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-"I'm looking for my car, I think it got towed from Massive Denial Apartments
-"A red Focus? Yes, we have that vehicle, it will be $115 to pick up"
- *GUFFAW!!!* "One Hundred and FIFTY!?"
-"$115 Sir, one-one-five"
-"How on EARTH do you JUSTIFY charging that much?! Towing a car is NOT $115 worth of work!!!!
-"It's a fine Sir, price is set by Borough ordinance, it would cost the same if...
-"No it's not"
-"Excuse me, Sir?"
-"There is no law that sets the price!"
-"Uh, yes there is Sir. Per Borough towing ordinance, the cost of towing a vehicle that weighs less than 3/4 of a ton is set at $115, it would cost the same no matter who towed you or where you got towed from.
- *laughs* "No it isn't! There is no such law! You guys are ...... heh...... whatever."
- "There most certainly is Sir, in fact, I have a copy of the towing ordinance with me right now, because I'm most assuredly expected to know it since I have to follow it at all times."
-"Whatever, I'll be in to get my car later"
The interesting thing is, he never tried to argue that since he felt there was no law... he shouldn't have to pay.... he just was adamant that there were no laws in place regarding illegal parking, but would pay the fines anyway.
I got an interesting mental image of him being led into a jail cell, and at the last second, turning to the jailer and saying
"I KNOW there's no law against wearing pink poofy pants in public, but, I'm going to serve my 6 months for doing that just the same! Because you guys are HILARIOUS!"
-"A red Focus? Yes, we have that vehicle, it will be $115 to pick up"
- *GUFFAW!!!* "One Hundred and FIFTY!?"
-"$115 Sir, one-one-five"
-"How on EARTH do you JUSTIFY charging that much?! Towing a car is NOT $115 worth of work!!!!
-"It's a fine Sir, price is set by Borough ordinance, it would cost the same if...
-"No it's not"
-"Excuse me, Sir?"
-"There is no law that sets the price!"
-"Uh, yes there is Sir. Per Borough towing ordinance, the cost of towing a vehicle that weighs less than 3/4 of a ton is set at $115, it would cost the same no matter who towed you or where you got towed from.
- *laughs* "No it isn't! There is no such law! You guys are ...... heh...... whatever."
- "There most certainly is Sir, in fact, I have a copy of the towing ordinance with me right now, because I'm most assuredly expected to know it since I have to follow it at all times."
-"Whatever, I'll be in to get my car later"
The interesting thing is, he never tried to argue that since he felt there was no law... he shouldn't have to pay.... he just was adamant that there were no laws in place regarding illegal parking, but would pay the fines anyway.
I got an interesting mental image of him being led into a jail cell, and at the last second, turning to the jailer and saying
"I KNOW there's no law against wearing pink poofy pants in public, but, I'm going to serve my 6 months for doing that just the same! Because you guys are HILARIOUS!"
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