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Spring semester started this week. (You can tell it's spring semester on account of the foot of snow on the ground!)
Technically it started back on Monday. However, Global Domination Reality, our biggest "customer" for lot policing, decided to just have us leave warning notes on cars in their lots with no/expired permits (ones that ran out in 12/12) on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Today, however, they've had enough no more warnings.
It's war
go time
Release the hounds!
it is ON
34 cars later, the impound lot is stuffed with a veritable medley of vehicles, seriously, it rivals a Chinese buffet for variety. And the best part? The whining started right away.
Now, keep in mind, some of these cars have 2, even 3 pink warnings slapped under the wipers telling the owner that they are illegally parked with an expired/non-existent permit and will be towed if they don't do something.
Mommy to the Rescue of Her Angelkins
Today, we got a call from the MOTHER of one of the kids who got towed, this is never a good sign. Now, you all can talk amongst yourselves and decide if it's worse that an alleged grown and legal adult tries to call in support from the parents when they screw up, or, that momsey and dadsey sometimes HEED THE CALL. But for me, the parents are worse, actively sheltering their now adult kids from the consequences of their own mistakes, the kind that can stand right in front of a judge and declare that his honor stop being mean to their little angel who surely didn't rob that bank, at least, not without a good reason..... and well, didn't YOU ever make a foolish choice or six as a kid?
This is what I recall of the conversation
-You towed my daughter's car for no reason! She lives at that apartment!
-The permit in her car expired back on 12/31/12, it was no longer valid
-You can't do that! She lives there! And She rented for 2013!
-She must have a valid permit up at all times
-Nobody told her that!
-Well, the lease they have to read and sign when they rent there says they have to have permits up to park there, so she knew the rules.
-Why didn't they at least warn her?
-They did, they sent an email to all their tenants that towing would start end of this week, and, the lots were warned on the 7th, 8th and 9th that towing would start this week, there's nothing we can do if they ignore the warnings
-But they didn't issue any WRITTEN warning to her!
-No, but they put warnings on the car, and emailed her
-That's not good enough! They need to give a written warning or it's not legal! I know how you companies operate! You're all scammers!
-No, they don't have to do that
-You're SCAMMING!
-Well, you're welcome to your opinion, Ma'm
-It's NOT opinion! It's a FACT!!!! I work for *national insurance company* and I know how you work!
-Mmmm-hmmmm
-You're all a bunch of cheats and scammers!
-Mmmm-hmmm......
-You're ... (and at that point, I think I really did stop listening, it was the human equivalent of tuning into an AM band radio station and driving out of it's range.... it just suddenly turned to static in my mind, there was noise, but no comprehension)
-Well, the car's at *our address*, pick it up before midnight tonight and it's $115, have a nice day.
*click*
Scamming, heh, cute. If you want to experience a REAL scam, answer one of those Nigerian emails, there should be one in your daughter's inbox, right next to that warning that she needs to move her car...
The Six Wheeled Solution
Guy at Global Domination Reality propery has a Jeep. It doesn't have a permit. Warning is put on his car that he needs a permit for it by Thursday or it's happy tow time for Mr. Jeep. Guy decides that's too much hassle on his part and decides to "tow-proof" his Jeep.
By taking his bicycle, running his chain lock through the bike, then the door handle, and then locking it. Essentially turning the Jeep into a bike rack and assuming it couldn't be towed like that.
The look on his face as he ran out to stop our driver from leaving with the Jeep hooked to a tow truck, and the bike dangling off the side, was quite amusing indeed.
And after he paid for his drop, he ran inside the building and brought out his VALID permit that he had the entire time and stuck it on the window.
That's right, he had a permit, and he apparently decided that despite the lease he signed, the money he spent and the warnings he'd been getting, it was still somehow easier just to leave the perfectly good permit he paid for on his dresser and ignore the threats to tow and jury rigging one of the goofiest and futile anti-towing measures I've ever seen, instead of just, ya know, walking outside and putting the permit ON THE vehicle.
How ever do they manage to breathe for themselves without having to call tech support?
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Guy notices the beehive of activity around one of the lots, as no fewer than 4 tow trucks are zipping around, grabbing cars with expired permits. He notices me sizing up a black Civic for a tow.
"Uh, that's my car"
"You don't have a permit"
"Uh, no I don't"
"You need a permit to park here, so if you don't have one, you need to move it"
"Well, see, I don't know if I'm staying here or not"
Woah, how zen, never heard that one before... oh well, if it's a rut your in, allow me to help!
"Well, If you don't move it right now, this truck is going to tow it"
And he moved it, out of the lot and into the street. Guess that counts as "go", glad I could help him solve that little mental logjam he seemed to be suffering from. Next time you're in that conundrum friend, feel free to call me and I'll flip a coin to get you out of it.
Technically it started back on Monday. However, Global Domination Reality, our biggest "customer" for lot policing, decided to just have us leave warning notes on cars in their lots with no/expired permits (ones that ran out in 12/12) on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Today, however, they've had enough no more warnings.
It's war
go time
Release the hounds!
it is ON
34 cars later, the impound lot is stuffed with a veritable medley of vehicles, seriously, it rivals a Chinese buffet for variety. And the best part? The whining started right away.
Now, keep in mind, some of these cars have 2, even 3 pink warnings slapped under the wipers telling the owner that they are illegally parked with an expired/non-existent permit and will be towed if they don't do something.
Mommy to the Rescue of Her Angelkins
Today, we got a call from the MOTHER of one of the kids who got towed, this is never a good sign. Now, you all can talk amongst yourselves and decide if it's worse that an alleged grown and legal adult tries to call in support from the parents when they screw up, or, that momsey and dadsey sometimes HEED THE CALL. But for me, the parents are worse, actively sheltering their now adult kids from the consequences of their own mistakes, the kind that can stand right in front of a judge and declare that his honor stop being mean to their little angel who surely didn't rob that bank, at least, not without a good reason..... and well, didn't YOU ever make a foolish choice or six as a kid?
This is what I recall of the conversation
-You towed my daughter's car for no reason! She lives at that apartment!
-The permit in her car expired back on 12/31/12, it was no longer valid
-You can't do that! She lives there! And She rented for 2013!
-She must have a valid permit up at all times
-Nobody told her that!
-Well, the lease they have to read and sign when they rent there says they have to have permits up to park there, so she knew the rules.
-Why didn't they at least warn her?
-They did, they sent an email to all their tenants that towing would start end of this week, and, the lots were warned on the 7th, 8th and 9th that towing would start this week, there's nothing we can do if they ignore the warnings
-But they didn't issue any WRITTEN warning to her!
-No, but they put warnings on the car, and emailed her
-That's not good enough! They need to give a written warning or it's not legal! I know how you companies operate! You're all scammers!
-No, they don't have to do that
-You're SCAMMING!
-Well, you're welcome to your opinion, Ma'm
-It's NOT opinion! It's a FACT!!!! I work for *national insurance company* and I know how you work!
-Mmmm-hmmmm
-You're all a bunch of cheats and scammers!
-Mmmm-hmmm......
-You're ... (and at that point, I think I really did stop listening, it was the human equivalent of tuning into an AM band radio station and driving out of it's range.... it just suddenly turned to static in my mind, there was noise, but no comprehension)
-Well, the car's at *our address*, pick it up before midnight tonight and it's $115, have a nice day.
*click*
Scamming, heh, cute. If you want to experience a REAL scam, answer one of those Nigerian emails, there should be one in your daughter's inbox, right next to that warning that she needs to move her car...
The Six Wheeled Solution
Guy at Global Domination Reality propery has a Jeep. It doesn't have a permit. Warning is put on his car that he needs a permit for it by Thursday or it's happy tow time for Mr. Jeep. Guy decides that's too much hassle on his part and decides to "tow-proof" his Jeep.
By taking his bicycle, running his chain lock through the bike, then the door handle, and then locking it. Essentially turning the Jeep into a bike rack and assuming it couldn't be towed like that.
The look on his face as he ran out to stop our driver from leaving with the Jeep hooked to a tow truck, and the bike dangling off the side, was quite amusing indeed.
And after he paid for his drop, he ran inside the building and brought out his VALID permit that he had the entire time and stuck it on the window.
That's right, he had a permit, and he apparently decided that despite the lease he signed, the money he spent and the warnings he'd been getting, it was still somehow easier just to leave the perfectly good permit he paid for on his dresser and ignore the threats to tow and jury rigging one of the goofiest and futile anti-towing measures I've ever seen, instead of just, ya know, walking outside and putting the permit ON THE vehicle.
How ever do they manage to breathe for themselves without having to call tech support?
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Guy notices the beehive of activity around one of the lots, as no fewer than 4 tow trucks are zipping around, grabbing cars with expired permits. He notices me sizing up a black Civic for a tow.
"Uh, that's my car"
"You don't have a permit"
"Uh, no I don't"
"You need a permit to park here, so if you don't have one, you need to move it"
"Well, see, I don't know if I'm staying here or not"
Woah, how zen, never heard that one before... oh well, if it's a rut your in, allow me to help!
"Well, If you don't move it right now, this truck is going to tow it"
And he moved it, out of the lot and into the street. Guess that counts as "go", glad I could help him solve that little mental logjam he seemed to be suffering from. Next time you're in that conundrum friend, feel free to call me and I'll flip a coin to get you out of it.
My parents are cycling enthusiasts, so I've seen pretty much every bike out there... but unless it was a toy jeep I've yet to see one that would weigh down a jeep enough to prevent it from moving. Or one that was so large it would prevent it from being towed. I guess if you got a 6 seater it might be inconvenient...
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