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  • How to get an Impound...

    1. Let your brother drive your car onto the Turnpike who then decides to race like crazy and get pulled over. Oops, he had a few warrants and now you get to wait til Monday to talk to the boss about getting that out.

    2. Let your addicted boyfriend take your vehicle, in which he runs out of gas down the street from the Burger King. Not a problem usually, but when he goes into said Burger King and overdoses on a drug meant to stop people from overdosing... well that'll get you impounded.

    Not only did your car get impounded but it didn't go to our lot. Oh, no. It went to the police lot. This means you have to come to us, pay for your tow, get a receipt, and then go back to the police yard to get your car out after also paying your fines.

    No, you cannot have the receipt minus payment now to get your car out of the impound lot and pay us on Friday.

    3. Driving a porsche must be fun, until the transmission blows on the side of the road near a lake in the middle of no where.
    Best things to do for this situation?
    A. Call a tow truck and take it to a garage to fix it
    B. Call a tow truck and take it home to fix it yourself
    C. Go home, get ramps, come back and get the car somehow on top of those ramps to try and fix it on the side of the road, realize you can't and leave the car there.........

    FOR A WEEK! When the lake rangers finally found it, they called us out to impound the car. It was nice of you to also come in to finally get it out and complain that it was illegal for us to take your car. Good luck with that one.


    Bonus Gas Station story: A known meth-user comes in for gas on his non-street legal 4-wheeler. He used to work for us (got fired) and is under the impression that we are all buddy-buddy. He comes in and (jokingly I hoped at the time) gives me a screw and bolt for $3 dollars in gas, trying to say that he'll be back for it with money to pay for the fuel.

    He wasn't joking.. and got mad that I wouldn't go along with his clever plan to fuel up his 4-wheeler with a bolt and a screw.

  • #2
    There's some real epic fail here!

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    • #3
      Quoth JarethsPet View Post
      2. Let your addicted boyfriend take your vehicle, in which he runs out of gas down the street from the Burger King. Not a problem usually, but when he goes into said Burger King and overdoses on a drug meant to stop people from overdosing... well that'll get you impounded.
      When I was living in a small apartment building my car got blocked in by a pick-up truck that didn't belong to anyone that lived there. The police told me there was nothing they could do since it was private property and the landlords phone went to an answering machine.

      The truck wasn't locked but it also wasn't a manual transmission so I couldn't roll it. The registration was in a woman's name at an address about a mile away so I hopped on my motorcycle and went to pay her a visit.

      When I got there I approached the door and saw that the door was ajar and it looked like someone had kicked it open. The lock was broken. I lived in a city center with druggies, prostitutes and several people had been murdered so there was no way I was going in that door. I remember thinking, "screw this, I'm calling the cops and making them come out here; no way I want to be the one to find the dead body!"

      As I was heading back to my bike a couple of women pulled up and asked me what I wanted. I asked if one of them was *name* and when one said yes I let her know that her truck was currently in my apartment lot blocking my car in.

      Turns out she had a fight with her drunken and probably drugged BF the night before and at some point after BF broke down the door he stole her truck. Her screaming that she was calling the police apparently made it through his addled mind so he found a convenient parking lot to ditch the truck in.

      In retrospect I suppose it could have been worse. He could have parked the truck IN my car instead of behind it.
      You'll find a slight squeeze on the hooter an excellent safety precaution, Miss Scrumptious.

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      • #4
        Quoth JarethsPet View Post

        No, you cannot have the receipt minus payment now to get your car out of the impound lot and pay us on Friday.
        I think I've dealt with that person before, they used the same argument too

        Quoth JarethsPet View Post

        come in to finally get it out and complain that it was illegal for us to take your car. Good luck with that one.
        I'm terribly sorry that I apparently have been sending all my customers to you , especially the kind who can declare that law enforcement ordering your vehicle towed off public property is illegal.... with a straight face no less.


        Quoth JarethsPet View Post
        He wasn't joking.. and got mad that I wouldn't go along with his clever plan to fuel up his 4-wheeler with a bolt and a screw.
        Well, at least he was honest with his form of payment, that's exactly what he was planning to do.... He'd bolt, and you're screwed.
        - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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        • #5
          Quoth Argabarga View Post
          Well, at least he was honest with his form of payment, that's exactly what he was planning to do.... He'd bolt, and you're screwed.


          Very nice!
          Some people just need a high five...

          In the face with the back of a chair....

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          • #6
            Quoth JarethsPet View Post
            No, you cannot have the receipt minus payment now to get your car out of the impound lot and pay us on Friday.
            'I will happily pay you Tuesday, for a hamburger today!'

            SC, I dub thee 'Wimpy'...

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            • #7
              Quoth Caractacus_Potts View Post
              When I was living in a small apartment building my car got blocked in by a pick-up truck that didn't belong to anyone that lived there.....
              Wow, you're so lucky you didn't end up finding something worse then just the ending of this story. That's mad scary. According to the impounds we do, we cannot remove a vehicle without the property owners concent. The only time it can be removed by police is when it's on a public road or lot.

              Quoth Argabarga View Post
              I think I've dealt with that person before, they used the same argument too

              I'm terribly sorry that I apparently have been sending all my customers to you , especially the kind who can declare that law enforcement ordering your vehicle towed off public property is illegal.... with a straight face no less.

              Well, at least he was honest with his form of payment, that's exactly what he was planning to do.... He'd bolt, and you're screwed.
              She finally came to pay for her car today. She was supposed to be in on Wednesday. After all that, the car wasn't really that important I suppose?

              I think we share customers honestly, or they just breed everywhere. My favorite one year was a lady threatening to sue us because she left her car in a snowy Rite Aid lot that needed to be plowed because she couldn't be arsed to clean a spot for her car on the street. She assumed that ibecause it's viewed as public parking during the day, that also meant at night as well. (and that the lot didn't have signs)

              LOL Bolt and screwed. LOVE that.

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              • #8
                Quoth JarethsPet View Post
                . My favorite one year was a lady threatening to sue us because she left her car in a snowy Rite Aid lot that needed to be plowed because she couldn't be arsed to clean a spot for her car on the street. She assumed that ibecause it's viewed as public parking during the day, that also meant at night as well.
                Been there.... heard that


                -It's public parking!

                -No it isn't, it's for customers only

                -I AM a customer!

                -It was 11 at night and they were closed, you can't be a customer if they aren't open

                -I BOUGHT A BOTTLE OF MOUTHWASH THERE ONCE!!! So, I AM A CUSTOMER!!! I'M GONNA SUE!

                Fun times
                - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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                • #9
                  I... I'm sorry... My brain seems to have run away screaming after I read number 2. He overdosed... on a drug meant to keep people from overdosing... um... talented, I...guess?
                  "And though she be but little, she is FIERCE!"--Shakespeare

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                  • #10
                    Quoth JarethsPet View Post
                    2. Let your addicted boyfriend take your vehicle, in which he runs out of gas down the street from the Burger King. Not a problem usually, but when he goes into said Burger King and overdoses on a drug meant to stop people from overdosing... well that'll get you impounded.
                    That's special.

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                    • #11
                      Quoth Skelly View Post
                      That's special.
                      I want to know how that's even possible..
                      If anyone breaks the three pint rule, they'll be running all night to the pisser and back.

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                      • #12
                        NOTHING is impossible, given infinite time and a populace dedicated to lowering the intelligence bar as low as it can possibly go.

                        I'm sure that somewhere out there, there's someone who can't figure out how to make ramen noodles
                        - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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                        • #13
                          Hey, if Homer Simpson can burn cornflakes, someone out there can ruin ramen. (Yes, I know my example is a cartoon, but my point still stands!)

                          Violets are blue,
                          Roses are red,
                          I bequeath to thee...
                          A boot to the head >_>

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                          • #14
                            Quoth Argabarga View Post
                            NOTHING is impossible, given infinite time and a populace dedicated to lowering the intelligence bar as low as it can possibly go.

                            I'm sure that somewhere out there, there's someone who can't figure out how to make ramen noodles
                            Oddly enough, I have a story which does involve that happening. Here's how the poor girl's attempt goes:

                            1) Turn on stove. Not notice that stove isn't plugged in (just moved in).

                            2) Place brick of ramen in saucepan (without water).

                            3) Try to figure out what to do next.

                            4) Boyfriend steps in, rewinds to start, does it properly.

                            In her defence, her mother had died a long time ago and had always cooked *good* meals rather than ramen, and her surviving family had always ignored the stove completely and relied on takeaway and microwave. She's far from stupid, but for a variety of reasons has missed out on crucial life skills.

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                            • #15
                              Quoth Kagato View Post
                              Hey, if Homer Simpson can burn cornflakes...
                              Episode taken from a real life experience of We All Know Who!
                              I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
                              Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
                              Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.

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