The other day, I had my first a**hole! It was such a joy, let me tell you all about it.
One of our policies for this company is we do not tow vehicles that are not currently registered. No plates, no tags, no tow. There are exceptions to this rule - in rare cases - but usually not.
I pulled up on this vehicle sitting diagonal in the middle of the street. Obviously, they had pushed it out of the driveway thinking it'd be easier to tow that way...well, it would have - had the vehicle been registered.
There were no plates, no tags, the "in-transits" in the window expired in 2004, PLUS a for sale sign in the rear window. The company I work for is an EMERGENCY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE company. They provide service for EMERGENCY situations, or situations that are not an emergency, but the vehicle is inoperable, legally registered and needing repairs but can't be driven to the shop.
In my opinion, this vehicle had been sitting for some time (temporary tags expired in 2004) and the owner of the vehicle simply sold the vehicle and wanted it towed to the new owner. This is not covered by my company...PERIOD.
I informed our member of this and he was not too happy, of course. He asked, "Well, what am I supposed to do, just leave it here in the street?" I told him I'd help him push it back out of the way, but I couldn't tow it. He further stated, "BUT IT DOESN'T MOVE!!!" To which I replied, "Well, then how'd it get here in the middle of the street?" He explained that he pushed it. I said again that I'd help him push it back. He tried to tell me that it won't move NOW because the key broke off in the ignition. I said "Well, then, even if it were legal, I couldn't tow it because I have a flat bed and I need to be able to get it into gear. Regardless, it's not registered, it's not getting towed."
I stood there arguing this point for a few moments wondering how I could end this nowhere conversation when this a**hole gave me my out.
He said, "No, it's not that you can't tow it, you just don't want to! Why did they send you out here? Why didn't they send someone with experience?"
I didn't even respond, I just spun around and walked away while he continued to say "they need to get someone experienced out here and not your dumbass!"
I jumped in the truck and left. Asswipe!
One of our policies for this company is we do not tow vehicles that are not currently registered. No plates, no tags, no tow. There are exceptions to this rule - in rare cases - but usually not.
I pulled up on this vehicle sitting diagonal in the middle of the street. Obviously, they had pushed it out of the driveway thinking it'd be easier to tow that way...well, it would have - had the vehicle been registered.
There were no plates, no tags, the "in-transits" in the window expired in 2004, PLUS a for sale sign in the rear window. The company I work for is an EMERGENCY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE company. They provide service for EMERGENCY situations, or situations that are not an emergency, but the vehicle is inoperable, legally registered and needing repairs but can't be driven to the shop.
In my opinion, this vehicle had been sitting for some time (temporary tags expired in 2004) and the owner of the vehicle simply sold the vehicle and wanted it towed to the new owner. This is not covered by my company...PERIOD.
I informed our member of this and he was not too happy, of course. He asked, "Well, what am I supposed to do, just leave it here in the street?" I told him I'd help him push it back out of the way, but I couldn't tow it. He further stated, "BUT IT DOESN'T MOVE!!!" To which I replied, "Well, then how'd it get here in the middle of the street?" He explained that he pushed it. I said again that I'd help him push it back. He tried to tell me that it won't move NOW because the key broke off in the ignition. I said "Well, then, even if it were legal, I couldn't tow it because I have a flat bed and I need to be able to get it into gear. Regardless, it's not registered, it's not getting towed."
I stood there arguing this point for a few moments wondering how I could end this nowhere conversation when this a**hole gave me my out.
He said, "No, it's not that you can't tow it, you just don't want to! Why did they send you out here? Why didn't they send someone with experience?"
I didn't even respond, I just spun around and walked away while he continued to say "they need to get someone experienced out here and not your dumbass!"
I jumped in the truck and left. Asswipe!
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