Grouchy and Drunk, 2 of my "Favorites" back to back

[Argabarga]

There's a popular bar/restaurant here in town that has it's own parking lot. They close at midnight, and usualy, you get a couple cars that are still there after closing time. Managment there will give them about 15 minutes, but by the time they leave, if anyone is still in the lot, they call us. There's signage present that the lot is only for customers and only while the buisiness is open, no overnight parking.

The two personality types that get tripped up by this are

A. The drunks who want to keep drinking after the bar part closes, so they mosey on down the street to the next bar, and leave thier car

B. The people who figure once they've used the restaurant, they can leave the car there for free all night while they shop, hit another bar, go back to thier hotel or whatever. (Little advice folks, the only free parking you'll find in this town is on a Monopoly board, but I digress)

The A's come in drunk to get thier cars, the B's come in grouchy.

2 guys come in one is slightly grouchy, the other is so drunk his eyeballs could double as the tail lights on a 66' Chevy Impala. At the time I only had one car in impound, so I figured both of these guys were together. Great, damned if I do, damned if I don't, there's no "nice" person in the group to talk to. Anyway, grouchy steps up to bat.....

Grouchy - "What the hell did you tow my car for?"
Me - "That car was called into us by the managment at the restaurant for being down there after they closed, it's customer parking only while they're open"
Grouchy - "I spent $400 bucks there tonight! I was a customer! I just went down the street to get some souveniers!" (Dude, it's 2am, that's right, 2 hours after the place closed that you finaly figured out your car was gone, what were you doing "souvenier" shopping for 2 hours??? The only souveniers you can get in this town at that hour are a street sign or a court summons, but I digress again)
Me - "I'm sorry sir, but once they close, no one can be down there
Grouchy - "I spent $400 bucks there tonight! I was a customer! I just went down the street to get some souveniers!"
Me - "I believe you sir, but you can't leave a car there after hours"
Grouchy - "I spent $400 bucks there tonight! I was a customer! I just went down the street to get some souveniers!"
ME - (We've been by this spot before, and I didn't like it the first two times) "It was called into us by managment sir, there's nothing I can do, I didn't go out there and tow your car just for giggles, I was responding to a complaint by the property manager"
Grouchy - "I spent $400 bucks there tonight! I was a customer! I just went down the street to get some souveniers!"
Me - (Wow, this is a record, the field in the logic race has lapped him 4 times now, but he won't give up! Time to black flag him) I'm sorry sir, but if you want your car back, it will be $115, cash credit or debit.
Grouchy - This is BS! I can't believe you did this to me! "I spent $400 bucks there tonight! I was a customer! I just went down the street to get some souveniers!"
Me - (I'm getting dizzy now from passing this part of the conversation again and again, so now, I'm just not going to say anything, so we have a 30 second staring contest, I win, and he pulls out his credit card. We run the transaction, the other guy, the drunk guy, reaches into his pocket and pulls out a couple of twenties) "You don't have to pay me anything sir, your friend is paying in full"
Drunk - (very drunk) - "uh, yeah I do"
Me - "No you don't sir"
Drunk - "Uh" *tries handing me 2 $20's again as Grouchy guy storms out door*
Me - "Were you with him?"
Drunk - "Uh"
Me - "Sir, I have no idea why you're trying to give me money, I only have 1 car in impound right now, and it belongs to that gentleman, he's paid in full, you don't owe me any money"
Drunk - "Uh, obviously I do, because I'm trying to pay"
Me - "Sir, I don't have any other cars, I have no idea why you're trying to give me money, and I think you need to leave, I have to go around back and release a car"
Drunk - "Uh, okay"

Drunk goes out the door and disappears into the murk, hopefully he finds his way back to the mothership, I go around back, open the impound gate, and regular grouchy guy gets his car back and takes off.

If I get a call about a flying saucer that needs a tow later tonight, I won't be surprised.
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[Samaliel]

Wow. Mr. grouchy sure is persistent. Yes sir, I understood the first time, but I can't do anything about it. If you want to file a complaint, you'll have to do so with the restaurant management.

[Rapscallion]

(The only souveniers you can get in this town at that hour are a street sign or a court summons, but I digress again)

Could he get a dose of the clap at that time of morning?

Rapscallion

[Mr. Rude]

And you didn't call the cops so they could nail that guy with impaired?

Dang

[South Texan]

They close at midnight, and usualy, you get a couple cars that are still there after closing time. Managment there will give them about 15 minutes, but by the time they leave, if anyone is still in the lot, they call us.

I wonder about businesses with that attitude. What does it hurt the business that someone left their car there after hours? What if the car belonged to a patron who got drunk and ended up taking a cab home instead of driving drunk? This policy penalizes the guy for having the sense not to put lives at risk.

[Tuxian]

I wonder about businesses with that attitude. What does it hurt the business that someone left their car there after hours? What if the car belonged to a patron who got drunk and ended up taking a cab home instead of driving drunk? This policy penalizes the guy for having the sense not to put lives at risk.

While I understand what you're saying, South, remember this: Sometimes, those lots can be fairly small. For a place that gets a lot of business, they need every parking spot they can get. If someone leaves a car there overnight, and it's still there when they open back up, that could be lost business for the owner because there's no place for a paying customer to park.

And given that they have clearly posted signage stating that the lot is for customers only, and only during business hours, I see no problem in managment having abandoned vehicles towed off.

[Evil Queen]

Could he get a dose of the clap at that time of morning?

Rapscallion

I don't know why, but this struck me as the funniest thing I've read in a long time!