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So today I get a call from a resident in town. Seems some total stranger has parked their Toyota Celica on his lawn. Yeah, you heard that right, they parked ON HIS LAWN as in ON THE GRASS and left.
Well, that’s a no-no, tresspassing to be exact, so I head on over and hook up the car. As I’m doing so, I notice that it has a parking permit hanging in it for an apartment building that’s across the street, that’s kinda odd, you get 99% of the way to where you’re going, and then just give up? Oh well, I’m sure I’ll hear the excuse for this later. Sure enough about an hour after the car’s been impounded I get a phone call.
Genius – “Did you tow my car from 405 Easy St.?”
Me – “Yes we did, it was called in by the property owner for being on his lawn”
Genius – “I had a permit!”
Me – “For the apartment at 400 Easy St. but you were parked at 405 Easy St. , that’s a totally different property, the permit isn’t valid there, and besides, you were on another person's lawn.”
Genius – “But the lot was full! I had nowhere to park”
Me – “Mam’, you can’t just park on another person’s property without permission, that’s trespassing.”
Genius – “Well, I need my car back, and I’m not paying for it”
Me – “Yes you are, it will be $95 to get it back and without payment I will not release it”
Genius – “Well, I’ll pay, but I don’t think I should have to, it’s not my fault the lot was full”
Well, that’s a no-no, tresspassing to be exact, so I head on over and hook up the car. As I’m doing so, I notice that it has a parking permit hanging in it for an apartment building that’s across the street, that’s kinda odd, you get 99% of the way to where you’re going, and then just give up? Oh well, I’m sure I’ll hear the excuse for this later. Sure enough about an hour after the car’s been impounded I get a phone call.
Genius – “Did you tow my car from 405 Easy St.?”
Me – “Yes we did, it was called in by the property owner for being on his lawn”
Genius – “I had a permit!”
Me – “For the apartment at 400 Easy St. but you were parked at 405 Easy St. , that’s a totally different property, the permit isn’t valid there, and besides, you were on another person's lawn.”
Genius – “But the lot was full! I had nowhere to park”
Me – “Mam’, you can’t just park on another person’s property without permission, that’s trespassing.”
Genius – “Well, I need my car back, and I’m not paying for it”
Me – “Yes you are, it will be $95 to get it back and without payment I will not release it”
Genius – “Well, I’ll pay, but I don’t think I should have to, it’s not my fault the lot was full”
Wow, parking on the lawn. That's pretty special. How do people make these things work out in their head? Better yet, how do the justify this to their friends who they'll inevitably tell in self-righteous fury?
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