...will you run away?
I don't encounter to many customers of suckitude lately. (I just jinxed myself - but that's okay) The thing I encounter the most anymore is people who are just all up in my grill while I'm trying to do my job. I know I'm a girl, and I know you've probably never seen a girl driving a tow truck before, let alone operating one, but please - standing inside my personal space is not going to help either one of us. If you stand close enough to me or follow me around the truck or watch my every move - Murphy's Law states I will make a mistake. Do you watch boy tow truck drivers so closely??!?!! Sometimes, I remedy this by eating a sammich from one of my favorite sammich shops loaded with onions! But, I can't do that all the time.
Today, my first call was for a Cadillac that had gotten into an accident. The driver side fender was smashed up pretty good. I was loading the car on a downhill slope. Mr. Cadillac Owner was very concerned with his baby's rear end rubbing the ground on the way up the bed. So, I have a remedy for this type of thing. I can load the vehicle using 4x4's under the bed as to lift the car up 4" and clear the rear end from scraping. He looked at me as if I were crazy when I was setting the board up. He followed me all the way around the truck (I did make it a point to do some extra walking - but I was smiling and chit chatting the entire time - only I knew I was doing extra walking.) He watched like a hawk as I pulled the caddy up on to the bed and was ABSOLUTELY AMAZED that my little trick worked.
The worse of these types of hanger ons are the ones that stand over my shoulder when I am attempting to unlock their vehicle. Standing right behind me will not open your doors faster!!!!! GO AWAY!!! SHOO!
*sigh* that's all my ranting for now. Colder, crappier weather is on the way and I will long for the days I only had people who wanted to be close to me.
*why do birds suddenly appear....*
I don't encounter to many customers of suckitude lately. (I just jinxed myself - but that's okay) The thing I encounter the most anymore is people who are just all up in my grill while I'm trying to do my job. I know I'm a girl, and I know you've probably never seen a girl driving a tow truck before, let alone operating one, but please - standing inside my personal space is not going to help either one of us. If you stand close enough to me or follow me around the truck or watch my every move - Murphy's Law states I will make a mistake. Do you watch boy tow truck drivers so closely??!?!! Sometimes, I remedy this by eating a sammich from one of my favorite sammich shops loaded with onions! But, I can't do that all the time.
Today, my first call was for a Cadillac that had gotten into an accident. The driver side fender was smashed up pretty good. I was loading the car on a downhill slope. Mr. Cadillac Owner was very concerned with his baby's rear end rubbing the ground on the way up the bed. So, I have a remedy for this type of thing. I can load the vehicle using 4x4's under the bed as to lift the car up 4" and clear the rear end from scraping. He looked at me as if I were crazy when I was setting the board up. He followed me all the way around the truck (I did make it a point to do some extra walking - but I was smiling and chit chatting the entire time - only I knew I was doing extra walking.) He watched like a hawk as I pulled the caddy up on to the bed and was ABSOLUTELY AMAZED that my little trick worked.
The worse of these types of hanger ons are the ones that stand over my shoulder when I am attempting to unlock their vehicle. Standing right behind me will not open your doors faster!!!!! GO AWAY!!! SHOO!
*sigh* that's all my ranting for now. Colder, crappier weather is on the way and I will long for the days I only had people who wanted to be close to me.
*why do birds suddenly appear....*
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