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  • Faith in Humanity....... dropping.....

    On account of extremely poor workmanship and petty complaints

    It's a Permit, Not a Sandwich

    Why didn't you just go out and BUY some lime-green dayglo paper stock? I'm sure every art store in town has some, I'm sure the craft section of every major retailer has some. Because, be it laziness or stupidity, or a combination of the two ( a condition I call "lazpidity" ) when you tried to forge a permit by taking a digital scan of one, printing out the front and back sides of it on a color printer, and then gluing that to either side of a piece of plain white paper, well, it ended up looking like a mutant oreo cookie made from toxic waste, with two slices of sickly green sandwiched around a white center. Had you done a much more precise trim job, I might have missed it. Though, don't bank on that.


    Concentrated Failure

    The fails-per-capita on this one was quite amazing.

    It was the wrong color (yellow instead of orange) probably because you took a picture of it with a camera, put that into the computer, and then tried to print it out on white paper, the old photocopy-of-a-photocopy-of-a-photocopy sequential decay of the color was the inevitable result. STRIKE 1


    The initials of the office-lady who authorizes these looked AWFUL, unless she tried to issue one drunk, I'm sure she can close the top of her "R"s and "B"s a lot better than you did. STRIKE 2


    It was too thin, paper curls up when you hang it, legit cardstock does not, as I've mentioned many many times before . STRIKE 3, yer outta here

    The company that issues these prints them out a dozen to the sheet, with pre-scored lines to tear them along to separate them. Yours had clean edges, not the little perforation "nubs" left behind on an original Oop, now you're arguing with the ump over that called strike 3

    Obvious scissor marks on the round part that wraps around the rearview mirror The ump just sent you to the showers, now you're tossing your helmet and bat around

    The serial number matched the one already up in the car next to yours, you know, the one you (badly) copied it from? The manager just had to drag you kicking and screaming off the field, and the League Commissioner would now like to have a word with you

    So much failure in such a little space, YOU LOSE, GOOD DAY SIR!

    Can't Please Nobody

    While walking through the lot checking permits, I get yelled at by one of the people out on their balcony having a smoke.

    Not for "snooping" or "sneaking" or "casing the joint" or the injustice of holding people to the law about vehicular trespass, or whatever..... no, the reason they were mad with me?

    I didn't come over and say hello to them, and that was rude, they just wanted me to know that....
    - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

  • #2
    Wow - you still manage to have faith in humanity? My hat's off to you!

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    • #3
      The first two: They aren't gonna spend the money on the permit, how can you expect them to spend the money on the card stock, assuming they know what that is? And that is about the only logic that can be used in their case, however.

      And on the third one: They apparently had their legit permits hanging and now had a bet going as to whose car was gonna get towed. They just wanted verbal confirmation and heck, at least they didn't chase you around like that one nut job.
      If I make no sense, I apologize. I'm constantly interrupted by an actual toddler.

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      • #4
        YOU LOSE, GOOD DAY SIR!

        I just imagined Willy Wonka yelling that from the passenger seat of your tow truck as you drive away with the SCs car.

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        • #5
          Ahh. Another Arga thread. Teaching me one story at a time, how to properly forge Parking permits

          Quoth Rainman View Post
          YOU LOSE, GOOD DAY SIR!
          I just imagined Willy Wonka yelling that from the passenger seat of your tow truck as you drive away with the SCs car.
          I imagined Willy Wonka too. Putting him in the Tow Truck is even funnier. I'm stealing your mental picture for me
          "On a scale of 1 to banana, whats your favourite colour of the alphabet?"
          Regards, Lord Baron Darth von Vaderham, esq. Middle brother to mharbourgirl & Squeaksmyalias

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          • #6
            I picture Willy Wonka (played by Gene Wilder, of course) driving that tow truck, actually.

            "GOOD DAY, SIR!"

            "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is
            Still A Customer."

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            • #7
              Good gravy. I'm imagining the permit fakers taking a look at their finished product and exclaiming, "MAGNIFICENT!" -- when a fake made from dollar store construction paper and a box of broken crayons would probably be more convincing.

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              • #8
                i <3 Argabarga stories on a monday morning
                there's some people with issues that medication, therapy or a baseball bat just can't cure

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                • #9
                  Quoth SkullBash View Post
                  Good gravy. I'm imagining the permit fakers taking a look at their finished product and exclaiming, "MAGNIFICENT!" -- when a fake made from dollar store construction paper and a box of broken crayons would probably be more convincing.
                  and how offended they must be when their "masterpieces" fail to be convincing and they still get towed.

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                  • #10
                    Quoth AyreBiskits View Post
                    i <3 Argabarga stories on a monday morning
                    Smells like victory.
                    To right the countless wrongs of our days... We shine this light of true redemption, that this place may become as paradise...Oh, what a wonderful world such would be...

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                    • #11
                      If I had more time, and fewer cars to tow, I might be tempted to take the stick of chalk I have for marking tires and write something on the ground like:

                      "Terrible Work, D-, See Me!"

                      "Nice One, Picasso"

                      "Hope You Aren't a Graphic Arts Major"

                      Or, maybe a picture of Derpy Hooves that says "I just don't know what went wrong?"




                      Nah, Momma always said it ain't polite ta' tease
                      - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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                      • #12
                        Quoth Lyse View Post
                        Wow - you still manage to have faith in humanity? My hat's off to you!
                        Haha! That was EXACTLY what I said when I saw this poist!

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