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We’ve all been in a situation before where we went out of our way to help someone out…and then they took advantage of us.
It’s a hard pill to swallow, but some folks are just like that.
In this story, a college student got tired of someone who didn’t appreciate his helpfulness, so he taught him a lesson.
Get all the details below.
Keep parking in a private lot and asking for help? We’ll get you towed.
“HO: Honda owner who kept coming back,
Me: me,
BF: my boyfriend.
So, this is more of my boyfriend’s story, but he told me I could share it.
My boyfriend’s fraternity has a parking lot that you have to buy your spot for, but because it had been so cold and icy throughout this winter, they didn’t have any signs up to say people would he towed if they parked there.
The precious ones were stolen by some intoxicated people.
Because of this, they couldn’t legally tow anyone parked in their lot and constantly had random cars stealing spots other people had purchased.
There was this one guy (HO) in particular who would always park there because he lived in a close dorm to the lot, I assume. He had an old beater Honda, with a rival college window cling that didn’t help his case. His car had one flat tire and one donut tire.
They did a good deed.
One day, because of his tire situation, he couldn’t get through all the snow when he tried to leave the parking lot. As a result, my BF and four other guys from his frat were nice enough to switch HO’s two bad tires to the front (because his car was front wheel drive).
They were out there for an about an hour in the cold helping HO get out of the lot. He didn’t even help them change the tires, he just stood around like they owed him something.
Once he got out of the lot, we figured that was that. HO wouldn’t come back because he was informed not to park there again and everyone was kind to him about his situation.
Oh boy were we wrong. (Keep in mind he had been parking there for at least a solid month, in my boyfriend’s spot).
Oh, boy…
One day, when there’s still piles of snow all around, HO decides the frat’s lot is the perfect place for his car again. Unfortunately for him, he got his car stuck in the snow (he still hadn’t fixed the tires) and he saw BF walking past towards the frat house.
HO: hey man! Could I get some help out of the lot again?
BF: sorry man, I can’t, I got to go, but you know you shouldn’t have come back and parked here.
Then BF walked inside and left HO out there alone to deal with his car.
A little later that night, I came over to hang out with BF. He tells me all about how infuriated he is that HO was back and trying to get help again.
We went over to a window to look, and sure enough HO and his car hadn’t moved an inch. It was halfway in a spot, with the bumper of his car blocking another car in.
That’s when our malicious compliance started.
It was GO time!
Since they couldn’t legally tow a car parked there, they couldn’t do anything before, but now that HO was blocking in a car, they had every right to tow him at HO’s expense.
BF gleefully called the tow company, who said they’d be out in a half an hour. BF and I sat by the window, watching HO struggle for a while, give up, and leave his car.
A little later the tow truck came, and towed his car away. We watched the whole time.”
Here’s what folks had to say on Reddit.
This person shared their thoughts.
Another individual weighed in.
And this reader spoke up.
As the old saying goes, play stupid games…
And you’ll win stupid prizes!
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