Transportation: Today, I got a call from a police department saying that if I...

By ohemgee - 11/03/2010 03:03 - United States

Today, I got a call from a police department saying that if I didn't move my car from a store's parking lot within the next 15 minutes, they were going to tow it and charge me for the fee. I was at work and the reason I parked it there is because it started smoking and almost caught fire. FML

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By truth - 10/02/2012 01:49 - United States

Today, my boss reported to the police that a suspicious car has been parked outside the store late at night. I walked outside and my car was gone. He had my car towed. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/07/2013 03:04

Today, I walked to work. I later discovered that my husband had parked my car in a no-parking area. My job is towing cars. I had to tow my own car. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/05/2015 16:04 - United States - San Francisco

Today, after a broken smoke detector in my home caused the fire department to come, I got an angry visit from my neighbor who was upset because she had parked in front of a fire hydrant and got a ticket. She demands that I pay it, "or else." FML

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By Greg - 29/08/2020 05:01

Today, I went to lunch with a friend in her car. I told her to park in a lot that had signs warning that we'd be towed, saying, "They never tow anyone from here. In fact, if you get towed, I'll pay for it." When we returned, her car was gone. I had to pay $145 in cash to get it back. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/09/2021 20:00

Today, my truck got towed after being parked for ten minutes, even though wasn't in a no parking area. Now I have to pay 500 dollars to get it out of impound. FML

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By Riicogonz - 13/08/2018 20:32

Today, while borrowing my girlfriend's dad's truck, I had to pay $120 to prevent it from being towed. I was parked right in front of my apartment unloading heavy furniture into my garage for not even 20 minutes while the apartment manager, who called the tow truck, watched us from his balcony. FML

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By occam's pube-razor - 05/09/2015 04:26 - United States - Buena Vista

Today, I parked my car, went to pay for my spot, and returned to my car only to find a parking violation ticket tucked under the windshield wipers. This all happened in less than a minute. FML

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By Bladerunner - 01/12/2011 09:49 - United States

Today, my car was towed. After taking a cab all the way to the lot for $45 and paying the $250 fee to get my car back, my car broke down in the impound lot and needed to be towed to the nearest shop, where it took another $200 to fix, and $50 for the towing. I still have a 3-hour drive home. FML

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By sdgsfvbkuhkj - 17/04/2011 23:18 - United States

Today, I started my first day of work at my new job. They had a section in the parking lot for employees only, so I parked there. Apparently, my boss didn't recognize my car, and had it towed. FML

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By no car - 04/08/2020 17:04

Today, I came outside to leave for work. To my shock and horror my car was gone. My asshole neighbor, who has parked in my spot multiple times decided to let her noisy guests park in my parking spot, so I parked in hers. She had my car towed. FML

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flufffypants 0

Thursday 11 March 2010 9:14

What the **** if your car lights on fire don't just move it extinguish it you dumb sack of shit

NeonBunBun 0

Thursday 11 March 2010 9:25

Why would you leave your car in a random parking lot while it's all smokey and go to work? shouldn't you have called a tow company or your insurance or something. really now Ydi

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Gazoooo 0

Thursday 11 March 2010 13:22

It's private property... only a representative of the property should be able to authorize a tow unless it's evidence in a crime or parked in a fire lane.

Gazoooo 0

Thursday 11 March 2010 13:32

And Snickerdoodles needs to stay away from the grown up FMLs... Work comes first or you can't pay the repair bills for the car trouble. Car trouble should be ocassionally expected and dealt with on your own time -So as to not disrupt the entire work place.

PhillyFox 0

Thursday 11 March 2010 13:56

I'm curious as to why you left it in a random lot? And it seems kind of weird that a big department store would notice one car in their parking lot.

PhillyFox 0

Thursday 11 March 2010 13:59

Oops. My bad. I read it wrong. Still, you could've went inside and asked the owner/manager if you could leave your car there because it broke down. A lot of stores will tow your car if you're not a customer and rightfully so. YDI. You had better options.

lettertjes 0

Thursday 11 March 2010 14:31

not every job allows you to just decide to skip the morning's work in the last minute to go to the carshop instead.

boatkicker 4

Thursday 11 March 2010 14:45

When her car started smoking, she was driving to work. She wasn't there yet, but she was near the parking lot of some store. Because she didn't want her car to catch fire, she stopped driving it, and found another way to get to work.

boatkicker 4

Thursday 11 March 2010 14:51

And OP probably would have gotten in trouble if she hadn't gone to work.

deathartisan 0

Thursday 11 March 2010 16:26

Thank you mellow, I've been told to go die in a hole before. Guess what I did, I laughed at the person. But if your gonna bitch about me tellin the op to go die for leaving his car to burn and expecting the cops to do something..... then you can go shove a stick up your ass and have a beaver chew it out.

deathartisan 0

Thursday 11 March 2010 16:47

Something useful about the car. Op should know that cops don't normally help in situations where you leave a vehicle somewhere without the landowners consent.

theblazian 0

Thursday 11 March 2010 17:16

Because "I had car troubles I'm sorry I'm late." is infinitely times worse than "hey my car is on fire! I'm just going to kinda park it right here and deal with the problem later."

queendrabee 0

Thursday 11 March 2010 18:02

i call fake... if you parked at a store, and the store didnt like it, they would call their tow company to take your car away. Even if they did call the police, which they wouldnt, the police wouldnt be wasting their time with an inappropriately parked car (because thats what the towing companies are for!). But, lets say for arguments sake, they were willing to waste their time... where the hell did they get your number? unless you have a recent criminal record, or they went to the trouble of tracking down the nearest relative so that they could ask for your work number... i think you see my point?