The Tow Truck Driver and the Princess
I could use some feedback on the following incident:
An acquaintance and I decided to drive in my car to Telluride today just to walk around and see the sights. Its a pretty drive and T-ride has lots of exotic shops just to window shop at. My acquaintance is always claiming that she has no money, but she has a jewelry selection that would make Tiffany's green with envy and she is 1/4 owner of a highly profitable restaurant here in town.
We arrive at our destination without incident and stop in the parking lot of the local grocery store because "Princess" has to use the bathroom. I go in with her just to gaze at all the elegant gourmet items this place features while I'm waiting for her to do her thing so we can move on.
We get back to the car and Ms. Genius, aka yours truely has locked the keys in the car and can't find the spare I usually keep under the bumper.
But all is not lost. One of the car windows was rolled down just enough to get a wire coat hanger through and hit the release knob inside. Princess is starting to get hysterical, and I assure her that all will be well, I've performed this maneuver many times since I'm forever locking my keys in my car. I didn't want to call a locksmith because when all you have left to live on for the month is $100.00, a locksmith is an outrageous luxury, and besides, we didn't need him.
I go in search of a wire coat hanger, find one after several minutes of asking around, place my purse on the trunk of the car, and start fishing for the knob. Meanwhile, Princess is making a public scene in the parking lot, crying and cursing and claiming we will be stuck there forever. Unknown to me, she called the tow truck when I was getting the wire hanger. Unknown to both of us, some concerned citizen called the police, telling them that Princess was having a hysterical breakdown at the local grocery store and maybe someone should check on her.
Just as I almost had the unlock button in my grasp with the coat hanger, who should arrive but BOTH the police and the tow truck driver. The police asked me to prove that it was my car that I was tryiny to open, and I went to get my purse which had fallen off the trunk and under the car where I couldn't see it, so naturally I assumed it was stolen. The officer gave me a very skeptical look, and ask if my papers were in the car, I said "yes."
Looking all official, the policeman said, "Well, I can't let you break into this car. You can have it towed somewhere or you can pay the tow truck driver here to open the car and we'll check your name against the paperwork in the car.
Princess opened her wallet and gave the tow truck driver $65.00 for taking about 30 seconds to open the car with a slim jim, I got out my paper work, the police ran a computer check on the car, me, my licence and my third cousin twice removed, and told us we could go on our way.
As I began to back out of the parking place, sun of a gun! My purse was revealed to have been laying under the car all the time!
Princess jumped out like a flash and grabbed my purse, and extracted $60.00 - all I had on me, and said "This is what YOU owe me for the tow truck." Short of taking a swing at Princess in the parking lot, there was no way I was going to wrest that $60.00 out of her little hand, and I'd been through enough with the police and gawking on-lookers, anyway.
I was so furious with Princess, I could barely see straight. I still had $2 or $3 in my jacket pocket, and I told Princess, "I need to be alone for about half an hour. I'm going to go drink a cup of coffee, and if you're not back in half an hour, I'm leaving without you.
I was morosely into my third cup of coffee, getting a nice caffeine buzz, when Princess trotted back into the coffee shop only 5 minutes late with her arms full of packages.
I said to her, "We need to decide who pays how much of the tow driver's bill. "Oh," she responded happily, I gave him all the money I had, and then I bought these things with the other $60" -MY sixty - "and I'm broke. Can I bum a cigarette?"
I should have left Princess all by her lonesome in Telluride, but it was starting to snow and it was after dark, so I just snarled to her, "Get in the car!" How I managed to drive her home without pushing her out the door at the first steep mountain cliff is beyond me, but somehow I restrained myself.
I was too angry tonight, but tomorrow, Princess and I are going to have a nice little chat. I think Princess should pay me back the entire $60.00 because she was the one who went into hysterics and called the tow truck when there was no need, and especially because she stole my money and just went shopping with it. Princess thinks she only owes me forty.
What do those of you who are not in a white hot rage think is fair in this situation?
she called the tow truck , she pays for it or you pay half since you were driveing
You assured her all would be well, you had almost completed the "rescue manoevre": she owes you $60 for callin the tow truck without reason.
She called the tow truck, it is her bill to pay. She owes you $60.
Yep. Princess ponies up $60.
Now, let's talk about her need for medication...
Yep. Princess ponies up $60.
Now, let's talk about her need for medication...
Yes, I definately think Princess is a candidate for Wolf's tender mercies. I found out too late that Princess's family have been wanting to have Princess committed for years. I think Philly would be just the ticket.
Wolf, what time could your ambulance driver come meet Princess at the airport?
Yes, I definately think Princess is a candidate for Wolf's tender mercies. I found out too late that Princess's family have been wanting to have Princess committed for years. I think Philly would be just the ticket.
Wolf, what time could your ambulance driver come meet Princess at the airport?
Candidate for Wolf's services - I'd hardly direct those to "tender mercies".
Who is this "Princess Chick" anyways?
seriously. do you have an ad in the paper looking for people to screw you over and bring drama to your life?
seriously. do you have an ad in the paper looking for people to screw you over and bring drama to your life?
Lookout, I'm actually going to give you a serious reply. My childhood was like most other people's - good, bad, playmates, cliques in the 7th grade, etc. I was also raised by the wicked witch of the west whom I now refer to as the "Momster." I haven't seen the Momster in 3 years now and don't know if she is alive or dead. This is at her request, BTW, not mine. My father was a caring loving person and he saved me from having a permanent suite at Wolf's place.
I have had some great friends, a 20 year marriage to a terrific man that still I love to this day. But like Shawn Colvin, "I kill dreams in the chase, I slap love in the face..."
The Momster may have shaped me, but as an adult, I can work at changing that. I know, I'l never be perfect, but life seems to be about carrying your burdens as gracefuly as you can and keeping the whining to a minimum. "Princess" reminds me very much of the Momster, BTW. Hell, I can "do" being with people like Princess, no problem. I'm trying to change this.
How much did you charge her to drive her sorry ass back from telluride?
Gotta start thinking on your feet Mari. ;)
Well, she had no money, you see. The poor thing spent her last $65.00 in the world on the tow truck, then she did all that shopping with the $60.00 she stole from me and spent every last dime.
Oh did I mention that I went out for a stroll after we got back and saw Princess climbing into her car with a 12 pack of beer and a pack of cigarettes in her dainty hand?
She has til Wednesday to re-pay me, then I go to her wealthy family with the tow truck bill and the police report. Princess committed a few fun other little tricks that I left out of the OP for brevity's sake, and almost got herself arrested. If they don't cough up the money, I'll file theft charges against Princess.
Princess committed a few fun other little tricks that I left out of the OP for brevity's sake, and almost got herself arrested.
Such as ?? Inquireing minds want to know !!!??!!
Well, let's see. She caused a scene in the grocery store and began cursing and swearing at the employees when they didn't have any coat hangers.
Just before that she had eaten a large to go bowl of their soup without paying for it (lucky no one saw her, but I was having fits and left the store while she was doing this, so I missed much of the general altercation in the store right afterwards).
She followed me into an office next door where I politely asked the gentleman at the front desk if he had a spare coat hanger. He checked and came back and said, "no."
While I was waiting for the man to return, Princess began ransacking other emppty offices in the building, looking for coat hangers. The man had a fit (as well he might}, and ordered Princess to leave the building before he called the police. Princess responded from down the hall somewhere with a string of obscenities.
I was already on my way out, I thought Princess had just gone to wait by the car, not ransack offices.
Princess got in a fight with the police when they arrived, chewing them out for not opening the door with THEIR slim jim, and instead making us pay for the the tow driver to do it.
The policewoman said that if Princess so much as opened her mouth one more time, she would arrest Princess for harassing a police officer in the line of duty. The man from the office next door who had been watching the encounter all from his front steps, yelled, "Arrest her!" pointing at Princess.
All in all, I would have been delighted if the earth had opened and swallowed me up. Yes, a good time was had by all.
What a fucking bitch! That's about all I have to say about it.
It sounds like this bitch needs to pay for the tow truck , and be PERMENTLY DROPPED from your list of friends !!!
She has probley always had Daddy or some body bail her out , she is rideing for a FALL , stay clear !!!!!!!
So just why is it that this "Princess" is a friend of yours?
I say forgive and forget the $60.
[COLOR="Silver"][SIZE="1"]Take out a life insurance policy on her[/SIZE][/COLOR]
Take her for a ride in the mountains to see the first heavy snowfall.
:handball:
But....
Is the Princess' name Tyler Durden, by any chance?
Is the Princess' name Tyler Durden, by any chance?
This Dude ??
Holy crap zippy, thats the best pic I've seen today!!!
It's from the movie Fight Club, zippy. That's some strange artwork--looks nothing like Brad Pitt on the one hand, but at the same time the shot is definitely recognizable from the movie.
...if only that wasn't a cartoon...
Yes, a good time was had by all.
I know it has ME chuckle-ing merrily along! Quite entertaining from the outside, but I bet it wasn't any picnic for you.
So just why is it that this "Princess" is a friend of yours?
She's not. She's an acquaitance I've seen around town, and one day we got to talking (she must have taken her meds that day), and she suggested we get together since we're both single and at lose ends. Sounded reasonable to me - little did I know. She is NOT my friend - not now, anyway.
@ LJ, her name is not currently Tyler Durden, but she did spend a stint in the midwest if that helps any.
Ugh, that annoys the hell out of me. Be nice and chat with somebody and the next thing you know you have a lunatic in your life.
What it sounds like to me is this bitch stole some money from you, plain and simple. The rest of the story, while amusing (froom a distance) doesn't excuse or give context to the fact that this person grabbed your purse and took your money. The response to this could go along several lines: #1 the immediate, decisive, punch in the face (optionally, you could spit on her while she's lying there, stunned) #2 the hassle of intervention of police, justice system, etc. or #3 the slow, simmering response where, for instance, you smash in the windsheild of her car and take a piss on her upholstry. I mean, those are just off the top of my head. Maybe you could sabotage her business, and bankrupt her.
Hmmm - $60 eh. I wouldn't waste time trying to get it back unless I knew some logistics, but . . . does she have a cell phone??? Call her like 50 times a day from a land line and use up all her minutes. If she answers just talk her ear off about the most senseless crap going on and on till her ears bleed. Leaving voicemails is great too - they cost minutes to listen to.
Me, I personally would have stopped it when she put her hand in my purse. NO ONE goes in my purse without my permission unless I have known them half my life or more.
Since she was the one who called the driver, it was her expense, not yours. You had it under control.
Hmmm - $60 eh. I wouldn't waste time trying to get it back unless I knew some logistics, but . . . does she have a cell phone??? Call her like 50 times a day from a land line and use up all her minutes. If she answers just talk her ear off about the most senseless crap going on and on till her ears bleed. Leaving voicemails is great too - they cost minutes to listen to.
Does it work like that? In the UK you don't pay/ use your free minutes for calls received unless you're abroad. And many tariffs don't charge you for voicemail either (mine doesn't)
Good idea - but look into it first rather than chance wasting your money. I'm all for sneaky revenge rather than confrontation....
You could also call the utilities and tell them you're her, and you're moving, and need all your services cut off on a certain day.
She'd have to take the curtains off the rail to piss on them...being a girl and all...
Well, I called the police today and made a formal, written complaint against Princess. Its going to be rather complicated since Princess and I reside in one county and the incident happened in the next county over. Also, Princess's family is wealthy, and I'm poorer than a mouse living in the basement of Focus on the Family. I tried talking to Princess before I made the complaint, but she still wouldn't come up with a dime, and made veiled threats about how vindictive she can be if someone messes with her. She can be, too, so I'm a litle worried about that, and who knows if the police will do a damn thing, seeing as how its Princess and all.
I'd have let it go, but she stole every dollar I had to live on for the rest of the month. I had to call social services for an emergency food basket today. Meanwhile, Princess is down at her restaurant eating filet mignon.
If I suddenly disappear, its most likely because Princess took out a hit man on me.
you will undoubtedly think i'm just being cruel, but i'm not trying to be...
but seriously, WTF were you doing going anywhere at all if $60 is all you had left for the month. it seems to me that anything more expensive than a bike ride would have been pushing the limits of sensibility.
She'll probably charge you with kidnapping. :worried:
Well if she ends up with a fine or community service, you'll feel vindicticated, and that's all that counts! ;)
you will undoubtedly think i'm just being cruel, but i'm not trying to be...
but seriously, WTF were you doing going anywhere at all if $60 is all you had left for the month. it seems to me that anything more expensive than a bike ride would have been pushing the limits of sensibility.
The shared gas to T-ride and back would have been $5.00 each. Mancos is a teensy town of maybe 1,000 people, and there's not much to do here. I don't have a bike and can't afford to buy one.
Plus, T-ride has something called a "free box" which is a structure that takes up about half a block and the wealthy people from T-ride and Mountain Village just drop off all kinds of stuff there for whoever wants it. I've found some beautiful things in that box - designer wool sweators, hardly worn, etc. Once I found 100 brand new stuffed animals at Christmas time that I grabbed up and donated to the local food pantry to be given out with the food boxes for December. You should have seen the look in those little kids' eyes when they got their free animal!
So, for a $5.00 investment, I was hoping to find some warm winter clothes, have a cup of coffee, window shop and go home. Oh, well.
PS On an income of $671.00/month plus $10.00 in food stamps, just breathing is pushing the limits of sensibility. My one extravagance is $19.95 for the Internet. Its cheaper than driving around, as you pointed out, and allows me to make contacts I might not otherwise make, and gives me some sort of window on the world - cyber tho the view may be.
don't misunderstand - princess is a POS and screwed you over so she should fry. but for a couple of years now i've heard how you flat ass broke and yet you always manage to go out, do things, and then get hosed. i'm thinking you'd be better off if you spent $3 of the $60 over at Half-Price Books and didn't leave the house.
I'm tired tonight, but I can't really think of many things I've done in the past few years. At the beginning I had my disability back pay before the ex-monster managed to siphon a bunch of that off. I used most of the rest to pay a year's advance rent on a small cottage, hoping that a housing voucher would come through by the end of the year. I also, put in for every housing assistance available. Nothing came through. Katrina really restrained resources everywhere for the poor. The other thing I did with my remaining back pay was buy a second hand car, hoping it will last as long as possible. I took some camping trips in the mountains. Since I live about 5 minutes from the mountains and camped on BLM land, all that cost was food and gas. I woulda had to eat, anyway. Remind me of my extravagant trips. I can't remember. I did make two trips out here looking for housing because I knew it was more readily available, and I was right. I camped the whole time and I finally got this litle apartment in Mancos. What else?
Hold Princess for ransom...that'll pay you back some and then some. And while you have her in your clutches you can torture her! You know like make her eat food from a can (mmmm spam), dress herself, clean up after herself, forego her manicure ect ect.
Update: Princess got arrested yesterday. She claims it was for unpaid traffic tickets and her BF bailed her out. She was being suspicious nice, during this conversation and said she was leaving some stuff at my door for me. When I opened the door later, their was a single pack odf Lean Cuisinen and a pack of cigarettes. That ought to get me through until DEc 3rd, right.
I think you got off cheap... I would never speak to her again for any reason.
Chaos junkies are always expensive in the end, no matter what they say/do today.
Best to pretend she does not exist.
I would not eat something she left at my door.
I wouldn't feed Princess's pack of lean cuisine to a dog. I think she's trying to be nicey-nice to me, so I'll drop the charges. I've already told her that I will never speak to her again, and that I had also ratted her out to her older sister who runs the family. I didn't mention my sworn statement to the police. As my father always used to stay, "Don't threaten. Just do it." I'll let you all know if she goes to trial for her "traffic tickets."
You go girl - let 'er have it.
Wow. She sounds like a royal bitch. I would definitely follow through with the charges and if something like that ever happens again, warn the person in hysterics that if they call for assitance, they are paying for it. Then guard your purse on your life. Good luck!