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    MORON! or I think I like the Local Police

    Before I started working at this store, I had never in my life seen anyone ticketed or otherwise reprimanded for parking in firelanes, at least not by anyone with the authority to do so.

    Since coming here, I have seen and heard first hand accounts of quite a few people who were ticketed for parking in the firelane in front of our store.

    Today, I saw it happen again, and let me tell you, the stupid was STRONG with this one.

    I went across the street for pizza on my dinner break, and when I came back I noticed three cruisers parked right by the doors of the anchor store of our plaza. As I parked and started walking back in I saw two more cruisers pull in (without lights or siren). Obviously something happened down there, but I don't know what.

    In any case, not long after punching back in I noticed that there was a car parked almost directly across from our doors in the firelane.

    Not long after THAT I saw a guy bolt out the entrance door. Turns out it was the owner of the vehicle, and there was a cruiser right behind his car. I looked out the window just in time to see the cop hand him the parking ticket.

    I honestly dont' know what this guy was thinking. He must have noticed that the lot was pretty much swarming with cops (this is a small plaza), yet not only did he decide to park int he firelane, he then came in and started making copies.....a lot of them. It's no wonder he got a ticket.
    "We guard the souls in heaven; we don't horse-trade them!" Samandrial in Supernatural

    RIP Plaidman.
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    It's always amazing to me how people think they can park anywhere they want. I've seen it happen at the local grocery store, where someone will park right next to the building where it's clearly marked "fire lane", and then go in for several minutes. I've been sorely tempted to tell the management there.

    Reminds me of years ago when I was working retail at an outdoor outlet mall. It was fairly late on a week night. We were probably about a half hour from closing. This group of teens pull up, and just park along the curb in front of our store (not marked as a fire lane, but it's obviously meant as a thoroughfare, NOT for parking). There was plenty of ;arking less than 10 yards away. So these idiots saunter in and start talking to us. Thankfully, about two minutes later the security guard came by and told them to move their car or it would be towed.

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    • #3
      Reminds me of this past weekend at the grocery store. I watched a driver pull into the firelane, look around, then pull out of the firelane. Normally, I would applaud this behavior.

      However, the driver was pulling their car completely out onto the sidewalk under the overhang. :burn:

      Had the g/f not latched onto my arm, I would have gone over and given them a piece of my mind. Which would apparently be one more piece than the driver has already.

      She gets embarassed when I spout off in public to jackasses, but I swear it is getting much harder to hold it in because the jackasses seem to be getting worse with every passing year. She also snatched my phone when I tried to take a picture so I could call the cops and show them the license plate on our way home - which goes right by the station.

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      • #4
        I wonder why the police were swarming you.


        I hate that when cars pull-up completely onto the sidewalk that I can't ticket them anymore because TECHNICALLY they're not in the fire lane! Grrr.... Same with motorcycles and scooters.

        We DID have a guy that parked in the fire lane, left the car running, and came in for 'just a second.' Well, within that second, his car was stolen! Better yet, when he called the police to make a report, he got arrested because it turned-out he had an outstanding warrant!
        "If anyone wants this old box containing the broken bits of my former faith in humanity, I'll take your best offer now. You may be able to salvage a few of em' for parts..... " - Quote by Argabarga

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        • #5
          Whether they are technically in the fire lane or not, they're still in the way when they do that, and I'm sure there's regulations that prohibit parking on the sidewalk.
          "We guard the souls in heaven; we don't horse-trade them!" Samandrial in Supernatural

          RIP Plaidman.

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          • #6
            We had a lady drive under the overhang and onto the side walk with part of the car in the fire lane in front of the main entrance once. We just called the cops and they had her car towed. They also waited and gave the idiot a few tickets.

            My favorite has to be the lady who didn't want to get a handicap placard but need to park close and would park in the fire lane for up to a hour or so. Each time we called the cops and they got ticketed a few times, then towed. Twice. They still did it and then got hit by the back of a bus as it made a turn to exit the plaza. It shattered the back window and both drivers side windows. Also, it somehow made the back tire point in a 45 degree angle. They got mad when the police cited them for the accident due to their parking.

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            • #7
              One of our pizza drivers parked in the tow-away zone to deliver pizza to a bar. By the time he came back out of the bar, his car had been towed.
              To err is human, to blame someone else shows good management skills.

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              • #8
                I had a (16 year old) coworker complain that he doesnt understand why he has to pull over if an ambulance is on the other side of the road. BECAUSE YOU DO. If they need to be on YOUR SIDE, YOU need to be out of the way. Thirty seconds can mean life and death, just get out of the damn way.
                Thou shalt not take the name of thy goddess Whiskey in vain.

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                • #9
                  Man, I sure wish I still knew all the things I knew when I was sixteen. I was SO SMART then.

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Whiskey View Post
                    I had a (16 year old) coworker complain that he doesnt understand why he has to pull over if an ambulance is on the other side of the road. BECAUSE YOU DO. If they need to be on YOUR SIDE, YOU need to be out of the way. Thirty seconds can mean life and death, just get out of the damn way.
                    Yeah because they never have to cross the center to pas the cars pulled over on their side. Idiot.

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                    • #11
                      They still did it and then got hit by the back of a bus as it made a turn to exit the plaza. It shattered the back window and both drivers side windows. Also, it somehow made the back tire point in a 45 degree angle. They got mad when the police cited them for the accident due to their parking.
                      Now that's what I call "Concrete-Thick". I bet if you split their head open pulverized concrete would pour out of the wound.

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