Okay this has been without a doubt the most embarrassing day of my life! Normally I don't drive the MP3 to work, I prefer to take the bus so I can read or just catch a few more winks before I get to work. Today I did park at work tho. The parking lot I parked at had some spots that used to be Reserved for an Avis Car Rental place that had fairly recently moved so even tho the signage said it was reserved, it in fact wasn't anymore.
Today was supposed to be a fairly big day as some high-end guys were supposed to be coming from the US to check things out at my office of about 30 or so developers/analysts/testers etc....they were supposed to arrive at around 10:15.
So it's a little after ten and I'm working away when I casually look out the window. The reason I like that parking lot is that I can see my car parked from where I sit so I can look down and admire it. Well when I look down I see a tow truck pulling in there...and then I see it start positioning itself by MY car. So now I'm shitting myself and I quickly comment to a guy sitting near me that I think someone is towing my car!!(HUGE mistake to have said anything I found out later).
I haul ass down there and the tow truck guy was quick because he was already just starting to pull out. I explain to him that the spot isn't in fact reserved even tho the painted Reserved for Avis thing on the spot itself is still there. He says unfortunately that's not his problem. He says I can get the car down for 50 bux! Not like I have a choice right? So he pulls out onto the street so he doesn't block the parking lot and I walk up and pay the man....one cool thing is he comments how he really likes my car and the wheels/rims look great....yay MP3. He let's the car down and then hands over the additional parking ticket of 32 bux....so they are now into me for 85 bux(3 bux paid for the lot for parking all day as well).
See the part that gets embarrassing comes now. See when I mentioned it to the one guy when I was running down, it spread quickly and the entire floor watched the entire thing. Not only that, but WHILE everyone was watching, the bigwigs came in....and joined in on the spectacle of watching yours truly!! So I come back in the door after parking elsewhere and I knew I'd have a few people laugh at me, but instead the entire floor was all standing waiting for me including these other guys and they all clapped and laughed at me. I was told I turned a lovely shade of purple.
Oh and get this.....just in case it seems like a far fetched story....Winnipeg has this controllable internet camera as I've told before. Well one of the people zoomed in on the fiasco and snapped off a shot. The guy walking towards the tow truck would be me.
Today was supposed to be a fairly big day as some high-end guys were supposed to be coming from the US to check things out at my office of about 30 or so developers/analysts/testers etc....they were supposed to arrive at around 10:15.
So it's a little after ten and I'm working away when I casually look out the window. The reason I like that parking lot is that I can see my car parked from where I sit so I can look down and admire it. Well when I look down I see a tow truck pulling in there...and then I see it start positioning itself by MY car. So now I'm shitting myself and I quickly comment to a guy sitting near me that I think someone is towing my car!!(HUGE mistake to have said anything I found out later).
I haul ass down there and the tow truck guy was quick because he was already just starting to pull out. I explain to him that the spot isn't in fact reserved even tho the painted Reserved for Avis thing on the spot itself is still there. He says unfortunately that's not his problem. He says I can get the car down for 50 bux! Not like I have a choice right? So he pulls out onto the street so he doesn't block the parking lot and I walk up and pay the man....one cool thing is he comments how he really likes my car and the wheels/rims look great....yay MP3. He let's the car down and then hands over the additional parking ticket of 32 bux....so they are now into me for 85 bux(3 bux paid for the lot for parking all day as well).
See the part that gets embarrassing comes now. See when I mentioned it to the one guy when I was running down, it spread quickly and the entire floor watched the entire thing. Not only that, but WHILE everyone was watching, the bigwigs came in....and joined in on the spectacle of watching yours truly!! So I come back in the door after parking elsewhere and I knew I'd have a few people laugh at me, but instead the entire floor was all standing waiting for me including these other guys and they all clapped and laughed at me. I was told I turned a lovely shade of purple.
Oh and get this.....just in case it seems like a far fetched story....Winnipeg has this controllable internet camera as I've told before. Well one of the people zoomed in on the fiasco and snapped off a shot. The guy walking towards the tow truck would be me.
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