Argument over parking trailer

[outrunjason]

I hope this has happened to someone else.

Ok we all pull trailers for the most part right? Well yesterday I had 2 trucks. One was in the shop. I needed to switch trucks out. So, there are over 30 spaces open for me to pull sideways across and drop the trailer. So, I did just that. Then went over and got my other truck and went back to the parking lot to hook up my trailer and what do you know.

Being gone 5 min and a lady parks one space over from the tung of the trailer. I am like no way. I am in a hurry to. So, I go into the con

[Guzman Properties]

Use orange cones.

[outrunjason]

A customer walked up to the truck so I hit submit. Didn't know I couldn't go back and add on.

Here is the rest of the story.

convince store to see who's car it was but it was not theres. I was not going to walk the whole shopping strip to find the owner. So, I waited for about 10 min for someone to come over but no one did. I got on my PA and said if you own this car you need to move it I did that 3 times in one minute. Finally someone comes out of a barber shop and just stares at me like I am crazy.

So, I go in the barber shop and said do any of you own this car. The black lady says yeah someone does and they will not be able to move it for a while they have chemical on someones hair. I said well I have been out here for 10 min now and I want it moved now. They should have known not to park there car right in front of a trailer. I said get someone else to watch the person with the chemical on their hair and move this car. She said sir it will be a while. I said ok then I will move it myself.


At this point I was pissed. I was not really going to move the car but I wanted to. So I peeled around the corner and pulled up and backed up to my trailer. 4 people come running out of the barber shop. You better not move that car!!! Anyway we have it out and I told that lady this. I said I don't like dumb people or someone with no common sense if you see that my trailer is there why would you park there. What does she say. I have been parking there for 15 years in that same spot so I don't have to move it. You shouldn't have parked your trailer there. You should have parked your trailer over there (as she points to another part of the parking lot). She said why did you park here. I said because there were no cars here and all I am doing is dropping my trailer for a sec to back up another truck. Well one girl pushes me and tells me to leave. I couldn't believe she pushed me. It was not in a forceful way or anything but more of her trying to get me moving. As now there are 6 people yelling at me to leave. All the while I am still trying to explain that I can't.

So, they call the police. So, I thought ok let the police tell them to move it. But she does not know I have a police scanner and they said it would 15 min or more and I said forget it. So, my worker and I try to pick up the front end and turn it so I can get it hooked up. But with a lesco on there and 3 mowers it was hard. We got it moved and it took about 3 min to keep back up and back to try and get it out of there. Made me so mad.

So, has this happened to any of you or just me? In 10 years I have never had someone park that close to my trailer in the front and we stop for lunch every day.

[outrunjason]

Use orange cones.

Cones would have been nice. But there were 15 open spaces in front till it ended at a curb. I was maybe gone 5 min. I can't believe that I didn't even see her get out of the car.

[Lawn Enforcer]

There are too many fricken stupid people out there, it's just annoying. I bought 3 cones the other day because of crap like this. Last year I was mowing on the city wide garage sale day. Stupid people everywhere. Some lady parked with her front wheels nearly touching the bottom of my ramp when it was down. I was in the backyard and didn't see it happen. There were like 5 garage sales nearby so I didn't know where to look, so I just started trimming. The lady comes to her car and I just said to her, "you've got to be kidding me! How stupid can you be? Can't you see that the ramp is down and I am working here? She tried to explain that she was only there for a minute. I said, "I don't care, if you had any common sense, you wouldn't park like that." She could tell that I was mondo pissed-she tried to apologize but I just walked away. I bought a cone the next day.

[AllProMow]

I had nearly the same thing happen to me. I had the trailer unhitched on the street and was backed in the driveway with the truck, as I working in the back yard. I come around to find a car parked directly in front of the trailer. I was so mad, it was late and I wanted to go home. I assumed it was someone at City Hall which was across the street. I backed up to the car and was ready to hook a log chain on it to move it when the owner comes out to move it. Turns out the car was a councilman's and the city council saw it all unfold through a window, which is why he came out to move it. I was so pissed I did not say a word. How about some common sense?

Same house, just recently: A guy who lives across the street from the home parks his car in the middle of the block making it nearly impossible to park truck and trailer. I pull up to the rear of the car with my front bumper over the rear bumper of his car and proceed to get to work. I happen to look up to see him examining my parking job and looking at me like "What the Hell?" So I ask him if there is a problem and he says back off my car. So I go into it about parking it on his own side of the street or at one end of the block or the other. So he says 'park in front of the car.' I say 'Ok I'll just drop the gate on the hood?' Pretty much came down to me saying "I'm not moving it unless I'm touching it." He took off mumbling obscenities under his breath. How about a little courtesy for a guy that's just trying to do his job?

[fastcat]

you should have told that woman that pushed you if she does it agian you will push back and tell her to remember that you can push a lot harder that she can. you could have gotten her for assault.

[carcrz]

didn't read the whole thing, but could you come in at an angle to at least hook up to the trailer? I've had to do that many times before. Now I just park in the back 40 or along the drive if there's room.

[BFLL]

You guys wants some crackers to go with that wine??

[AllProMow]

I'll pass on the wine, but if you've got some cheese to go with the crackers.....

[JB1]

so some lady ran you off then.

[topsites]

I lost my temper over something stupid earlier today too but that wasn't the other driver's fault.

I'm not saying it was your fault either, but you can't blame someone for parking in a totally legit parking space, nor can we expect folks out there to know what the hell it means someone's disconnected trailer is sitting there... Who cares, that thing might have been there next week for all we know, now had that been my car I would have gone OFF over the bs, you're lucky you did figure out that you can move it by hand before someone else come around and moved it for you because then you might've had to pick that thing up on the other side of the parking lot lol

Which, like I said, I've lost my temper over stupid stuff but it isn't always their fault...
So I'd get rid of that PA system and the scanner for now, then be really cool for a long time too.

[Integrity LC]

a little off topic but what the hell... why do you have a police scanner in your truck anyway? lol

[Pastaboy62]

a little off topic but what the hell... why do you have a police scanner in your truck anyway? lol

and a PA system....must be a Whacker....

[3Bladz]

Well this reminds me of an incident a few weeks ago. One of my guys was mowing a commons park in a subdivision. He had put the mower on the trailer and put the ramp up and was trimming, when a kid smacked into the back of the trailer. My employee is a paramedic and called for help. The kid had to go by ambulance to the hospital. He busted his melon open pretty good. We were legally parked and asked for a police report, in case any thing came of it. This is a reminder to think about how and where we leave our equipment parked.

[DiyDave]

What I would have done, first, in that situation would be to calmly unload the trailer, move the tongue over till I could attach to it with the truck, hook up, load up, and go back into my trailer, and remove the two specially made chock blocks, and then chock her car, on the passenger side, so they are not readily visible, front wheel if front wheel drive, rear wheel if rear wheel drive, both if 4wd. Same amount of effort, much more satisfaction!:cool2::cool2:

[Roger]

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So, my worker and I try to pick up the front end and turn it so I can get it hooked up. But with a lesco on there and 3 mowers it was hard. We got it moved and it took about 3 min to keep back up and back to try and get it out of there. ....

Are you saying that you and your workers moved the tongue so that you could hook the trailer to the truck? And, you left the scene before the police arrived?

How many times the three minutes required to do this did you spend with the lady, hair shop, screaming in the parking lot?

What am I missing here?

It is OK to get made at things from time to time, but this does not sound like one of those events to get riled about. This is especially true if the solution took all of three minutes to solve.

[Mickhippy]

Put a dolly wheel on the trailer so its easy (easier!) to drag around.

[Brianslawn]

i wouldve just backed my f550 over the stooopid lil car. wouldnt be the first time i destroyed a car with it

[Dakota476]

Just a thought here but if she parks in the same spot everyday then why not figure out what time she gets done work then just show up 15 mins before with BOTH your trucks and trailers and block HER in :laugh: then just :walking: away go get dinner or something ... REVENGE the dish best served COLD ....:cool::cool:

[txgrassguy]

Haven't it happen in a parking lot as I back in my trailers just because of other people not paying attention.
However, I have had the front of my shop blocked before. Not good.
The last time was a volunteer fireman responding to a minor call. I arrive at my shop about
twenty minutes after the call is over and the other VFD personnel are just jaw jacking.
Can't pull into my shop, can't get anything out.
So I politely ask the VFD dude, whom I know, to please move his truck so I can gain access to my shop/grounds. He gets really nasty and says word to the effect that he is one a call, isn't going to move his truck and I couldn't do anything about it.
So I simply started up my tractor he was parked in front of and shoved his POS pickup out into the street. Bent the living dog crap out of his front bumper too.
Cops are called and when they get done laughing at him their response was tough crap as he didn't have the right to refuse to move his truck when it was parked on private property not involved with the call.
Still see the VFD guy around, at calls and in the 'hood. Found out later from other VFD people this dude whined like a little kid who dropped his ice cream cone and they laughed at him as well.
To this day I still get people asking permission to park on a bit of my lot when necessary instead of just leaving their vehicle with out telling me first.

[outrunjason]

a little off topic but what the hell... why do you have a police scanner in your truck anyway? lol

I have a police scanner because I do freelance video. Basically if I hear something that is news worthy while we are out I shoot it and send it in for the newscast.

I have a PA because it is actually one awesome alarm system. It sets off an airhorn if anyone even bounces the trailer. It doesn't take much. You can take a blower off if you are easy but not much else. I also have 10 acres and sometimes use to call my horses in stuff like that.

[outrunjason]

What I would have done, first, in that situation would be to calmly unload the trailer, move the tongue over till I could attach to it with the truck, hook up, load up, and go back into my trailer, and remove the two specially made chock blocks, and then chock her car, on the passenger side, so they are not readily visible, front wheel if front wheel drive, rear wheel if rear wheel drive, both if 4wd. Same amount of effort, much more satisfaction!:cool2::cool2:

Well if I had done that the trailer would have lifted off the ground and ran right into her car. She was that close. I actually had this happen once. One of my guys forgot to lock the toung down and the thing popped up and started rolling back down a hill till it got caught on the gate.

[outrunjason]

Are you saying that you and your workers moved the tongue so that you could hook the trailer to the truck? And, you left the scene before the police arrived?

How many times the three minutes required to do this did you spend with the lady, hair shop, screaming in the parking lot?

What am I missing here?

It is OK to get made at things from time to time, but this does not sound like one of those events to get riled about. This is especially true if the solution took all of three minutes to solve.

Actually not my workers. My buddy where I dropped my truck off is who helped me. But he stayed out of it for the longest time but after he saw that she was not going to move the car and I couldn't get the trailer moved myself he came over and helped. But I didn't want him to come over because I didn't want those people to know that I go next door on a regular basis to have my stuff worked on. I don't need them coming over there and starting stuff or stealing stuff off my trailer when I have to leave it there for a few hours.

[outrunjason]

Also since I had a police scanner and heard they were 15 min out I didn't want to wait around. It had already been 20 maybe even 30 min. That is when I had my buddy come over to get me out.

[outrunjason]

Just a thought here but if she parks in the same spot everyday then why not figure out what time she gets done work then just show up 15 mins before with BOTH your trucks and trailers and block HER in :laugh: then just :walking: away go get dinner or something ... REVENGE the dish best served COLD ....:cool::cool:


Well I was still pissed at this lady and I got her back good. I had these 80 pound rocks that we got from a customers house that have been on my property for sometime now. Well I took 4 of them and a 12 foot long 2x6 with nails in it that I had for one my stalls. I took it out there and laid it across all 3 parking spaces and then put the 4 huge rocks on it. I then left a note.

You knowingly parked your car in front of a trailer. You knew by your own admission that I couldn't get out. When asked to move your car you said it would be a while. Meaning it was not going to be moved until you felt like it. Only after I told you I was going to move the car did you come out and decide that you would deal with it and then made no attempt to move the car. You wanted to stress to me your right to park your car there as you have parked there for the past 15 years. So, you wasted my time yesterday and now I am going to waste yours. Have fun moving the rocks and don't get hurt in the process.

Well she called the police 3 times. The police asked me to remove the rocks so she could parked there. I told the officer I would be there at 3 to move the rocks however I got tied up. The officer came out and moved it all.

Pay back is a *****. I can't wait to get this lady on my dash cam.

Also if you have not seen it check out this customer that wrote me a hot check and I got it all on cam. I can't post a direct link but you can figure it out from here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Outrunchevy

[topsites]

It still looks to me like someone's picking a fight over any dumb reason...
Same thing with that hot check, the lady was in the wrong fine but to go out of one's way like that over it?
Which, like I said I sometimes do it too ...
But one could've just sent her a polite short letter detailing the NSF thing, blam, done and over in 30 seconds.
Because what I saw was a whole different thing...
What I saw was a business owner 'using' the hot check thing as an excuse for not having to join in on the work.
That's what I saw, the helpers get out and bust their tail while the owner sits around arguing.
Were I an employee I would give a two weeks notice over that alone, if I didn't walk off on the spot lol

Here, maybe this helps:

http://www.iparklikeanidiot.com/

[Carolina Cuts]

Perfect opp to dump a bag of week old grass clippings onto the hood of her car before leaving.

[Roger]

It still looks to me like someone's picking a fight over any dumb reason...
...

Agree.

Apparently, you are really slack on lawn service work to have time to deal with these matters this way. I doubt that very many others on LS have this much time on these kinds of issues. Why spend 30 minutes at the time in the parking lot, when three minutes of time to move the trailer would have been sufficient? And, how do you have time to take rocks back to the lot to put in the parking space? You seem to have a way of attracting disgruntled people, ... or is it the other way around?

In previous threads of "how to handle," revenge almost always is mentioned. Why revenge? What does revenge solve? As I stated in a previous post, there are some matters that cause one to be upset. This certainly was not one of them.

When questions in future threads arise of why lawn service providers don't get the respect deserved, are the last to be paid, or are not treated as professionals, return to these kinds of threads for the answer.

[AndyTblc]

Sometimes you just have to have a little fun when it comes to this.

[outrunjason]

Sometimes you just have to have a little fun when it comes to this.

With the hot check lady yeah I was just having a little fun because I was doing paper work anyway and I had 45 min. With the whole car parked thing I was not. Truth be told I had an appointment at the pulminologist. I have some really bad lung problems that have kept me from working for 2 months. I only found out that I almost have a collapsed lung so it was very important that I get there. So, I was in no mood to wait on her or the police to arrive.

[outrunjason]

It still looks to me like someone's picking a fight over any dumb reason...
Same thing with that hot check, the lady was in the wrong fine but to go out of one's way like that over it?
Which, like I said I sometimes do it too ...
But one could've just sent her a polite short letter detailing the NSF thing, blam, done and over in 30 seconds.
Because what I saw was a whole different thing...
What I saw was a business owner 'using' the hot check thing as an excuse for not having to join in on the work.
That's what I saw, the helpers get out and bust their tail while the owner sits around arguing.
Were I an employee I would give a two weeks notice over that alone, if I didn't walk off on the spot lol

Here, maybe this helps:

http://www.iparklikeanidiot.com/

I am actually not even suppose to be anywhere near grass. I have asthma bad!. For the past 2 years I have been doing maybe 3 lawns in a row taking a break then doing some more. I had a driver before that but let him go just to try and compensate for the whole gas issue. This year it was so bad that I actually had a nebulizer in the truck. Finally 2 weeks ago my wife and some friends were putting up an above ground pool and I couldn't even work hard labor for 10 min putting down sand etc. Went to the doc asap and my bronchial is so clogged with flim that is almost causing the lung to collapse. I can't remember the exact term on it. Also the walls of the bronchials are all scared. Maybe to much info but not trying to get out of not working.

[Military Lawns]

People maybe ignorant and uninformed. However, we must remain professional at all times. I can see why you got upset but, some of that blame is yours because you should have used some safety devices to protect your property whether for 5 minutes or 5 hours.

DJ-

[Frontier-Lawn]

People maybe ignorant and uninformed. However, we must remain professional at all times. I can see why you got upset but, some of that blame is yours because you should have used some safety devices to protect your property whether for 5 minutes or 5 hours.

DJ-

i had this happen to me but i was still hooked up to my trailer & i had cones in front of my truck and behind the gate was 1 open spot before the curb. And 2 morons ran over the cones & parked in front and behind me. So no Cones Really would not stop someone from blocking you in!

[Stillwater]

Well if I had done that the trailer would have lifted off the ground and ran right into her car. She was that close. I actually had this happen once. One of my guys forgot to lock the toung down and the thing popped up and started rolling back down a hill till it got caught on the gate.

you put a dam block under the trailer frame by the gate to prevent that

[outrunjason]

Yeah I know that but we didn't have anything. We started to grab something off a neighbors lawn.

[outrunjason]

I got confused there. What we were going to do is use a jack from the shop next door and jack the front end up and pull it out of the space. But we never got that far.

[BillyRgn]

Well this reminds me of an incident a few weeks ago. One of my guys was mowing a commons park in a subdivision. He had put the mower on the trailer and put the ramp up and was trimming, when a kid smacked into the back of the trailer. My employee is a paramedic and called for help. The kid had to go by ambulance to the hospital. He busted his melon open pretty good. We were legally parked and asked for a police report, in case any thing came of it. This is a reminder to think about how and where we leave our equipment parked.

a few years ago another LCO was cutting a lawn on a some what busy street, he had his three mowers off the trailer in use, when a senior citizen, drove right up the gate of the 20 foot open landscape trailer, and smashed into the back of the dump truck. totaled dump bed, totaled car. and a slightly banged up old man and woman

[punt66]

You guys wants some crackers to go with that wine??

I agree! Its his fault. The first thing i would of thought about was if somebody would park there and i would have put out cones or parked in a better spot. Dont have cones? hmm

[Carolina Cuts]

geeez, nobody has ever made a mistake??? Is EVERYBODY perfect on LS?

[JB1]

geeez, nobody has ever made a mistake??? Is EVERYBODY perfect on LS?

they were Boy Scouts.

[Stillwater]

geeez, nobody has ever made a mistake??? Is EVERYBODY perfect on LS?

i am...........

[punt66]

geeez, nobody has ever made a mistake??? Is EVERYBODY perfect on LS?


Nothing to do with being perfect. Its just common sense. I have left equipment trailers behind hundreds of times when i did construction and my first thoght was to make sure i could get it hooked up at the end of the day. And those are 20 ton tags that cant be picked up and moved. Then to blame a hairdressor for parking in front of a non coned trailer and calling her dumb is misguided. How would she know and what should she care your trailer is there and she shouldnt park there. All of us on here who pull trailers on a regular basis know not too but how would she know?

[outrunjason]

Nothing to do with being perfect. Its just common sense. I have left equipment trailers behind hundreds of times when i did construction and my first thoght was to make sure i could get it hooked up at the end of the day. And those are 20 ton tags that cant be picked up and moved. Then to blame a hairdressor for parking in front of a non coned trailer and calling her dumb is misguided. How would she know and what should she care your trailer is there and she shouldnt park there. All of us on here who pull trailers on a regular basis know not too but how would she know?

If I had put a cone in front I know for a fact she would have moved it. She knew what she was doing. I am not kidding you when I say there must have been 20 spaces in front. I am at the back of a not busy parking lot. It is never full as most of the building is for lease. She just wanted that spot. She was mad that she was going to have to move it and was only going to move it when she felt like it when she told me it would be a while.

One person I know that could really gripe is the mailman. I know they can't stand people who park in front of mail boxes. So, I use my common sense and never and park in front of mail boxes.

[Lawn Enforcer]

Perfect opp to dump a bag of week old grass clippings onto the hood of her car before leaving.

No, I got a better idea. Brown paper bag+dog crap+zippo lighter= stinky mess!

[Sammy]

Well if I had done that the trailer would have lifted off the ground and ran right into her car. She was that close. I actually had this happen once. One of my guys forgot to lock the toung down and the thing popped up and started rolling back down a hill till it got caught on the gate.

Thats what safety chains are for.

[Sammy]

No, I got a better idea. Brown paper bag+dog crap+zippo lighter= stinky mess!

Only a Scrub would do that ? :nono:

[Sammy]

You guys wants some crackers to go with that wine??

You mean, whine, not wine.

[punt66]

If I had put a cone in front I know for a fact she would have moved it. She knew what she was doing. I am not kidding you when I say there must have been 20 spaces in front. I am at the back of a not busy parking lot. It is never full as most of the building is for lease. She just wanted that spot. She was mad that she was going to have to move it and was only going to move it when she felt like it when she told me it would be a while.

One person I know that could really gripe is the mailman. I know they can't stand people who park in front of mail boxes. So, I use my common sense and never and park in front of mail boxes.


I understand what your saying, that basically the woman is a jerk and she probably is. However she would not get out and move a few cones to park there when the whole lot is empty. As far as the mail man goes, they are the laziest people i know. At least all the ones i have had. If i have a registered letter or anything to sign for and somebody is home, he will just leave a note in the box saying nobody is home because he doesnt want to get out of the truck. How much effort is it if he had to get out of the vehicle once to put mail in a box from a parked car? Not trying to argue with you just giving my experiences.

[robtown]

If she parks in the same spot all the time than the answer you are looking for are caltrops.

[outrunjason]

I understand what your saying, that basically the woman is a jerk and she probably is. However she would not get out and move a few cones to park there when the whole lot is empty. As far as the mail man goes, they are the laziest people i know. At least all the ones i have had. If i have a registered letter or anything to sign for and somebody is home, he will just leave a note in the box saying nobody is home because he doesnt want to get out of the truck. How much effort is it if he had to get out of the vehicle once to put mail in a box from a parked car? Not trying to argue with you just giving my experiences.

Yeah I have seen some lazy mailmen. One was a lady and we had no choice but to park in front of the mailbox on this circle street. I see her coming and go out to get the mail from her so she does not have to get out. I could tell she was having a bad do or in a hurry the way she was flying to each mailbox.

When she got to me she was just gave it to me and I said sorry about the trailer and she just drove off. I was like dang how rude.

[BFLL]

I don't really care about Whine, I hear it all day from my kids. But I would like some Wine please. Not the cheap stuff either.

[punt66]

I don't really care about Whine, I hear it all day from my kids. But I would like some Wine please. Not the cheap stuff either.

Very original

[BillyRgn]

if in am leaving a trailer, in a parking lot that might have cars come park next to it, i back the trailer into a spot like a car, except in the middle of two spots, so there will be room to pull out for the over tracking if a car parks next to it and i really don't care how far it sticks out, i just throw a cone in front of it, and i know that when i come back for the trailer, it don't matter if you park next to it

[BillyRgn]

Nothing to do with being perfect. Its just common sense. I have left equipment trailers behind hundreds of times when i did construction and my first thoght was to make sure i could get it hooked up at the end of the day. And those are 20 ton tags that cant be picked up and moved. Then to blame a hairdressor for parking in front of a non coned trailer and calling her dumb is misguided. How would she know and what should she care your trailer is there and she shouldnt park there. All of us on here who pull trailers on a regular basis know not too but how would she know?

nothing is worse than having to try to parallel ell park a tri axle, while at the same time trying to line it up to a 20 ton tag along in the dark right. and i beg to differ, a 20 ton tag along can be picked up and moved, you just have to have a John Deere 510 backhoe and a strong chain handy, because i had to do it before when one of the guys parked the tool truck in front of it, and took of with the keys.

[DiyDave]

I agree that a little bit of revenge is a good thing. Time and experience, however has mellowed me a little. Caltrops, as someone who has read the Anarchist's Cookbook, or The Poor Man's James Bond, I forget which mentions them, are not warranted in this situation. As I posted earlier, chocking the car, a couple of weeks later, would make the booty parlor worker call a tow truck , at most, and make her think of her attitude, in any case, and in the space of a few weeks, she would have forgotten the name and phone # of the business in question. Another thought is that if the OP keeps calling out the police for these minor fights, he'll be considered to be the little boy who called wolf, by the police. I'm not trying to pick any fights, because picking fights is a waste of my time.:walking::walking:

[punt66]

nothing is worse than having to try to parallel ell park a tri axle, while at the same time trying to line it up to a 20 ton tag along in the dark right. and i beg to differ, a 20 ton tag along can be picked up and moved, you just have to have a John Deere 510 backhoe and a strong chain handy, because i had to do it before when one of the guys parked the tool truck in front of it, and took of with the keys.

Well yes of course it can be moved. But the job is 1/2mile down the road, hence so is the shovel. Im not going to walk the machine 1/2 mile down the road to move the trailer. Thats the whole point of being carefull where you park.

[Frontier-Lawn]

I agree that a little bit of revenge is a good thing. Time and experience, however has mellowed me a little. Caltrops, as someone who has read the Anarchist's Cookbook, or The Poor Man's James Bond, I forget which mentions them, are not warranted in this situation. As I posted earlier, chocking the car, a couple of weeks later, would make the booty parlor worker call a tow truck , at most, and make her think of her attitude, in any case, and in the space of a few weeks, she would have forgotten the name and phone # of the business in question. Another thought is that if the OP keeps calling out the police for these minor fights, he'll be considered to be the little boy who called wolf, by the police. I'm not trying to pick any fights, because picking fights is a waste of my time.:walking::walking:

these little things look nasty :laugh:
http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/weapons-recent/caltrops.jpg

[old oak lawn]

i don't like to let people get 1 over on me. now this is me and its not professional but 2 Weeks later i would have got payback on that Lady's car.

[jdmcat]

I've thought about throwing roundup water balloons in the yard of a customer who rubbed me the wrong way but I have always had the good sense not to do it.

[BillyRgn]

Well yes of course it can be moved. But the job is 1/2mile down the road, hence so is the shovel. Im not going to walk the machine 1/2 mile down the road to move the trailer. Thats the whole point of being carefull where you park.

i agree 100%

[deere615]

wow some people are just plain stupid, I would start keeping a few orange cones with you now

[LushGreenLawn]

If you had such a problem with that lady, why in the world were you there mowing her lawn?

[BillyRgn]

If you had such a problem with that lady, why in the world were you there mowing her lawn?

he wasn't mowing her lawn, he was at his shop or friends shop or something

[LushGreenLawn]

Are you sure? O(n the video it looks like he went to the door, and she answered, I would assume it was her house,with his crew mowing her lawn, even after he got stiffed with a bad check.

[Lazer_Z]

Are you sure? O(n the video it looks like he went to the door, and she answered, I would assume it was her house,with his crew mowing her lawn, even after he got stiffed with a bad check.
That is totally unrelated to the trailer thing.

[BillyRgn]

Are you sure? O(n the video it looks like he went to the door, and she answered, I would assume it was her house,with his crew mowing her lawn, even after he got stiffed with a bad check.

i thought you were talking about the trailer thing, thats what the threads about

[Carolina Cuts]

Are you sure? O(n the video it looks like he went to the door, and she answered, I would assume it was her house,with his crew mowing her lawn, even after he got stiffed with a bad check.

:laugh: what color is the sky in your world??? :laugh:

[Carolina Cuts]

've thought about throwing roundup water balloons in the yard of a customer who rubbed me the wrong way but I have always had the good sense not to do it.

Roundup ice cubes are a lil' better.:cool2:

[outrunjason]

Roundup ice cubes are a lil' better.:cool2:
Oh that is such an awesome idea. Does roundup freeze? I can see my wife going in there and going what the heck is wrong with these ice cubes.

[LushGreenLawn]

:laugh: what color is the sky in your world??? :laugh:

Hey Man,

I was responding to the link to his video. It may be off topic from the orgional thread, but it was a response to a post made in this thread.

Off topic as it may be, I am still curious as to why in his video he would cut the lawn of someone who had defrauded him, and still had not gotten his money.

[outrunjason]

Hey Man,

I was responding to the link to his video. It may be off topic from the orgional thread, but it was a response to a post made in this thread.

Off topic as it may be, I am still curious as to why in his video he would cut the lawn of someone who had defrauded him, and still had not gotten his money.

We mow the 4 houses next to her. She was a walk up 2 weeks earlier and wrote me a check. Then one week later I found out she had canceled the account. When we were out there mowing the other 4 lawns that is when I confronted her. I would never mow her lawn again. She even asked me. You mow my lawn and I give you 25 dollars. I said are that stupid or something like that.

[Carolina Cuts]

I know, just messin' with ya...

I am still curious as to why in his video he would cut the lawn of someone who had defrauded him, and still had not gotten his money.

I'm not fo' sure.....

[LushGreenLawn]

We mow the 4 houses next to her. She was a walk up 2 weeks earlier and wrote me a check. Then one week later I found out she had canceled the account. When we were out there mowing the other 4 lawns that is when I confronted her. I would never mow her lawn again. She even asked me. You mow my lawn and I give you 25 dollars. I said are that stupid or something like that.

That makes sense, I didn't think you were that crazy!

[02DURAMAX]

I would have pulled the car with a chain!!!!

[topsites]

There are still a lot of things I could say, or I want to say...
But I have been there, and that slows me down considerably...

So I think I'll just go on maybe a little more appreciative of the fact that at least right now it appears as if I don't have this problem anymore, and I'm also at least to a point sorry you're having to deal with that (whatever that is, I still can't figure out or explain the whole thing either).

[Scagguy]

Last week I get a call from a postal worker who said that one of my trailers was blocking a mailbox that he couldn't get to. I asked him was the trailer so close to the mailbox that he couldn't open the door to the mail box. He said he could get to the mail box by getting out of his truck and walking to it. I asked him how far he had to walk. He said about 25 feet. Life sucks huh? I can't repeat what I said to this guy who was btw a Patel, but I lit him up for wasting my time to hear a bs complaint.

[BillyRgn]

my father was a posstal worker back in the day, and tells me that if something is blocking a mail box they are just suposed to keep going, it is just if the way it is, if we new they would get out and walk to the box, then people would block them all the time, and the routes would take alot longer causing the price to mail higher than it already is. also he said if it is a walking route and the snow is not shoveled from the side walk going to the mailbox or door slot they are no suposed to deliver the mail either simple solution don't park in front of a mail box and shovel the sidewalk

[Roger]

Scagguy, ... why the hostility when you were clearly in the wrong with your trailer? It makes no difference if the distance was 25 feet, or 250 feet, access to the mailbox is a given. Why is it OK for him to take extra time for his job, just for the sake of your convenience to park your trailer in front of the box?

People post on LS often about having to do little extras at a customer's house, pick up things before mowing, customers talking, etc. The complaint is that it takes time from your work day. Why is the postal worker any different? He/she has a job to do, and expects the mailbox to be open for access.

Do you park in front of fire hydrants? It would only be an extra 25 feet for the firemen to run a hose to connect to the hydrant, right? Is that a problem, or not?

[Scagguy]

I should have been more specfic. The neighborhood where my crew was, there is little room on the streets for traffic let alone trucks with trailers. This is a 2 acre country club property, front yard is less than 3K sq. ft on a cul de sac. Moving the rig anywhere else would have blocked either neighbors driveway. As it was, the rig was blocking the clients driveway because there were several cars parked in the area. On a good day with no cars in the street, someones mail box will get blocked for a period of time. It's not my fault that the planning commision designed the street the way they did. We have been servicing this property for 3 years. This is the first complaint that I have received from a postal worker. I found out through another client that this guy is new to the area. He needs to understand that mail deliveries to that area will require him to get out of the truck and walk here and there. To prevent that, my crew would have to park on the main road almost 1/2 mile away and that's not going to happen.

[outrunjason]

On a Cul de sac I park right in the middle. That way the cars can get around me on both sides. This works with most of them anyway. Depends what city sometimes.

[02DURAMAX]

Only a Scrub would do that ? :nono:

Agree!!!!!!!

[lil_cote_93]

You guys wants some crackers to go with that wine??

Ill take some pinot grijou sir fennal

[mowerman111]

Well I was still pissed at this lady and I got her back good. I had these 80 pound rocks that we got from a customers house that have been on my property for sometime now. Well I took 4 of them and a 12 foot long 2x6 with nails in it that I had for one my stalls. I took it out there and laid it across all 3 parking spaces and then put the 4 huge rocks on it. I then left a note.

You knowingly parked your car in front of a trailer. You knew by your own admission that I couldn't get out. When asked to move your car you said it would be a while. Meaning it was not going to be moved until you felt like it. Only after I told you I was going to move the car did you come out and decide that you would deal with it and then made no attempt to move the car. You wanted to stress to me your right to park your car there as you have parked there for the past 15 years. So, you wasted my time yesterday and now I am going to waste yours. Have fun moving the rocks and don't get hurt in the process.

Well she called the police 3 times. The police asked me to remove the rocks so she could parked there. I told the officer I would be there at 3 to move the rocks however I got tied up. The officer came out and moved it all.

Pay back is a *****. I can't wait to get this lady on my dash cam.

Also if you have not seen it check out this customer that wrote me a hot check and I got it all on cam. I can't post a direct link but you can figure it out from here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Outrunchevy

First off I think your full of crap, and if you really did that then your not very professional you give us all a bad name. You have issues dude.

[punt66]

First off I think your full of crap, and if you really did that then your not very professional you give us all a bad name. You have issues dude.


agreed, made up story or just plain unprofessional.

[Green Team Landscaping]

Wow, that would make me mad also. Why do things never seem to go your way? Before it was the customer that said you "didnt cut her lawn" and now this. Geez. I dont know why you keep mowing lawns. Haha other than dedication.

[BayouFlyFisher]

"Well I was still pissed at this lady and I got her back good."

You're pretty much a tough guy when it comes to dealing with ladies. I bet your mother is proud of the job she did with you.

[outrunjason]

What I did was harmless. She inconvenienced me for 30 min so I turned around and did the same to her. Not like I went over there and through a rock through her window. The look on her face when she saw the rocks in her parking space was worth it.

[SproulsMowingService]

Also if you have not seen it check out this customer that wrote me a hot check and I got it all on cam. I can't post a direct link but you can figure it out from here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Outrunchevy

I know that I definitely don't have this kind of time to waist just to collect $50. This would have been something that i would have sent to collections or taken to small claims at a later date when I didn't have any grass to cut.

Also, after seeing the video, I think I pretty much figured out the problem with the trailer as well!

[kings lawn]

I KNOW not to drop a trailer without cones in front or behind if i have to load. My problem is with the people in snow storms that should stay home. You can have half a lot plowed and some a hole will pull into the unplowed half. last year a woman pulled into the middle of a lot with pleanty of spots on the sides and me just about to salt so i hit the spreader and just backed up..She wasnt to happy, but it gets the point across.

[Michael J. Donovan]

I think this topic has been thoroughly discussed and no need to keep it going or have it continually brought back to life. So, it is now closed