We Don’t Appreciate Your Business
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
A couple nights ago, Idiot Chittix joined me for my Monday bar trivia outing. I was already downtown when IC called me up asking if he could hang out since he was bored of masturbating into Quiphen’s socks. I, reluctantly invited him to join me as long as he was willing to meet me downtown without me having to pick him up. While I waited for him to get to me, I did some shopping at a nearby Office Depot to pass the time.
About an hour later, IC arrived and rather than drive my DeLorean to the bar nearby, I decided to leave it parked in the Office Depot lot for the few short hours we were gone. Afterall, why not conserve gas?
After we lost bad at trivia, we came back to the lot, around 9:30 pm, to discover my DeLorean was GONE! My initial thought was that the car was stolen but after a few minutes I considered the possibility it had been towed.
“If it was towed, there should be a sign with a number to call.” IC smartly suggested… and then went back to combing the fecal crust out of his fur.
I searched for a while and eventually found a tiny sign posted far from where I parked my car that had a tow company’s phone number on it. In addition to the number was the statement that “all unauthorized vehicles will be towed!” Yet there were no hours or clarification about what constitutes an unauthorized vehicle.
I called the number and found out I had been towed and not carjacked (although I’d argue, in a way, my car had still been stolen). The tow-company was in possession of my vehicle and required me to pay them money to get it back. I was welcome to pick it up in Commerce City after-hours as long as I paid additional fees which they couldn’t specify (would make-up later) at that moment.
I wasn’t about to let these pole-smokers mishandle my precious car any longer so we jumped on a northbound bus and headed to Commerce City. After the hour-plus ride, we walked the rest of the way through an industrial park to a junkyard filled with cars. Through the chain-link fence I spotted my car but there was no attendant to open the gate. I called the company back informing them I’d arrived to pick up my car but since no one was regularly there after-hours, they had to send someone out to help me.
While we waited, I cursed profusely and IC peed on the gate’s lock thinking that would somehow open it. Mid-pee, a huge rottweiler lunged at the fence and nearly bit his wiener clean off!
After another hour passed, a tow truck finally arrived with the guy who could open the gate. He explained to me why I was going to pay $400 to get my car back. My bill included the standard towing fees as well as a grossly inflated after-hours fee. The chastizing continued with an explanation of the tow company’s right to remove any cars at any time without cause. Technically, they could have even towed my car during business hours while I was in the store if they wanted to. The Office Depot lot was part of a private property and the property owner saw fit to remove my car IMMEDIATELY after Office Depot closed its doors. Nevermind the other businesses nearby that were still open and serving customers…
So that’s how this retail pad wants to treat it’s customers? Come on down and do some shopping, give us your money and then GET THE FUCK OUT! The only reason that property exists is to provide space for retailers to sell their wares to customers. Yet this property owner is punishing the customers, and additionally punishing the retailers who lease his/her space, because I am now deterred from shopping at that complex ever again as long as I can be towed for whatever reason!
There’s not much I can do to rectify this $400 injustice except inform the world to be wary of where you leave your car. Even if your intentions aren’t delinquent, these assholes will find you and destroy you. I’ve included a picture of this parking lot above so future generations won’t suffer a similar fate and maybe I’ll get my $400 back by deterring business from that property.

I’d like to take a moment to address the world and inform street racers that NOBODY thinks you or your car is cool. You may feel like a badass screaming down Sante Fe Drive at 2 am with your engine that sounds like a lawnmower and the tail-fin you welded together in shop class, but in reality, people are laughing at you. They think you are a pathetic joke. They see your neon yellow, tricked out Lancer and think, “Now there’s a little bitch looking for attention. Fast and the Furious are his favorite movies. He wasted a whole bunch of his parents’ money by pouring it into fixing up his car so he could attract shallow superskanks who are willing to fuck him in his dumb rice-burner – despite his tiny dick.”
It was the best of times it was the worst of times.
