WTF could she have been thinking?

[4speedy]

I just had a knock at my front door.  It was the meter reader who wanted to know if I would help get her car unstuck.  I walk outside, and there is her car, IN THE MIDDLE OF MY FRONT LAWN,  where she had parked it so she could read my meter.  It's been rainy and the ground is soft so her wheels just slipped, leaving about an 8foot long by 6 inch deep set of 4 tire tracks ON MY LAWN!

Can anyone suggest a reasonable explanation as to why she would park ON MY LAWN instead of, you know, in the driveway where normal people park?

[berbles]

OH HELL NO. Call the city, or whoever employs her. They should pay to have it fixed.

[styme46]

Oct 3, 2014 12:11:00 GMT -5 berbles said:

OH HELL NO. Call the city, or whoever employs her. They should pay to have it fixed.

Yes! I would definitely be on the phone to whichever company she works for! Did you get pictures?

[candreco]

WTAF? Yeah, pictures, phone calls, and no you won't help her get out, she needs to call the city/company to send a truck.

[Deleted]

What the hell?!

[iamali]

I'd be contacting the city, with quotes in hand, to re-imburse for the cost of fixing my yard.

[gretchenindisguise]

Is she drunk?

[emoflamingo]

Answer: She wasn't.

[no0b]

That would be a death wish if it were my lawn.

Document, document, document!

[4speedy]

nope, didn't think to get pictures while she was still here. I grabbed a tow strap and pulled her out and she took right off . I can get pictures of the tire marks when the rain lets up, though.

[Captain Serious]

Oct 3, 2014 12:13:31 GMT -5 candreco said:

WTAF? Yeah, pictures, phone calls, and no you won't help her get out, she needs to call the city/company to send a truck.

No truck! That will just make the damage worse!

Sorry, but I have no idea.

[berbles]

Seriously, I'd be raging. I've "yelled" at Jehovah's Witnesses for WALKING across my front lawn instead of using the sidewalk/path up to my door.

Is she drunk??

[livinitup]

Take a lot of photos for documentation.

[candreco]

Oct 3, 2014 12:15:28 GMT -5 Captain Serious said:

Oct 3, 2014 12:13:31 GMT -5 candreco said:

WTAF? Yeah, pictures, phone calls, and no you won't help her get out, she needs to call the city/company to send a truck.

No truck! That will just make the damage worse!

Sorry, but I have no idea.

Yeah, but I wouldn't want to touch it in case they claimed that it was my assistance that caused damage.  At this point they're paying to repair the damage from the car getting there, they can sure as hell pay to repair damage from getting it out too.

[lissaholly]

I wonder how long she sat in her car saying " shitshitshitshitshit ShIt!" Before coming to the conclusion that she had to ask you for help thinking being caught with a tow truck or something would be worse than just fessing up!

Sorry. We fired the lawn guy because they left tire marks in our lawn when they mowed too wet of a lean.

[Deleted]

OH HELL NO

[beefcheeks]

Oct 3, 2014 12:15:19 GMT -5 4speedy said:

nope, didn't think to get pictures while she was still here. I grabbed a tow strap and pulled her out and she took right off . I can get pictures of the tire marks when the rain lets up, though.

I would still call ASAP. Depending on how hard it's raining I'd also still go out and take pics.

I'd be pissed for sure, but DH (who does all the yard work) would lose his fucking mind. Oh man.

[demelza]

Wow, how in the? did she manage to do that?

[4speedy]

She was a youngish woman, very apologetic and mortified. Nothing about her seemed "off" or drunk, other than randomly parking her car on my lawn.

[madringal]

I am dying! DH works for the power company. I can't wait to tell him about this!

[iamali]

Oct 3, 2014 12:18:16 GMT -5 @fucksticklegit said:

OH HELL NO

This is my new favorite.

[beefcheeks]

What did she say? Did she apologize or anything? WTF.

ETA: Just saw your post that she was apologetic.

[bcv513]

I don't even understand how she could have thought it was a good idea to drive on someone's lawn. Is she too lazy to get out of the car?

[bonquiqui]

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[no0b]

Yeah, she should be mortified. Why did she think that was a good decision?

"Hmmm let's see, I could pull over to the side of the road, pull into the driveway, or I could drive up in the middle of the lawn. I feel lazy so I vote lawn".

[isabel]

The fuck!? Dude! Call the city. Right now. She destroyed your lawn. Oh god. I would be so far beyond livid.

[sassycat]

Pictures, document, and a good stiff drink would be in my hand. There would be no logical reason anyone could give me that they just NEEDED to park on my lawn. That are what roads and driveways are for.

City needs to pay to fix that ASAP.
Good luck.

[daisybuchannan]

That is insane. I would flip.

[sjh722]

Oct 3, 2014 12:19:46 GMT -5 madringal said:

I am dying! DH works for the power company. I can't wait to tell him about this!

Mine too, LOL.

And this (well, and dog bites, and labor costs) is why power companies are eliminating meter-readers and switching to the automatic ones that you just drive down the street to read.  LOLOLOL

[polarbearfans]

Wow. She probably didn't want to get out the car in the rain... I wonder if your neighbors have tire marks too lol