Yesterday, I was pretty happy because I got off from work a half hour early. I was on my way to the grocery store, when my car broke down. It just suddenly had no power, and at the stop light, the battery gave out. So there I am, the first car in the left hand lane of a busy intersection, right at rush hour. I had no battery power so I couldn’t turn on my blinkers. It was a hot, humid, rainy day and I was completely blocking off traffic. You know when you turn on the radio and you hear about so-and-so road being blocked off? I was that jerk blocking you on your way home. I had to leave the car in the street, run the nearest gas station in the rain, and frantically call tow companies, but none of them could be there within an hour. Fortunately, a police officer had been in a store across the street and came to my aid. I guess the police require their tow contractors to answer dispatches within 20 minutes, so the truck came pretty fast. The whole situation still sucked pretty bad, though.
Of course, the company only took cash, and I didn’t quite have enough on me. I went to the ATM machine, and naturally my card didn’t work. My bank was supposed to send me a new one, but they told me my old one should still work. Obviously they lied to me. So I couldn’t even get my car towed to a garage. In the end, it didn’t matter, because everyone was closed already anyway. At least I had money for the cab fare home. Sadly, when I got home, there was no food in the refrigerator.
The only bright spot was that I learned a lot about legal issues involving towing. I’d heard Bunky babbling about various property and right to foreclose issues, and it all made sense now. If I don’t pick up the car in 30 days, the tow company has the right to crush the car, but if they want to sell it, they have to wait another 30 days. Interesting…
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