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  #11  
Old December 17th 05, 03:20 AM posted to rec.autos.driving
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Ulf wrote:
> Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> > http://tinypic.com/invclh.jpg
> >
> > This furniture delivery truck was parked along the curb behind an
> > entire row of legally parked cars while the scumbag delivery crew went
> > into the food court for lunch. The driver of the pickup truck on the
> > left side of the picture as well as the driver of a (not visible in
> > this shot) Dodge sedan were boxed in by this truck and unable to
> > leave.
> >
> > If that had been my pickup truck, those muscle-heads would have
> > returned to find a huge hole in the side of their delivery truck,
> > directly across from the empty parking spot where my pickup truck used
> > to be parked.

>
> You could have moved it yourself. Ten bucks says they left the keys in
> the ignition...
>


And end up being charged with stealing the vehicle..
> >

> Ulf


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Old December 17th 05, 04:04 AM posted to rec.autos.driving
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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:32:50 -0600, "Dan J.S." > wrote:

>> http://tinypic.com/invclh.jpg
>>

>This picture has to be a fake because there is no snow or ice on the truck
>
>


Would someone explain the joke to me?

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Old December 17th 05, 06:12 AM posted to rec.autos.driving
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gpsman, > was motivated to say this in
rec.autos.driving on 16 Dec 2005 15:42:00 -0800:
> OR ELSE... a person so incensed might think to phone the "800" number
> plastered in big numerals on the side of the truck and ask to speak to
> the Safety department. That seems more pro-active than taking a snap
> and whining about it here or childishly bragging "if"... ..."that's
> what I woulda done".


That presumes that (1) they have a safety department (I'm not familiar
with this company, so I don't know if they have such a department) and
(2) that the safety department and/or the company care.

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Old December 17th 05, 07:59 PM posted to rec.autos.driving
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:32:50 -0600, "Dan J.S." > wrote:
>
> >> http://tinypic.com/invclh.jpg
> >>

> >This picture has to be a fake because there is no snow or ice on the truck
> >
> >

>
> Would someone explain the joke to me?


I'd guess he didn't notice the California plates on all the cars.

Dave

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Old December 17th 05, 08:13 PM posted to rec.autos.driving
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> http://tinypic.com/invclh.jpg
>
> This furniture delivery truck was parked along the curb behind an
> entire row of legally parked cars while the scumbag delivery crew went
> into the food court for lunch. The driver of the pickup truck on the
> left side of the picture as well as the driver of a (not visible in
> this shot) Dodge sedan were boxed in by this truck and unable to
> leave.
>
> If that had been my pickup truck, those muscle-heads would have
> returned to find a huge hole in the side of their delivery truck,
> directly across from the empty parking spot where my pickup truck used
> to be parked.


Things like that are why I love my cell phone plan. It gives me more
minutes than I need, so I reach for it instead of my camera most of
the time.

Though, the camera is a good way to correct a problem, since once
people notice it they start driving better.

http://tinypic.com/ip8mwy.jpg
http://tinypic.com/ip8n4n.jpg
http://tinypic.com/ip8n6c.jpg

The big truck in front was weaving, tailgating, all the things a large
truck probably shouldn't do. By the last picture (third one shown) he
had chilled out quite a bit, and seemed to be paying attention back in
the right lane.

The pictures themselves would be useless for ID'ing anyone, but he
didn't know that.

Dave

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Old December 17th 05, 08:48 PM posted to rec.autos.driving
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necromancer wrote:
> gpsman, > was motivated to say this in
> rec.autos.driving on 16 Dec 2005 15:42:00 -0800:
> > OR ELSE... a person so incensed might think to phone the "800" number
> > plastered in big numerals on the side of the truck and ask to speak to
> > the Safety department. That seems more pro-active than taking a snap
> > and whining about it here or childishly bragging "if"... ..."that's
> > what I woulda done".

>
> That presumes that (1) they have a safety department (I'm not familiar
> with this company, so I don't know if they have such a department) and
> (2) that the safety department and/or the company care.

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You call any company that has their own fleet and ask to speak to the
Safety Dept. and you'll have any but the most moronic employee's
attention. Bad driving and parking is a financial consideration to
these companies, both in dollars and goodwill.

I didn't call Scott on knowing the driver's motivation but they could
be making a delivery. It might surprise you how few businesses ever
planned for material to get *into* the store. Most of it is carried
out by individuals and that's when the money comes in. When the
material comes in, the money is going out.

Take a look around most parking lots. Many are designed to prohibit
even that small straight truck reasonable access. See them little
"tree islands" in the shot? Sometimes a truck driver has to pick
between a few less than optimal places to park. Often he has to choose
a parking spot not on how sensible it seems but on how he might not be
able to exit the lot from a particular point.

There's more to driving even that little straight truck than might meet
the less informed eye.
-----

- gpsman

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Old December 17th 05, 08:51 PM posted to rec.autos.driving
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"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
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> If that had been my pickup truck, those muscle-heads would have
> returned to find a huge hole in the side of their delivery truck,
> directly across from the empty parking spot where my pickup truck used
> to be parked.


How?


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Old December 17th 05, 11:10 PM posted to rec.autos.driving
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On 17 Dec 2005 11:13:55 -0800, "Dave" > wrote:

>Things like that are why I love my cell phone plan. It gives me more
>minutes than I need, so I reach for it instead of my camera most of
>the time.


I was not impacted by the asinine parking job, so who would I have
called? The picture was a lot more useful to me as a talking point for
this newsgroup (and to add to my MFFY page).

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Old December 17th 05, 11:12 PM posted to rec.autos.driving
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On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:51:59 -0500, "John Gaquin"
> wrote:

>> If that had been my pickup truck, those muscle-heads would have
>> returned to find a huge hole in the side of their delivery truck,
>> directly across from the empty parking spot where my pickup truck used
>> to be parked.

>
>How?


By backing the pickup truck up until the bumper was poking through the
side wall of the assholes' truck. Maybe it wouldn't have made a hole,
but it would certainly have left a big dent...

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Old December 18th 05, 12:25 AM posted to rec.autos.driving
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On 17 Dec 2005 11:13:55 -0800, "Dave" > wrote:
>
> >Things like that are why I love my cell phone plan. It gives me more
> >minutes than I need, so I reach for it instead of my camera most of
> >the time.

>
> I was not impacted by the asinine parking job, so who would I have
> called? The picture was a lot more useful to me as a talking point for
> this newsgroup (and to add to my MFFY page).


Agreed that it's a good topic starter, but I'd call just to state that
it impacts my opinion of the company. How many other people saw it
too? How many of them thought, "those ****ing pricks" but did nothing?

I've been blocked in by trucks before, but never when they were
unattended. One recently I thought was, but the driver came running
out when he saw me approaching my car. Any time I have been blocked
the driver was willing without hesitation to move it to help me out, so
I've never really had to worry. By the time my seat belt is on, I've
reattached the faceplate, checked my mirrors, changed CDs, etc, they're
out of my way.

This case sounds like they did something that was MFFY compared with
those times. Being delayed by 20 seconds isn't a big deal, but if I
had to wait for someone to be finished with lunch I'd be ****ing
****ed.

Dave

 




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