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Look lady, I understand why you are upset. I'd be peeved too if I got towed from a place I live at. But, see, you didn't put your permit up. The one that identifies your vehicle as belonging.
It doesn't matter to me how much you pay in rent or how long you've been renting there... none of that matters.... Nuuuuuuthing else mat-terrrrrrrrs!!! And I never cared for what you do..... It's a matter of rules! RULES! You know, as in "RULER!"
One of the big bugaboos about people who live in rental properties is a small but aggravating percentage of them do not and cannot be made to understand that final say on who can and cannot park their cars on that property and how they are allowed to do it is the word of the landlord, not his/her tenants.
In other words, even if your friend you're visiting gave you "permission" to park there, said friend's permission in this case means nothing.
It's the same as if they gave you "permission" to park in my driveway... their vote doesn't count
You cannot park on the grass, doing so tends to kill/damage the grass, and the landlord pays money to keep that from happening. So, even if you do live there, you aren't allowed to just pull your car/truck onto the lawn and party it up... why? Because your LANDLORD said so and it's their will I enforce. It doesn't matter if you can find me 50 drunk party-goers who agree said policy is "stupid" and that "She lives here!" This is not a democracy, the desire of the plebiscite means nothing to the modern-day Caligula who is your landlord. (though I don't think he's appointed a horse to run anything around here yet, so maybe I'm being unfair?)
If you ARE a tenant, you have to follow the RULES of your landlord and you CANNOT summarily overrule them because you think they are silly. If he says your parking permit must be visible at all times, and you don't put yours up, and you get towed, too bad. And visible to me means any part of it can be seen, if I see it under a sunvisor, or partially under the front seat or flipped upside down in the center console, then obviously its "visible" , I saw it, but if you just plain forget it somewhere or give it to a friend, sorry, the rule that you SIGNED UP to be enforced to is "VISIBLE PERMITS" I try to be as lenient as possible, you don't have to be a DICK to do this job, but you have to be FIRM. (Oh dear, that didn't sound so half as dirty in my head when I typed it, sorry)
Is this policy a bit overzealous? asinine? stupid? "gay"? It's irrelevant is what it is. You have to pay to get that car back.
Yes, you already told me you live there more than a few times, the issue is not that I do not believe you, its a rules violation
Yes, I'm certain there was no permit visible in that car
No, I don't "recognize" your car, you have any idea how many cars I have to check for permits everyday around this town? It's like all those baseballs that get fouled into the crowd during a game, there's no way you can bring one of those back to the umpire and demand he be able to recognize it as one he had... unless it had a special mark on it or something... a unique identifier? Like, oh, I don't know, A PARKING PERMIT!?
No, I will not bring it back until you pay.
"Not your problem?" you say? You say that "If the permit fell off, it's not my problem!" Uh, as you can clearly see, it just BECAME your problem....
Look, stop repeating yourself please, I've already said it will not be coming back, just demanding it again will do nothing but make me need to get my teeth floated..
Oooh, a lawsuit threat.... wow... never heard one of those before......
Nope, car still isn't coming back without payment
Answer is still no
Still no
Nope, and no, I am not going to be responsible if you get fired for being late to work. Claiming you are now late for work... at 3 in the morning, is dubious. Yes, I know there are people who work odd hours, I mean, look who's talking, but, if you really are late for work, maybe you should be calling them and not me? or a cab?
We're really going nowhere now, I'm sorry, talk to the manager in the morning. *click*
That was fun, wonder what you'll do for an encore? Turns out, you had someone else call in and claim he was the landlord.... or TRY to claim. See, I never bothered talking to him because I know he's NOT the landlord. The people who OWN that property are Global Domination Reality LLC. I know that because we get faxes from them from time to time about rule updates and changes. And they know the "secret" line to call me if there's an issue. A guy who calls the number on the truck, claims to "own" the property in question, and when asked for his name gives me his STREET NAME of "Shiv", well, THEY get hung up on mighty quick..... I cannot believe you did that.
Well, I can
But I'd like to DREAM I live in a world where people aren't that dumb, I can do that can't I?
It doesn't matter to me how much you pay in rent or how long you've been renting there... none of that matters.... Nuuuuuuthing else mat-terrrrrrrrs!!! And I never cared for what you do..... It's a matter of rules! RULES! You know, as in "RULER!"
One of the big bugaboos about people who live in rental properties is a small but aggravating percentage of them do not and cannot be made to understand that final say on who can and cannot park their cars on that property and how they are allowed to do it is the word of the landlord, not his/her tenants.
In other words, even if your friend you're visiting gave you "permission" to park there, said friend's permission in this case means nothing.
It's the same as if they gave you "permission" to park in my driveway... their vote doesn't count
You cannot park on the grass, doing so tends to kill/damage the grass, and the landlord pays money to keep that from happening. So, even if you do live there, you aren't allowed to just pull your car/truck onto the lawn and party it up... why? Because your LANDLORD said so and it's their will I enforce. It doesn't matter if you can find me 50 drunk party-goers who agree said policy is "stupid" and that "She lives here!" This is not a democracy, the desire of the plebiscite means nothing to the modern-day Caligula who is your landlord. (though I don't think he's appointed a horse to run anything around here yet, so maybe I'm being unfair?)
If you ARE a tenant, you have to follow the RULES of your landlord and you CANNOT summarily overrule them because you think they are silly. If he says your parking permit must be visible at all times, and you don't put yours up, and you get towed, too bad. And visible to me means any part of it can be seen, if I see it under a sunvisor, or partially under the front seat or flipped upside down in the center console, then obviously its "visible" , I saw it, but if you just plain forget it somewhere or give it to a friend, sorry, the rule that you SIGNED UP to be enforced to is "VISIBLE PERMITS" I try to be as lenient as possible, you don't have to be a DICK to do this job, but you have to be FIRM. (Oh dear, that didn't sound so half as dirty in my head when I typed it, sorry)
Is this policy a bit overzealous? asinine? stupid? "gay"? It's irrelevant is what it is. You have to pay to get that car back.
Yes, you already told me you live there more than a few times, the issue is not that I do not believe you, its a rules violation
Yes, I'm certain there was no permit visible in that car
No, I don't "recognize" your car, you have any idea how many cars I have to check for permits everyday around this town? It's like all those baseballs that get fouled into the crowd during a game, there's no way you can bring one of those back to the umpire and demand he be able to recognize it as one he had... unless it had a special mark on it or something... a unique identifier? Like, oh, I don't know, A PARKING PERMIT!?
No, I will not bring it back until you pay.
"Not your problem?" you say? You say that "If the permit fell off, it's not my problem!" Uh, as you can clearly see, it just BECAME your problem....
Look, stop repeating yourself please, I've already said it will not be coming back, just demanding it again will do nothing but make me need to get my teeth floated..
Oooh, a lawsuit threat.... wow... never heard one of those before......
Nope, car still isn't coming back without payment
Answer is still no
Still no
Nope, and no, I am not going to be responsible if you get fired for being late to work. Claiming you are now late for work... at 3 in the morning, is dubious. Yes, I know there are people who work odd hours, I mean, look who's talking, but, if you really are late for work, maybe you should be calling them and not me? or a cab?
We're really going nowhere now, I'm sorry, talk to the manager in the morning. *click*
That was fun, wonder what you'll do for an encore? Turns out, you had someone else call in and claim he was the landlord.... or TRY to claim. See, I never bothered talking to him because I know he's NOT the landlord. The people who OWN that property are Global Domination Reality LLC. I know that because we get faxes from them from time to time about rule updates and changes. And they know the "secret" line to call me if there's an issue. A guy who calls the number on the truck, claims to "own" the property in question, and when asked for his name gives me his STREET NAME of "Shiv", well, THEY get hung up on mighty quick..... I cannot believe you did that.
Well, I can
But I'd like to DREAM I live in a world where people aren't that dumb, I can do that can't I?
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