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So, there I was, minding my own business and loading up a car that had broken down in the parking lot of the local Advance Auto Parts store, which is always kinda funny when it happens. I'm talking innocently enough with the owner who's wondering when our service technicians will be able to look at his car, and speculating on what might have gone wrong when suddenly a guy on a motorcycle flies into the lot off the main road. Mr Cyclist pulls up next to us and without as much as a hello declares
"Hey! Don't let these guys tow you! They're crooks! They'll wreck your car!!!"
Customer and I are kinda taken back, but it only lasts for about a half second before we resume our talk.
"I'm serious!" the Cyclist says, "They'll ruin your car!"
We continue to ignore him, by now, I've loaded my customers car and am collecting his phone number/address/etc so we can call him back after we get a chance to officially diagnose his ailing vehicle
"You listening to me?" Cyclist asks "They towed my car once and did $3,000 worth of damage to it! They'll f*ck yours up too! Call someone else!"
We both kinda stare at Cyclist for another half second, not sure what to make of him, but quietly resume our chat
"Here!" Cyclist says, thrusting a piece of paper forward, "It's my phone number! Call me! I'll be a witness in court for you, because they're gonna rip you off!"
Neither of us react, Cyclist re-tightens his helmet as he finally gets the hint that neither myself or my customer are stoned, deaf or blind, we just don't care about him.
"You'll be sorry!" he declares as he drives off.
I still have no clue what that was about, I'd never seen the dude before in my life. Wonder if I shoulda told him that we can and do tow motorcycles too?
Well, according to bell-curve logic, there's always that infinitely small portion of the population way out at the far end from the norm that you just can't explain.....
Oh, and anyone ever notice how the parking spaces in front of auto parts stores always have HUGE oil stains that are like three times as big as you usually see in "regular" parking lots? Yeah, I find that funny too.
"Hey! Don't let these guys tow you! They're crooks! They'll wreck your car!!!"
Customer and I are kinda taken back, but it only lasts for about a half second before we resume our talk.
"I'm serious!" the Cyclist says, "They'll ruin your car!"
We continue to ignore him, by now, I've loaded my customers car and am collecting his phone number/address/etc so we can call him back after we get a chance to officially diagnose his ailing vehicle
"You listening to me?" Cyclist asks "They towed my car once and did $3,000 worth of damage to it! They'll f*ck yours up too! Call someone else!"
We both kinda stare at Cyclist for another half second, not sure what to make of him, but quietly resume our chat
"Here!" Cyclist says, thrusting a piece of paper forward, "It's my phone number! Call me! I'll be a witness in court for you, because they're gonna rip you off!"
Neither of us react, Cyclist re-tightens his helmet as he finally gets the hint that neither myself or my customer are stoned, deaf or blind, we just don't care about him.
"You'll be sorry!" he declares as he drives off.
I still have no clue what that was about, I'd never seen the dude before in my life. Wonder if I shoulda told him that we can and do tow motorcycles too?
Well, according to bell-curve logic, there's always that infinitely small portion of the population way out at the far end from the norm that you just can't explain.....Oh, and anyone ever notice how the parking spaces in front of auto parts stores always have HUGE oil stains that are like three times as big as you usually see in "regular" parking lots? Yeah, I find that funny too.
Fuck me!
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