Thanks for nothing!

[jimmyj]

Ha, I figured the title would get some of you!

I just wanted to vent and say a big public THANK YOU to the horse's behind that dented in the tailgate of my truck and then took off at the shopping plaza yesterday. I appreciate your cowardace whoever you are!!

I know the odds of the person who did it being a TBN'er are slim but I'm sure many of you can relate. Grrr.

 

[Thomas]

Kinda like passenger door on my pickup..dents,scratches etc..even shopping cart against back fender and I park of to one side 9 times out of 10..sure like to walk upon the person/persons at the time.

 

[dave1949]

Ha, I figured the title would get some of you!

I just wanted to vent and say a big public THANK YOU to the horse's behind that dented in the tailgate of my truck and then took off at the shopping plaza yesterday. I appreciate your cowardace whoever you are!!

I know the odds of the person who did it being a TBN'er are slim but I'm sure many of you can relate. Grrr.

You sucked me right in It's an international disgrace for sure. The most dangerous ones are pickups with their hitch sticking out of the receiver about 10".

I know how you feel. What would it take to just leave a note on your winshield and offer to pay for the damage - besides honesty?

Dave.

PS - I don't have a very good alibi for yesterday

 

[tallyho8]

Since most shopping centers now have video cameras in their parking lots, I wonder how hard it would be to get to view the tape. Would it take a court order?

 

[LBrown59]

I park straddle of them lines not between them.
Saves on dents an dings.

 

[Cat_Driver]

I actually appreciate my first den, smack, windshield break scratch etc.

That is the day I can stop babying my vehicle and just treat it like a truck. It is freeing.

 

[Scooby074]

I park straddle of them lines not between them.
Saves on dents an dings.

Taking up 2 spots deliberately almost makes you as big a jerk as the guy that hit and run. I hate when people do that and usually do my best to park right up nice and close to their drivers door

jimmy, sorry somebody did the hit and run thing. A couple years ago somebody in a large orange truck of some kind, ran their fender down the sides of our truck.

I know it had to be pretty large because of the height of the marks. Orange because our truck was covered in orange scrapes.

Now this was parked at the airport, and if theres anyplace with tons of cameras its there, so we went to the security office to see if they could shed any light.... Apparently the cameras "dont have enough detail"(ya right) and they dont get involved in fender benders!!!!

Hope you find them, but i wouldnt count on support from security cameras, unless you find a security guard who actually gives a darn.

 

[sandman2234]

I park straddle of them lines not between them.
Saves on dents an dings.

I tend to take my older p/u to the mall so I won't have to worry about it. I also tend to pull into places where people are having to avoid due to somebody taking two parking places up by parking on the lines. If I am just taking the wife for something, I grab a seat nearby and watch to see what happens when they get to their vehicle and can't get in due to it being too close to get in, much less open the door. Kind of fun to watch somebody with a console have to crawl across it to get to the drivers seat. I had one call a police and wanted it towed, but didn't get their wish due to the police officer having some sense. I stood by as an onlooker, not identifying myself as the owner until after they crawled thru the car to get out. Then I opened my door and picked up something off the seat and closed the door. I also write down the tag number or just take a photo of it before I leave it.
David from jax

 

[Western]

Yep one of those "good Samaritans" hit my rear dually fender, $3000 to fix it..

 

[dave1949]

I tend to take my older p/u to the mall so I won't have to worry about it. I also tend to pull into places where people are having to avoid due to somebody taking two parking places up by parking on the lines.

Well, what if I came into a busy parking lot 10 mins. after LB and parked next to him, then he leaves, you come along and think I am an idiot and need parking 'instructions'. You could be punishing the wrong person.

You can't fix all the defective people on your own If you go into the grocery store with your wife, you will realize 30% of the people in there can't drive a shopping cart let alone park their auto between the lines

Dave.

 

[LBrown59]

I tend to take my older p/u to the mall so I won't have to worry about it. I also tend to pull into places where people are having to avoid due to somebody taking two parking places up by parking on the lines. If I am just taking the wife for something, I grab a seat nearby and watch to see what happens when they get to their vehicle and can't get in due to it being too close to get in, much less open the door. Kind of fun to watch somebody with a console have to crawl across it to get to the drivers seat. I had one call a police and wanted it towed, but didn't get their wish due to the police officer having some sense. I stood by as an onlooker, not identifying myself as the owner until after they crawled thru the car to get out. Then I opened my door and picked up something off the seat and closed the door. I also write down the tag number or just take a photo of it before I leave it.
David from jax

So then you are guilty of improper parking same as him.

 

[Scooby074]

So then you are guilty of improper parking same as him.

So you do it and its ok? but somebody else does it to you to show you how ignorant it is and it becomes "improper"?

 

[RadarTech]

You can't fix all the defective people on your own If you go into the grocery store with your wife, you will realize 30% of the people in there can't drive a shopping cart let alone park their auto between the lines

Dave.

You know on my one and only visit Alameda Naval Air Station about 12 years ago when I was on active duty I got yelled at by this retired Navy Captain...
He told me in no uncertain words that only a young dumb Jarhead of a Marine could drive a grocery cart in such a foul way in the base commisary....
then he told me the red arrows on the floor were for grocery carts.....

And yes, he introduced himself as Captain (named removed to protect the senile), US Navy Retired.

everyone nearby chuckled... and a Commander in uniform said not to worry, he even did that to an Admiral's wife recently.....

And so I guess I fit the can't drive a shopping cart comment.. Well at least in that one instance.......


I now return you to your normal evening......


J

 

[dave1949]

You know on my one and only visit Alameda Naval Air Station about 12 years ago when I was on active duty I got yelled at by this retired Navy Captain...
He told me in no uncertain words that only a young dumb Jarhead of a Marine could drive a grocery cart in such a foul way in the base commisary....
then he told me the red arrows on the floor were for grocery carts.....

And yes, he introduced himself as Captain (named removed to protect the senile), US Navy Retired.

everyone nearby chuckled... and a Commander in uniform said not to worry, he even did that to an Admiral's wife recently.....

And so I guess I fit the can't drive a shopping cart comment.. Well at least in that one instance.......


I now return you to your normal evening......


J

That's a good one. I imagine a Ret. Captain could be pretty crusty. I have to say middle-aged men following their wives around are about the most clueless when it comes to grocery carts. They never seem to catch on that two people and a cart can bring the entire aisle to a halt. Guys shopping alone seem to do better.

Now, if I could get our local store to put some red arrows on the floor
Dave.

 

[RadarTech]

Crusty--- hmm... I would say he had passed crusty about 10 years BEFORE I "met" him... I would guess somewhere in the late 60's... cane was in the cart, and I can't remember what else at this moment.... but the wife just knew he was old...

J

 

[dave1949]

Crusty--- hmm... I would say he had passed crusty about 10 years BEFORE I "met" him... I would guess somewhere in the late 60's... cane was in the cart, and I can't remember what else at this moment.... but the wife just knew he was old...

J

I worked at a NATO (No Action, Talk Only) bunker in Germany for 9+ years as a civilian contractor. We civilians missed most of the bad brow beating, but I can imagine. I did have a full Col. (Army) give me he** once because I couldn't make his terminals run faster than their designed speed. He was just sure if he commanded it, it would happen.

Dave.

 

[RadarTech]

This is the second time in 10 minutes I have gotten chuckles out of a thread reply...

It will be definately interesting in the coming months as a business partner won a contract with a Marine base project. and I got tapped to help them since I used to work at that base and even with that team a few years back....

It will be interesting to see what happens and if the old guard attitudes transfered to the younger generation..


Later,
J

 

[Scooby074]

Does it justify somebody to park straddle of the line simply because the first party did it.
That's 2 tickets for 2 like violations.

I take the time to park correctly. I expect others to do the same.

Someone parking outside the lines, on purpose, annoys me. If their vehicle is sooo "precious" that they feel the need to park in that manner, then maybe they should just leave it home, or park at the rear of the lot.