Dr. Evils new ride, Picked up ready for transport Options

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Dr. Evil's surprise......

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[scotty b]

SOOOooo things got a bit interestong starting on WEDNESDAY !! Tuesday goes by....no car....no phone call. Wed about 10:30 I cal the driver, goes something like this, WARNING adult language used

"yeah I'm calling about a car that was supposed to have been deliverd yesterday"

Yes sir I'm sorry I am running a bit behind, which car is it ?
It's a beat up Porsche 914

Right, I'm in N.C. dropping one off right now and will be leaving for Richmond tonight, I should be there tomorrow ( thursday ) around mid-day, I'll give you a call when I'm about an hour away.

O.K. I just wanted to let you know, I'm having the car deliverd to my parents house, my dad works nights so just knock on the door until he gets up. I left him a check

Oh I only deal wish cash..cash only sir

Excuse me? This has been going on for 2 weeks and this is the first I've heard about cash only, I guess it's a good fucking thing you weren't there yesterday OR today huh??

I always deal in cash sir. One other thing you need to be aware of is this car has no brakes

Yes I'm well aware of that

Well you'll need to have a tow truck there to unload it, I'm not touching it, this things is very dangerous and I'm not going to put myself in harms way

So what your telling me is you aren't going to do your job.

My job is to deliver the car sir, I pick it up, drive it and drop it off

UNLOADING IT IS PART OF DROPPING IT OFF ISN't IT?

This is a dangerous car sir and I'm not going to put my life at risk over it

That's fine I'll unload it for you, you'll be here thursday right?

Yes sir, cash only

Yeah I got that 3 mintues ago remember ?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Would it be a major hassle to you to change the delivery address to my shop ?

No sir no problem at all

( I give him the shop address )

I'll call you tomorrw when I'm about an hour away

O.K.






WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 4:30 ish I get a message

Yes Mr Burnett this is Marcell with your Porsche, I had a beam break on my trailer and I'm going to have to stay in N.C. tonight to get it welded up tomorrow so I won't be in Richmond until sometime friday. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)


TODAY

Moronicus giganticus calls me

Uh yeah Mike this is Marcell with your car

This is SCOTT Mike owns the car, I'm working on it

Oh right, well Scott I'm on 288 headed toward your house and wanted to let you know I'll be there in about 45 minutes

Didn't we discuss you delivering it to my shop 2 days ago ?

Oh yes that's right the Wickham address ?

Yeah

Um O.K. so I want to get back on 95 then right?

Yes, 95 north towards the city

( he verifies the shop address and hangs up )

25 minutes later,

Hey Scott I got off at the Chamberlayne exit and turned right at the Mcdonalds and I dont see Wickham street anywhere

( I am now getting pissed as it is 12:30 an I'm hungry )

What is around you Marcell ?

Um there's a WAWA where you told me to turn right

You took the wrong exit Marcell, there are 2 Chamberlayne exits and you took the second one, you need to go back towards the city


Over the next 15-20 minutes there are a series of lost Marcell calls, he getting more aggitated, and me getting more pissed. He finally says

Look you just need to come to the McDonalds and I'll follow you back

So know I've taken a day off of work, you'r 3 days late, don't know where you are, where you're going and now I have to leave my work still to come find YOU?

Look I've got 10 cars to pick up and deliver and don't have time to fuck around trying to find this address

You're now going to give ME a ration of shit about not having time to get your job done when you're 3 days late delivering my car, I've lost a days work and now I have to put my customers car aside to come find you I'll be there in 10 minutes ??


I hang up on him, drive 4 miles up the road, honk at him and point back towards the shop and take off. Dipshit folows me down a straight road, makes one turn and is at the shop. I took this route on purpose to show him how close he was

Marcell Mar-no gets out of the truck VERY angry, starts grabbing welding rods from the trailer and throws them in the peoples back yard adjacent to the shop, we proceed to get into it and the guy I work with comes out to try and calm things down. Suggests that Marcell back into the parking lot ( shop is on a single lane dead end road) to make it easier for him to get out. Marcell quickly fires back


I've been doing this for 13 years I think I know what the fuck I'm doing

Aren replies :

I'm just trying to help man, I've had this shop for 9 years and have had a lot of cars dropped and the drivers do it all the time

Marcell is now fuming, and Aren is loving it

Long story short, he starts to lower the car, tells me again he's not gopin to touch it I need someway to get it off of the truck.

Don't worry about it I'll handle it

NOW the hydraulics start f-ing up, passenger side is coming down, driver side.....not so much. He screws with it for about 30 minutes and finally gets it down.

So how are you gonna get this thing off ?

Well you're going to get the rear chains off, my helper and I will hold the car while you undo the front chains and he and I will walk it down.

This is a very dangerous car, I don't think that's a good idea

I've been doing this for years man, I push dead cars daily, I have loaded a few on to my trailer by myself . I've got it

O.K. but I'm getting you to sign something first, I'm not going to be held responsible if anything happens. You realize when I let the front chains loose this cars gone right?

No problem I've got it under control

Car gets unchained, Brian ( helper ) and I walk it off the trailer and Marcell never touches it again.

In the end I cooled down a few minutes and went out to have a talk with my new friend about my issue of lack of communication, being the issue all week. He actually agreed, shook my hand and apologized. I then told him how to get to the 95 exit he SHOULD have used in the first place, 2 blocks away


I think it all boils down to him being a middle man with a shitty rig (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Actually seemed like a decent guy outside of the workplace (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)