Fire Lane Pwnage

[Dave1982]

Had somethimg happen tonight in the exact same vein as Irv's Handicapped Parking Pwnage incident.

Just before closing, a cop came into the store. In and of itself there's nothing unusual about that, as we do quite a lot of business with the local police department, so I didn't think anything of it.

Then he got on our overhead page (with permission).

Cop: Attention please! Will the owner of the black Chevy Tahoe parked in the fire lane please come to the front of the store? Will the owner of the Chevy Tahoe with a flat tire parked in the fire lane please come to the front of the store?

Me:


Sure enough, I looked out the window and the cop had pulled in right behind some asshole who'd parked in the fire lane, despite the fact that it was the end of the night and there were plenty of prime parking spaces available. And at the mention of "flat tire" the guy came running, only to be intercepted by the cop and led outside for a "chat."

Oh, and right after the cop and this guy went outside, the manager locked the doors and set the gate, so he didn't get to come back in to make his purchase.

[NightWatch]

Oh man the fire lane! There was one time I was watching the security cameras waiting for a fire engine to show up for a medical issue someone else was having. At some point this jack ass pulled into the fire lane, parked and got out. Fire truck pulls up a minute later, they can't find the owner. Needing that space, They just used the fire truck to move the car out of the way. It was the most awesome thing I've EVER seen.

[fireheart]

Gotta love the pwnage! thankfully I finished my water BEFORE I read this....

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Reminded me of an announcement I heard YEARS ago... I was at a comic shop that was part of a larger mall (well, one grocery store with a few independant shops on the side) and heard this announcement:

"Will the owner of a (sedan, plain colour, plate number) please come come to the parking lot... your car is on fire."

It was repeated about two minutes later, too...

When I left I saw a fire engine parked next to a sedan, which had the hood scorched black... it had stopped smoking by then. Rumour was that it was something electrical that went up in the engine.

[protege]

At a lumberyard in rural SW PA...it was rumored that they used a *forklift* to remove some idiot's car after he parked in their no-parking zone. I bet that was fun

[Javarod]

Chuckles, "We have a parking enforcement officer that while real friendly also enforces the rules evenly, which can be funny to watch. Lets see, she ticketed about a half dozen of ExeCar's sedan's for parking in a loading zone across the street from the Sheraton Hotel downtown (only delivery vehicles are allowed in loading zones) and yesterday i saw her ticketing a FedEx truck that was parked in a no parking zone. I think she would've ticketed the US Postal Service truck parked behind it, ifn she could figure out what to write for plate number as they don't have one. Pretty funny to watch, though i do have to be careful for obvious reasons (i drive a taxi)."

[mandaliz8704]

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/...hrough_car.jpg

[wagegoth]

Oh man the fire lane! There was one time I was watching the security cameras waiting for a fire engine to show up for a medical issue someone else was having. At some point this jack ass pulled into the fire lane, parked and got out. Fire truck pulls up a minute later, they can't find the owner. Needing that space, They just used the fire truck to move the car out of the way. It was the most awesome thing I've EVER seen.

I wonder if the CCTV footage is circulating somewhere. That was truly awesome.

[SpyOne]

Where I used to live, my brother worked at the donut shop so he knew all the city police and fire people (VERY small city, one donut shop one combined police/fire station).
The guy who drove the pumper said that he used to love when they'd get a fire alarm from the Mall: they'd drive around the building looking for cars in the fire lane, because they were allowed to hit those cars with the truck, and the front bumper was several feet thick so it wouldn't get damaged, and the engine/transmission was designed so the truck could push a row of 15 cars with their emergency brakes on.

And I remember seeing on an episode of Third Watch where there was no particular urgency, and the car owner was right there eagerly volunteering to move his car, but he'd parked by a hydrant so they smashed the windows on his .. BMW? and ran the hose through.
Fire hoses leak: the car was full of water when they were done.

Karma.