G R A T I T U D E
6 years ago
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
I love you tower, but I hate who you are. You make bad choices.
I had a great visit to Provo over Christmas break. Everything was going great, I had just dominated in monopoly and I was heading to the car to head back to the Gs's house. Then... Jacob and I noticed the car was gone, and we saw a towing sign. I was so angry. I called the guy and I yelled at him pretty bad. He kept on saying, "call me back when you have calmed down" and I shouted back "NO I WANT MY CAR!!!" We had parked in a completely empty parking lot next to an apartment complex. We didn't park in the complex because University parking was controlling that lot so we thought we would be safer in the adjacent lot. It was outside of their jurisdiction but it was inside Express towing's jurisdiction. Once I got to the compound where our poor Hyundai Accent was wondering where it had gone, I approached the tower guy and started arguing some more. This is unconstitutional! They deprive you of your property without Due Process, it's plain theft! I wasn't getting anywhere, this guy was not going to give. What can you do? He has your car locked in his compound, and if you don't pay, you can't have your car. He kidnapped my car!! I ended up after that trying to just talk to the guy, see where he's from, what kind of experiences he has towing. I thought, hate the sin, love the sinner. Treat this guy like a homo. I thought, "you're a good guy probably deep down inside, but I hate so much what you do." That night I dreamed about throwing a brick in his window and burning his whole compound down. I was going to put a picture of a towing truck on this post, but I'm still pretty sensitive about the whole happening. This blog post is part of the healing process I think. I want to forgive you towing truck man, you are such a horibble person, but I would feel bad if somebody burned your compound down, however, only if you were in the compound as well and you died.
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Dude, I got towed recently too. The guy was a total prick and I swear these guys are sadistic. They love the thrill of suffering people! How else could they do what they do and feel good about it. Only in Provo will you find tow trucks waiting in a parking lot for midnight to strike to start towing random cars they choose. Tow trucks should be there to help us in a jam, not put us in a jam. Sorry man, I feel your pain.
I love the end of this post. It made me laugh:
"However, only if you were in the compound as well and you died."
Stephen this is so funny. I really am still laughing about this. I hate him people too and yell at them and then kind of feel bad because they probably get yelled at a lot, but really it sucks to get your car towed.
A friend of mine got into a knife fight with a Provo tow truck driver. I am not even kidding.
No way! What's the story??
As I recall, my friend's car got booted. My friend is quite resourceful, so he let the air out of his own tires, jimmied the boots off, and threw the boots over a fence. That's when the tow truck driver showed up. The words escalated, and the tow truck driver decided he wanted to take it to the next level. So my friend had to defend himself. It was pretty freaky at the time. Nothing happened after that, I think both sides realized it had gone to far.
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