Originally Posted by Lumpy:
So... I'm at the shop by myself today and this grungy trucker walked into the lobby area. I asked him, "may I help you?", and he asked if he could use our phone because he was out of minutes on his cell. I apologized and told him that the only phones that we have are in our production area and I couldn't let him go in that area due to insurance reasons.
He gave me a mean look and started mumbling something about he would need to drive all the way to Council Bluffs, IA, it would only take a second to use our phone, blah, blah, blah...
I apologized again and firmly reiterated our policy. He then started glancing at the door to the production area. At that point, I began prepping myself to kick this guy's ass if he was to try anything stupid.
Anyway, I suggested that he could go across the parking lot to the mechanic shop, (the guy over there annoys me, so why not send the guy over there to bug him? lol). He says, "okay, I'll see if they'll let me use their phone", and walks out the door.
The freaky part is that he went straight for his truck, hopped in, and took off down the road. I couldn't see his plates very well and it was an unmarked truck.
Before anyone asks... yes, the door is now locked and I have a billy-club next to my desk.
Admit it, she didn't recognize you, and you had been hoping to fulfill your lifelong "grungy trucker forces himself on desk clerk" fantasy scenario, but she killed your stiffie by not letting you use the phone so you had to drive away and beat off in the next parking lot. :-)
