... and nails the dumpster at the building across the alley....
It was empty, so it made a very big "GONG!" when he smacked it, probably managed to move it a bit too
He gets out, looks at the damage, quickly gets back in and drives off with what has to be at least $500 in "customized bodywork" to his bumper....
Dude, I wasn't going to tow you, wasn't going to shoot you, I wasn't even going to TALK to you.... just take a deep breath, chant your power mantra and CALM THE FLIP DOWN!!!
He Gambled, Lost, Therefore we Must Have CHEATED!
Got another "I'mma contesting you towing me! My Daddy's lawyer said I can!" letter the other day.
Guy parked at his buddies apartment, without a permit, and ended up just how you'd imagine he would, poorer in the wallet, courtesy of us.
He didn't like that, so he sent us a letter. A letter in which:
He freely admits he didn't have a permit for that lot
He freely admits he knew that apartment was parking-by-permit only
He freely admits that he knew he was taking a risk on getting ticketed/towed
But, he says it was totally unfair and unreasonable for us to actually have TOWED him because..... he had his 4-way flashers on. Thus we should have known he was only going to be "a minute"
Parking on the street IN FRONT of that apartment? Free from 6am to 2am the following morning...
Two blocks from that apartment? Municipal parking garage, $1 gets you an hour
And yet, we're the ones in the wrong again, obviously.
Towing Manager wrote back the usual response "Private lot, marked in accordance with Borough regulations, your fines stand as is"
He wrote back "I WANT YOUR MANAGER!"
So, Manager above Towing Manager rolled his eyes and wrote him. "Private lot, marked in accordance with Borough regulations, your fines stand as is"
Incredible as it may seem, he gave up after that, I was sure we'd get a "I WANT ANOTHER MANAGER" letter, I was all primed for it, and it never showed up.
Don't raise my hopes like that buddy and then fail to deliver. It's not nice to play with the emotional expectations of others like that, unless you're my cat. I must admit the way she goes from "I love you" to " Your bed now belongs to me, and if you disagree, well, you're gonna look awfully funny trying to sleep on it without a head" oddly endearing.
I AM the evil bastard!
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