How many apartments in the building? If fewer than 6, I would knock and ask someone if it's their car and can they move it?
If it's more than that, I honk my horn for five minutes and if no one comes out, call the tow company.
There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that's factually true.
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Aims - Jul 28, 2010 9:06:37 am PDT #26813 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Daisy Jane - Jul 28, 2010 9:07:50 am PDT #26814 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
If there are few enough apartments, I knock on neighbors' doors. After that, I call a tow truck. I never park so as to block anybody. Even if I'm just running in somewhere for a second.
The person I'm blocking has no idea when I'll be back. It's on the blocker, not the blockee.
Laga - Jul 28, 2010 9:08:05 am PDT #26815 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
First I would look around to see if anyone seemed to belong to the car. Then I would knock on the door closest to the car in question and ask if anyone inside owned it. If that didn't work, I would get in my car and lay on the horn until the car owner came back. (keeping in mind my car horn is like, "meeep!")
Laga - Jul 28, 2010 9:14:37 am PDT #26816 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
If you're lucky, four burly strangers will happen along and you can ask them to pick up the offending car and move it out of the way.
Calli - Jul 28, 2010 9:16:07 am PDT #26817 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I have the emails and phone numbers of everyone in my 12-unit apartment complex, so I'd probably try texting and emailing first. There's sort of a towing czar in one of the units, so if I didn't hear from anyone in 5 minutes, I'd see if he was home and if he knew who the car belonged to. If he didn't, it would be towing time, because he knows all the residents' cars and only residents are supposed to park in our section of the lot.
Aims - Jul 28, 2010 9:19:00 am PDT #26818 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
What's Buffista rule #5? DO NOT ENGAGE THE STUPID ON THE INTERNETS.
Why do I always forget that rule?
DavidS - Jul 28, 2010 9:21:06 am PDT #26819 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Why do I always forget that rule?
You're feisty.
Jessica - Jul 28, 2010 9:22:16 am PDT #26820 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Why do I always forget that rule?
Because sometimes people are WRONG ON THE INTERNET.
Daisy Jane - Jul 28, 2010 9:22:32 am PDT #26821 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Oh Aims, I know the feeling, and I feel like I'm itching for a fight today.
Just trying to roll my eyes and move on.
meara - Jul 28, 2010 9:27:46 am PDT #26822 of 30000
Excellent. I will tell my friend that lurkers support her in email!!
Her building is fairly big (and filled with a lot of random people, many of whom do not speak English). So she (a) looked for a note to see if they'd left one (like saying "call this number if you need me to move!") (b) waited a bit, (c) tried to set off the other car's car alarm, if it had one (that's the part that wouldn't have occurred to me), and then (d) called the cops and had them ticketed and (e) tried to get the car towed.
Apparently the first tow truck couldn't do it (it's in an alley behind/between buildings, so having that car parked behind hers made the space too tight?) so she had to call another one, and I THINK at that point, the person came out? Or maybe it was after the it got towed, not sure. But apparently the person was super pissy--their friend had TOLD them to park there! I was like "Well, then they should be mad at their friend!!" Because seriously, yes, sometimes you know your 'hood, and know that CarX has not moved in six months, and parking behind it for an hour will be very unlikely to have anything happen, but...my friend drives a lot. So...person's friend was WRONG. And that's how life goes.
And I was like "Dude. They could've left a note. Still not on you to call them if they're blocking you, cause that's an asshole move, but that'd be quicker than getting them towed. But they didn't, so it sucks to be them"
But my friend still felt bad cause she'd gotten chewed out.