A bust-up in the Staples parking lot
August 15th, 2006 by GoldenAppleCorp
AT and I made a run to Staples the other night. He opted to wait in the car. A few seconds after I walked into the store, he saw a woman in a bright blue truck back into a parking spot. She did an A+ job, except she backed into the maroon sports car behind her. Her kid got out of the truck, ran around to the back and began freaking out. The mom saw what she did, yelled at the kid to come on, and entered the store.
When I came out, AT told me what had happened, described the woman and pointed out the truck in question. The rear bumper was sitting completely on top of the front bumper of the sports car. So I, being the tattle-tale that I am, went into the store to tell the manager. The woman AT described was at the register, checking out. I went to the next register over, where the manager was, and told her loudly what had happened. The manager was less than thrilled about having to do something about it and told me to call mall security. I told her that the driver was currently in Staples and would be gone by the time mall security got there, so I’d just get the make and model of both cars for her.
As I started out of the store, the driver looks at me all innocent-like and says, “Did you say a blue truck?” I assented and she said, “Oh, my, that must be me.”
So I told her she did a crap job of parking and needed to find the person she backed into. As there were about 8 witnesses to this conversation, I hope she didn’t just jump in her truck and leave.
Another case of people thinking they can get away with shit.
August 15th, 2006 at 11:48 am
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August 15th, 2006 at 11:51 am
You know, it’s pretty disgusting about the blue-truck lady. But what I think is equally disgusting is the apathy of the Staples manager. There have been several times I’ve been to Staples where the management has been lacking. Dweebs.
August 15th, 2006 at 11:58 am
I got furious at em last time I went, I was seriously about to buy some RAM, not only would the salesman ignore me, but they were getting directly in my way talking to a buddy as I trying to look at the RAM hanging on the wall. Finally, I cursed and walked out.
Dicks.
August 15th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
Didn’t the sales guy even ask the guy behind you if he needed help?
Yeah, most of the staff at that Staples seem to be really apathetic about their job. I ended up leaving empty-handed anyway, since they were out of white cardstock. White cardstock, people. I thought you were called “Staples”.
I went to WalMart and got it $2 cheaper anyway.
August 15th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
Hell with Staples.
August 15th, 2006 at 12:21 pm
Jon, sorry, Dr. Dave killed your comment, and my dumb ass deleted it instead of restoring it. Nothing personal!
Friggin Spam Karma.
August 15th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
Events like that are exactly why I always have my digital camera. Not so much to assist with any victims as it’s for my own personal entertainment. Had I witnessed it, I would have jumped out of my car and run right up to the driver side window snapping a pic of her surprised face then the accident itself. Depending on how big or scary the lady was I’d, of course, run away screaming once she got out of the truck.
August 15th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
Yeah, meice, AT and I have lamented many times about not having a camera phone. I would hate to put my (when it was new) expensive digital camera in my car, but I just might have to.
A few weeks ago, we passed a very recent fender-bender. Only one car was still there, the front end smashed pretty good. There was a guy on a jazzy at the scene, and the way he was sitting, it looked like the car had wrecked into him.
That’d be a lot funnier if I had had a camera with me, though.
August 15th, 2006 at 2:20 pm
I keep my 5mp Kodak with me all the time. I’ve had to replace it twice now for various reasons (using it in the rain and dropping it in the sand at the beach), lucky for me I’ve been able to find the exact same model on clearance. I love this thing. I’ve been reluctant to upgrade from it. 5mp will produce up to a 16×20 print and most lens effects can be reproduced in photoshop.
Was it just a coincidence that you happened to post this story on the same day Staples announced high 2nd quarter profits? Interesting…
August 15th, 2006 at 2:34 pm
Hmm. We got our son a cheap little $20 camera for Xmas (which he doesn’t use) so maybe I ought to commandeer that sucker.
I don’t see how Staples can turn a profit. There’s never anyone at the store here, and they rarely have what I’m looking for.
August 15th, 2006 at 7:24 pm
Oh my, reminded me of the time I drove a 40 foot Penske truck to Paducah, KY to pick up a load of used PCs and made a 35 foot turn right over the back of a ladies car parked in the parking lot. We were covered and went inside to find the owner and didn’t even think about running, even though no one saw the accident.
I felt pretty stupid!
August 15th, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Good for you for being honest, Mushy. I had a car that was hit once in a parking lot, no note, no nothing. It sucks ass.
August 15th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
The other day I was stopped at a signal light at Cedar Bluff in Knoxville. Here came this 70’s something olds jacked way up, with tires taller than my truck. It went down the road like there was nothing in world strange about it. Hummers were skittering out of its way. Beautiful. No camera.
Staples sucks. Last time the Missus and I were there we were helped out by a great worker. He was polite and all, but the rebate we were counting on didn’t go through. The worker said his mgr would make it all right. All she did was holler some code at him as she hauled boxes by on a hand truck. Left him standing there looking like an idiot. She seemed much more interested in getting her boxes put away.
August 15th, 2006 at 9:44 pm
I daresay it was the same manager I dealt with, Bos. And possible the same incredibly helpful employee. There’s one older guy, 50’s, who will wait on me hand and foot when I go in, and he knows where everything is. I’ve not seen him there in a while, though.
August 16th, 2006 at 1:50 am
No wonder the store clerks didn’t want anything to do with you Apple. You seem rotten. I do not know what is worse the car or you displaying such demand for instant gratification.
August 16th, 2006 at 5:27 am
You seem rotten. I do not know what is worse the car or you displaying such demand for instant gratification
I was wondering when you’d show back up and be a douchebag. You struck me as the “dickheaded” type.
August 16th, 2006 at 6:58 am
Who are you speaking to AT?
August 16th, 2006 at 7:04 am
That’s a very good question, Daco.
August 16th, 2006 at 7:26 am
Sorry, it was AAC, he had dropped a post here saying essentially what I had in italics. Lemme resurrect it, ol’ Junkyard Dave went off on it already…
All better.
August 16th, 2006 at 7:30 am
Instant gratification? Ok, you lost me.
So… I should have just let the bitch get away with hitting someone else’s car in the parking lot… and because I told the manager of the store, that makes me the bad guy?
I don’t get it.
August 16th, 2006 at 9:12 am
Oh, wait, I just got it. Rotten. Ha, cuz my name’s GoldenAppleCorp. That’s clever. Usually people go for the “golden shower” angle, so you’re really shaking things up there.
Good for you. Name-calling is so now.
August 16th, 2006 at 9:24 am
I think AAC’s just trying to be a worm. Given AAC’s post in the other thread, he/she obviously has a skewed view of responsibility, I’m not completely surprised that he/she doesn’t quite get the picture in this one.
August 16th, 2006 at 10:30 am
Heh @ GAC