Many hours later and a few good glasses of REd and I am still brimming with fury and disgust.....
Hubby and I took advantage of the nice fall day to venture out to visit a very well reknowned Fall Festival and Craft Fair. After being duly marshalled into an appropriate area for parking and making off to peruse the show, we returned with our bags of goodies to make off and take care of the chores for the rest of the day. We had actually parked fairly gingerly, the field being very wet and soggy and of course as kismet would have it, our car got bogged in the field as we tried to leave.
Several abortive attempts at getting out and we were firmly stuck in the MUD!! Leaving Hubby to try and work the car into a better position I left to seek the help of the three burly parking attendants..........
Sorry LADY...cant help you....we'd be LIABLE if your car got damaged. You have to call a tow truck and get them to get you out!!!! THREE MEN, all weighing in at 200LBS+ each and they can't stick a shoulder to your bumper to give you a push????
So they lounged on their post as I called my girlfriend, all of 100lbs and her hubby (not much heavier) who arrived with smiles, burlap and a bunch of goodwill. Within minutes, the car is free and we are all in good shape!
WHERE OH WHERE AND WHEN did just plain Neighbourly good manners and the offer of a helping hand get caught up in the whole B/S liablitly issue??????????
All I can say is "Gentlemen"..... I hope you never need a helping hand in my part of the world ....
Oh Marie, I am sitting here fuming with you! Surely they were liable for parking you in a boggy place anyway???
How sad that they were so constrained by what might happen.
Posted by: Julie H | October 23, 2006 at 09:40 PM
Hi Marie:
I think you bring out some excellent points in this post. First, I am glad you and your hubby were rescued from the mud. There is nothing worse than getting stuck and having your attempts dig you further into a ground.
I have no idea what has caused this significant shift in behavior. I was raised to be kind to others, help when I can, and always say please and thank you. These days, people just do not care. It is really very sad.
xoxooxox
Posted by: Pilar Pollock | October 23, 2006 at 05:26 PM
Gosh, that is awful, Marie! I had a similar experience last week on my way home from minneapolis. I'm dropping off my rental car and see that my daughter left her laptop in the car - she NEEDS it for school the next day. I went to one desk after another, asking if someone could please help me or suggest a place I could put the computer for her to pick up in a couple hours as my flight was about to leave. I kept getting no, no, no it's against the rules....they wouldn't let me use a locker because all the lockers are now inside the secured area. Finally, the last person and desk I had left to go too really listened to me and seemed to care - i imagined she might have had a college age student herself so she could relate. So she broke the rules for me, and put the computer in her cabinet. there are still some sensible people left in the world amongst a hell of a lot of sheep. I'm so glad your friends came and made quick work of bailing your car out.
it was so good getting some time to chat with you and aggie at art and soul - dang i didn't bring my camera on any of those lounge occasions though. and new york madelline was a real hoot - i really enjoyed her too.
take care sweetie, take with you soon.
xox
Posted by: katie | October 23, 2006 at 02:57 AM