New Mexico: Land of Enchantment, This Town? Land of Entrapment!

[Argabarga]

The parade of "THIS ISN'T FAIR!!!!!" letters I've been getting at the front desk via Email this week continues.

The other mornin' I got a real gem written by someone who feels that because they were only going to be "a minute", and they weren't parking, just stopping the car to drop some stuff off, and since nobody warned them they'd get ticketed/towed if they did that, (ignoring the 6 or so signs in that lot that say "PRIVATE: permit parking only" on the various walls of that building) well, we "trapped" them and that's not fair/legal/nice whatever. Since they were legally parked... they don't feel they should have to pay for being "trapped" into a ticket/tow and are awaiting my "resolution" on the matter.

Legally parked?

Yes, they INSISTED they were legally parked....

Despite the fact that the car had no permit..... the very definition of NOT LEGALLY PARKED.

I had to actually REMIND them of that little fact in my reply, that if they HAD been legally parked, they WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TICKETED/TOWED...

I'm weeping for humanity, again and it's only Tuesday. On the bright side, they didn't write back, maybe they're afraid I'll trap them again.

[RootedPhoenix]

People are remarkable in their willingness to escape the notion that they might have done something wrong.

It's funny though, your customers never seem to get that if they were the upstanding citizens they claim to be, they wouldn't have to deal with having been towed.

People are remarkable. *facepalm*

[barainga]

The nice thing about being a pizza delivery man, we can park just about anywhere. Of course I avoid fire lanes and handicap places, I am not a moron. But I wouldn't be in any of your lots long enough to get towed anyway.

[Racket_Man]

The nice thing about being a pizza delivery man, we can park just about anywhere. Of course I avoid fire lanes and handicap places, I am not a moron. But I wouldn't be in any of your lots long enough to get towed anyway.

one of the advantages of a lit topper

[taxguykarl]

The nice thing about being a pizza delivery man, we can park just about anywhere. Of course I avoid fire lanes and handicap places, I am not a moron. But I wouldn't be in any of your lots long enough to get towed anyway.

Also very few pizza guys stay parked long enough for most tow trucks to arrive.

[MoonCat]

Isn't this pretty much the type of reasoning every criminal uses? "If I don't think it's wrong, then it's not wrong!"

I'm not saying people who park illegally are criminals, mind you, just noting that there seems to be a similarity in the reasoning.

[Sapphire Silk]

Isn't this pretty much the type of reasoning every criminal uses? "If I don't think it's wrong, then it's not wrong!"

I'm not saying people who park illegally are criminals, mind you, just noting that there seems to be a similarity in the reasoning.

I prefer, "Cop didn't see it? Then I didn't do it."

[Racket_Man]

I prefer, "Cop didn't see it? Then I didn't do it."

Gotta love George....

[Jay 2K Winger]

I prefer, "Cop didn't see it? Then I didn't do it."

As Disney's Aladdin put it: "You're only in trouble if you get caught!"

[Mr Hero]

Hey, there's a NEW Mexico!

As Disney's Aladdin put it: "You're only in trouble if you get caught!"

I'm in trouble!

[EricKei]

Reminds me of someone at the groceryplex the other day who got ticketed, but showed up in time to avoid a tow... I was hanging out on the sidewalk waiting for someone, so I got a little floor show Note that there were empty parking spots near enough to said car to be visible from where I was standing.

Parked in fire lane, smallish stripmall (grocery store and 2 other places), in a place where there is almost ALWAYS a cop car on duty. The cop was even fair, he pulled up behind the empty car and actually just sat there for 5 minutes in his nice air conditioned car just to give them a chance to get away with a warning. Cop called them in, left ticket, went off to patrol/check for other idiots. Dude came out less than five minutes later and beat feet before the wrecker could get there.