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ok I parked my car last night at a day time taxi rank - this is a spot where taxi's park during the day to get customers but dont park there in the night cos the shops are closed. Its been like that since eternity and everyone used to park there.
anyway I hadnt parked there in a while so thought I should for last nights date, so I parked there - was in the car for 30 minutes cos I came straight from work and was 30 mins early, I parked at the very edge of the street as it was closer.
anyway leave my car - go on the date (was fine) - offer her a lift home and get back to my car AND ITS GONE!
I honestly **** the biggest brick of all big bricks that had ever been ****. Initial reaction - stolen! which would have been nice cos I could have just had it written off and had the money back but NO. My date suggests to ask a taxi man if they towed here (as there was no other cars parked there at 1am and he said "yes - there's a sign 200 yards down the road with a number on it to ring"
200 yards down the road? why not have one either side of the street - and even then the sign was bloody tiny - From where I was parked all I could see was a post sticking up - no sign or anything and it didnt even occur to me that after all these years a day time parking bay for taxi's would turn into a towing area in the night!? wtf is that about!? so I phoned the number and (un)luckily they had towed my car and it was going to cost me £105 to get it back
so I gotta go and collect it now at 12.
This means I doubtfully will be able to get my graphics card and new PSU. And I was hoping to get a new hard drive too but thats all out the window I would have settled for a ticket or understood if I was causing an obstruction but it was a bloody (is this swearing?) parking bay!?
anyway I hadnt parked there in a while so thought I should for last nights date, so I parked there - was in the car for 30 minutes cos I came straight from work and was 30 mins early, I parked at the very edge of the street as it was closer.
anyway leave my car - go on the date (was fine) - offer her a lift home and get back to my car AND ITS GONE!
I honestly **** the biggest brick of all big bricks that had ever been ****. Initial reaction - stolen! which would have been nice cos I could have just had it written off and had the money back but NO. My date suggests to ask a taxi man if they towed here (as there was no other cars parked there at 1am and he said "yes - there's a sign 200 yards down the road with a number on it to ring"
200 yards down the road? why not have one either side of the street - and even then the sign was bloody tiny - From where I was parked all I could see was a post sticking up - no sign or anything and it didnt even occur to me that after all these years a day time parking bay for taxi's would turn into a towing area in the night!? wtf is that about!? so I phoned the number and (un)luckily they had towed my car and it was going to cost me £105 to get it back
so I gotta go and collect it now at 12.This means I doubtfully will be able to get my graphics card and new PSU. And I was hoping to get a new hard drive too but thats all out the window
I would have settled for a ticket or understood if I was causing an obstruction but it was a bloody (is this swearing?) parking bay!?
