No laughing matter....

[Argabarga]

-Yeah, my car got towed from 133 Nuisance St, I think you might have it
-Older Honda Accord, tan in color, Maryland tags?
-Yes, that’s it
-Yes, we do have it sir, it was parked in a no parking zone, called in by the police, if you pick it up in the next 24 hours it will be $105
-$105???
-Yes Sir
-You have GOT to be kidding me
-No Sir, why would I lie about this?
-$105? Shit, you can KEEP it for that much (I agree with him, car was about 90% rust)
-If you want to send it to salvage, that can be arranged sir
-No, no, I’ll come in and get it, but, $105? Why that high?
-Those are the prices set by the borough for towing, it’s in the towing ordinance
*pause*
-Why are you laughing at me?!
-Huh?
-You guys are all laughing at me! I can HEAR it!
-I’m not laughing at anything sir
-Yes you ARE! *click*

I’m not laughing at you dude, heck, I’m not even laughing WITH you. When he did come in to get the car, he proceeded to do a burnout while leaving the lot, and I could HEAR him make that poor car do burnouts at the next 4 traffic lights all the way up the street…. I was so hoping that the abuse would be the final straw for the rustmobile and it would blow out its transmission right in front of us, then I WOULD laugh, quite a bit.

[jackfaire]

No even better than the burnouts trashing the car. Picture this he gets home pulls into the driveway gets out and when slams the door the car falls into pieces.

Tires falling off, windows breaking, doors falling to the ground, engine falling out, etc. And then of course laugh when he inevitably tries to sue you guys because wait for it.....you broke it.

[tropicsgoddess]

No even better than the burnouts trashing the car. Picture this he gets home pulls into the driveway gets out and when slams the door the car falls into pieces.

Tires falling off, windows breaking, doors falling to the ground, engine falling out, etc. And then of course laugh when he inevitably tries to sue you guys because wait for it.....you broke it.

Now THAT would be a sight for sore eyes.

[Dark Psion]

Sir I am a Professional!

We dont laugh till after we hang up the phone,...and later in the break room, ...and in the car on the way home,....and later when I post your story alllllll over the internet.

[Argabarga]

Boy, isn't THAT the truth.....

[EvilEmpryss]

Funnier would be if the cops pulled him over for his peelouts and the car was impounded again.

[Imogene]

-You guys are all laughing at me! I can HEAR it!
-I’m not laughing at anything sir
-Yes you ARE! *click*

And then, you swallow him whole because the love of your life just rejected your offer of mounds of gold... Ahh, the love of a little girl in a spirit's bathhouse...

[mikoyan29]

No even better than the burnouts trashing the car. Picture this he gets home pulls into the driveway gets out and when slams the door the car falls into pieces.

Tires falling off, windows breaking, doors falling to the ground, engine falling out, etc. And then of course laugh when he inevitably tries to sue you guys because wait for it.....you broke it.

Hey, I think I saw that on a movie once. That scene is funnier when you have a Roman looking dude holding his fingers to his mouth.

[XCashier]

Hey, I think I saw that on a movie once. That scene is funnier when you have a Roman looking dude holding his fingers to his mouth.

Or two guys in black suits and sunglasses.

[ApolloSZ]

That'd be "The Mask" - Jim Carey's character kicks the bumper on the "Loaner" car, car disentegrates. Much laughter is had.

[Salted Grump]

And, slightly more seriously, at the end of Blues Brothers, just as they arrive at the building they're supposed to, then run out of the (now-seriously beat-to-hell) car they've been using all movie, and bam, every body panel comes off, and the rad decides to vent all over the hood.

[mikoyan29]

That'd be "The Mask" - Jim Carey's character kicks the bumper on the "Loaner" car, car disentegrates. Much laughter is had.

Actually the movie I was thinking of was the Blues Brothers. After they get to the Mayor Richard J Daley center and park on the sidewalk, the car falls apart. Elwood looks at the car with a forlorn look on his face. then there is a cut to one of the statues that looks like he is thinking about it. Then Jake hits Elwood and says, "C'mon".

[Andrew B.]

And then, you swallow him whole because the love of your life just rejected your offer of mounds of gold... Ahh, the love of a little girl in a spirit's bathhouse...

Nice Spirited Away reference. Miyazaki references are hard to use, aren't they?

[ApolloSZ]

Actually the movie I was thinking of was the Blues Brothers. After they get to the Mayor Richard J Daley center and park on the sidewalk, the car falls apart. Elwood looks at the car with a forlorn look on his face. then there is a cut to one of the statues that looks like he is thinking about it. Then Jake hits Elwood and says, "C'mon".

Fair call, haven't seen Blues Brothers in a long time, where as the Mask..... well.... I can quote most of it by heart.....

[OfficeSlug]

-$105? Shit, you can KEEP it for that much (I agree with him, car was about 90% rust)
-If you want to send it to salvage, that can be arranged sir

I love that you had a solution to his 'problem'!!!!