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So my coworker got her car towed the other day. She crashed at a friend's house downtown, and misunderstood what he meant when he told her it would be okay to park out front. And so she ended up parking on one of our major streets. And when morning came around and she walked outside.....her car was no longer where she had left it the night before. Much to her consternation and befuddlement. And the light began to dawn when she told her friend about her predicament, and he elaborated on what he had meant by "out front." (The details aren't important, and would take too long to explain to someone who doesn't live here. Just trust me on this part.)
So she did what I had done 20+ years earlier in college when I came out to the shopping center lot I had parked in for class that had signs clearly stating it was for shopping center patrons only, and found my car no longer where I had left it. She thought, "I hope my car got towed." Because much like me back in the 90s, she knew the alternative was far, far worse.
And when she came to work that morning and told me of her plight, she was remarkably calm and not upset. Just annoyed at herself. And she asked me who she should call to retrieve her car, being a recent transplant down here. As I had no idea which company would have towed her, I suggested the police non-emergency number. She called them, got the number for the appropriate two company, called THEM, found out how much she owed to get her car back (about $200!), and arranged to get a ride to their location before they closed, after she got out of work.
And I guarantee you she'll never park THERE again.
But she handled it like an adult, taking responsibility for her own actions, and dealt with it maturely. Basically, unlike the average SC!
So she did what I had done 20+ years earlier in college when I came out to the shopping center lot I had parked in for class that had signs clearly stating it was for shopping center patrons only, and found my car no longer where I had left it. She thought, "I hope my car got towed." Because much like me back in the 90s, she knew the alternative was far, far worse.
And when she came to work that morning and told me of her plight, she was remarkably calm and not upset. Just annoyed at herself. And she asked me who she should call to retrieve her car, being a recent transplant down here. As I had no idea which company would have towed her, I suggested the police non-emergency number. She called them, got the number for the appropriate two company, called THEM, found out how much she owed to get her car back (about $200!), and arranged to get a ride to their location before they closed, after she got out of work.
And I guarantee you she'll never park THERE again.
But she handled it like an adult, taking responsibility for her own actions, and dealt with it maturely. Basically, unlike the average SC!
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