So, the Cougar got towed...
My manager at Sear's told me I need to get it out of there, yea that's fine, but the as$ had them tow it two nights ago without giving me a warning of anysuch. I'm so pissed...
I just called the yard and they want $227 to get her out today, $20 more every day...I don't know what to do, I'm in the middle of jobs, and have maybe $10 to my name at the moment...
Your BOSS had your car towed?
There's some work motivation right there.....What a tool. Superisors never realized how much they have to depend on the workers until the worker makes them realize it.
Sounds like it's time to make him realize.....
If I'm reading into this correctly; it also sounds as if he did not tell when exactly he wanted it out of there. Is this correct?
sounds like your telling him to do something ,,,errr,,, bout his boss?
Yes sir, perfectly correct...
I may have someone to pick her up tomorrow.
I will only wind up with having $150 after getting her out of the yard, but since she would be going to an acquaintence, I know i would be able to keep up with her instead of her meeting her demise at the shredder.
This really gets me down, This is the 2nd project in a row I haven't been able to finish. The 1st was because of my father and well, this kinda can be traced back that way too. If only he had let me keep her at the house, theres nowhere for me to put her at my moms, but my dad has room in the backyard...
First project was my 85 z28, i yanked the 305 and 700-r4 and was going to a 383/th350 setup. I had just got the block back from the machine shop, line-bored, and clearanced for the stroker crank, when I had to get rid of the car...
There are perfectly legal ways to make a supervisor pull his hair out while staying within the required guidelines of your job ;)
Example#1:
It's amazing in a job where you don't have to punch a time clock how many people come early and stay late and are taken for granted and taken advantage of just because of that.
I'd just figure out which impound yard and bust it out. I've lost to many cars in a lot better shape then I should have let go. Its legally your property. As long as you dont get caught...
Several times I had my car towed while I wasn't doing anything wrong, breaking any laws, or even g anyone off. Seems a car with a picture frame duct tapped over the back broken window means its abandoned and doesn't run. Even if you go to the impound yard and figure out why it was towed, you still have to pay them.
I got one car towed because I didn't have proof of insurance inside of the car while it was parked outside of my house in my driveway. I ran inside to get it, and when I came back the tow truck pulled out with my car. I jumped in my dads car and followed them to the tow yard and showed them my insurance card. They told me I had to get something from the dmv saying that I could take it back and that I still had to pay $350 dollars for them to drive it less then 2 miles and pay $45 a day for storage. It was also just after noon on a saturday with a three day weekend without the dmv being open.
I went back to talk to the dmv the next tuesday, and they said my plate was revoked due to no insurance, and that I would have to bring in proof of insurance and pay my taxes(For the third time that year) and get a temporary plate then they could get me the release for my car.
I went back to the tow truck place, paid $600(For a $110 dollar car none the less) and gave them the paperwork the dmv gave me(Saying what I needed not that it was released...) before they realized what it was, they pulled my car out and called me over to give them my other paper work or I couldn't leave. I walked out the front door and walked right to my car, hopped in shot out to the gravel road and threw gravel at them for about 5 minutes doing doughnuts then drove my car home. Didn't hear a thing about it after that.
About a week later my car overheated and died right down the street from my house so I pulled it into a church parking lot. I walked to auto zone and got a new radiator and water pump, threw them in the car and called it a night. When I went to work the next day my car was towed by the same people, and this time they left a note on my front door saying I owed them $1200 or the title to the car.
That was two years ago. I got a letter about two months ago saying I owed them $13000 for storage fee's or the title. The title is in the glove box.
Some of you guys really amaze me.
"My manager at Sear's told me I need to get it out of there,"
then get it the hell out of there, your work is not a storage facility for broken cars.
"without giving me a warning"
lol what the hell is "need to get it out of there" ? And you did that all in one sentence, truly amazing!
And then more blame..
"This is the 2nd project in a row I haven't been able to finish. The 1st was because of my father and well"
Are you kidding me! Your dad's fault? how about stop buying cars and tearing them apart in your dad's yard. he has the total right to NOT want torn apart in cars his yard. How about they are YOUR fault because you want to have project cars at other peoples expense? Possibly , just Possibly if you wait for the 'project's" until you had a secure (meaning you are sure you will have the rent money for it the next month or SIX) where you arent imposing on your father or SEAS parking lot's then you wouldent have these problems.
Grow Up!
08-23-2008, 04:01 AM
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Thought I would throw an update out there...
Haven't touched the car, and[COLOR="Red"] I quit my job at Sears [/COLOR]=/
I'm waiting for my final check to come in the mail, and it better have my hours they didn't pay me my first paycheck :-X
Just for shiznits and giggles, as far as the idleing goes, if the TPS is getting the correct voltage, where should I turn to?
OOOH!
I missed that...Pretty bad considering I posted RIGHT after it
:hick:
Makes
MUCH more sense as to why the manager called for the tow.
what would this forum be without DaBoss, turbocoupe01, 88xr7, quicksilver, and carpimp?
I thought people had noticed.
Alright, let me try and go about this nicely...1. The manager did not tell me that I need to get it out of there, he told an employee(of no management sorts) to tell me, my apologizes for not explaining. 2. Yes, that may be a warning, but how about being courteous and giving me a ring before the tow company was called, he knows how my situation is/was. 3. I completely agree with you on the storage facility part, but with permission from management, security and 2 others doing the same, I don't see a problem with it.
Now, with the whole dad ordeal. Why don't you get off my back and dont get into it? There's a long story about what happened. Short version: Me and my mom were living there, car was in the backyard, under a car cover. The divorce went through and my father bought out the house.
Now, what makes you think I didn't have money for rent or the such? I don't see how you assume this...
I never relied on anyone for my projects. I was allowed to keep my 1st there, then, like I said, the divorce happened and my dad didn't want it there. With the Cougar, I didn't rely on other people, it simply made it more affordable to bring it to Sears, I could have left it in my storage unit, I was able to pay it.
lol
like I said... Amazing!
88xr7
I did also notice the other posts and connected the dots but didnt say anything. Its probably best because I would have proabably pissed you off in the future out of no where just for reasons like this that just bug the out of me.
Your skirting edge of using other peoples resources for your benefit and since you have resources, you exploite each one to its fullest, moving along to the next opportunity as each prior one expires ,, such is the way of the locust.
Your getting too old to have squatters rights. Up and coming youngsters get a few free bees although some do not and others more than the rest. Make your own way and when the day comes you need true help, people are more likely to give it. I have been through hard times , the beans and bread to make ends meet. If you dont have a pot to piss in, then get one , that way its your pot and your palace. No one to blame but yourself when it all goes down hill, or no one to pat on the back but yourself when all goes well.
Constructive critism doesn't bother me, I just feel Jim went about it the wrong way.
"you might be dead right, but your still dead": former CEO of DSC Communications
actually, to put it blunt,
I work with a lot of people up his way,, and blunt they are, its typical. I just feed it back to em about the time i think its coming. They do learn pretty quick i have to say:flip: jk jim
If I was offering constructive criticism then you are correct I went about it the wrong way. However I was not, I'm telling you you are a childish idiot and you should grow up and take responsibility for your own choices and stop blaming it on your father or your EX manager or whoever else is out there you can blame for every bad thing that happens in your life. I was going to drop this but since I have your attention allow me to elaborate...
"1. The manager did not tell me that I need to get it out of there, he told an employee"
Who the hell cares? Nothing should need to be said, no warning, no courtesy, you don't even work there anymore get your hulk out of SEARS parking lot... it's a no brainer!
"2. Yes, that may be a warning, but how about being courteous and giving me a ring before the tow company was called, "
Courteous? You have your broken down car parked in a sears parking lot! As a manager I would have had it towed the day it showed up. He has a responsibility to be courteous to the store, the owners, and the customers. Ex employee, not so much.
"3. I completely agree with you on the storage facility part, but with permission from management, security and 2 others doing the same, I don't see a problem with it."
I see a problem with it. He should be fired! see #2 above. if I even have my car so much as get a flat (with no spare handy) in a store parking lot and I contact management and let them know I have an issue and assure them I will be getting it out of there in under 24 hours. Then I do it. It's only COURTEOUS!!
As for the rest of it with your dad not wanting it there and all, that's his option, it's his house. Only thing I can see he could have done wrong in that part was not giving you some notice (just because you fail to mention it doesn't mean he didn't.. see the first full sentence of your first post.. three sides to every story, yours, his and the truth.) My dad was the same way, he told me up front "No non running cars on the property (and we had 7 acres) If I brought a non running car to his place he would have been on the phone with the tow company before we ever got it unhooked or got the motor out of it." I was similar with my two sons, I allowed the car BUT they had to stay on it.. they lost there job Tow Truck Time, they found a girl and lost interest, Tow Truck Time, there grades drop, Tow Truck Time.. That was MY choice, it was MY house, not there's.
As for having the $ for a place to store it... so you had a place and STILL chose to use SEARS parking lot. I assumed that because I was obviously giving you too much credit. I assumed it was a finical thing and not just a blatant USING PEOPLE then blaming them situation.
You want "constructive criticism", then be constructive. the world or the people in it do not OWE you .. including constructive criticism.
Sorry, but this just totally cracked me up....
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When I read the opening statement in this thread, I assumed you were still working at the place as that's how it sounded. I must have read the other statement about you quitting in the other thread. Most of the people here; myself included; can not possibly remember every word typed on this message board. SOme of us re-specify certain things more than once because it will be pertinant to the story in that particular post typed out.
Hindsight shows you might have posted the fact about your quitting in your first post in this thread.
Someone had a good enough memory to remember you posted previously about a job issue and looked for it. Seems Jim has been on the other side as far as the issue with the first car and your dad. I can understand why he is passionate concerning that issue.
The way you worded it garnered extra sympathy from me -- my fault for not questioning. Whether you worded it this way on purpose to gain sympathy from us or in your "rant" you made an honest omission the average person will most likely believe the former.
As I eluded to earlier -- many a good employee are taken advantage of. The flip side is a bad one will take advantage of the job. The trick is when being taken advantage of -- and you need/want/have to keep the job draw a line in the sand and do what you must and nothing more. Don't take advantage in return. They'll use it against you.
Nothing wrong with doing it IMHO.
Gee... I worked for Sears for over 36 years, they never once towed my car...