Today, I got into an accident. As I was talking to a police officer about what happened, the tow truck driver managed to take my car and drive away, leaving me with no phone or wallet. I just spent an hour walking home in a hail storm. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I crashed into a ditch on my way home from work. I had to walk 2 miles in -25 below zero weather before I could pick up a cell phone signal to call a tow truck. When I got back to my car, a cop was waiting for me with a ticket for leaving the scene of an accident. FML
Today, during my work shift, my car got stolen and I had to walk home on the rain. While I was walking home, my stolen car drove by. FML
Today, I got into an accident and my car was totaled. My friends then took me out to a bar for a drink to make me feel better. It appears that the police officer I'd spoken to had kept my I.D. by mistake and I couldn't get into the bar. FML
Today, my car broke down. I pulled to the side of the road to call a tow truck. After waiting what seemed like hours, the tow truck showed up, and then ran into the back of my car. FML
Today, my car was stolen from my driveway. I reported it to the police, the insurance company, and my neighbors, and begged for help via social media. As I walked to catch a bus, I saw my car parked outside my school. I forgot I left it there last night. FML
Today, the police called because someone had turned in my wallet that was stolen. I happily drove home only to find that my house had been robbed and ransacked. FML
Today, it's my birthday. My dad came to pick me up, but after I had put my backpack in the back seat and closed the car door, he drove off without me. It started to rain, and I was without my phone or wallet. FML
Today, I had the lovely experience of witnessing a tow truck cause a couple thousand dollars' worth of damage to my broken-down car. FML
Today, I was carjacked. As he shoved me away from my car, I got hit by another car. He and the other car both drove off. FML
Today, I saw a crash on the highway. The police weren't yet there, so I pulled over to help because I know CPR. No one needed CPR, but I had locked myself out of my car. My roadside assist won't come to highways, so I had to get towed away in front of everyone. FML
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Steffi3 40
Isn't the police officer supposed to bring you home safely in such cases? What an ass..
iLike2Teabag 27
You see, son, when a tow truck and a car love each other very much, they "hook up". This is followed by the truck giving the car a "ride", most likely to the tow yard. But afterwards, the tow truck will move on to hooking up with other cars, while OP's car is left alone, feeling used and very sad.
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khoov19 20
what the actual f***!!! how does that even happen? !?!?!
iLike2Teabag 27
You see, son, when a tow truck and a car love each other very much, they "hook up". This is followed by the truck giving the car a "ride", most likely to the tow yard. But afterwards, the tow truck will move on to hooking up with other cars, while OP's car is left alone, feeling used and very sad.
1dvs_bstd 41
#11 True story.
sweetbliss3 37
I was thinking the same thing. aren't tow truck drivers supposed to ask you if you need anything out of your car, etc?
JazzHandsFML 28
that's one....HAIL of a walk! also 1 it happens quite often really
tuxedoandex 28
ba dum tsh #28
MyDadLeftMeInKFC 21
Sounds like you just had a hail of a day.
kmaheynoway 25
No iidding. that tow truck driver was pretty cold.
dubleduke 11
Storm puns!!!
Steffi3 40
Isn't the police officer supposed to bring you home safely in such cases? What an ass..
hunteredmundson 17
These are Canadian police officers the rules might be different
Lexipants 21
The OPP just leave you there to fend for yourself.
ihartmytdi 23
My best guess is that the OP didn't ask/inform the officer of the situation. When I was involved in a collision a few months ago, the officer on scene let me hang out in his cruiser to keep warm (my car was totalled and it was well below freezing out). He was also really helpful in offering his advice on how to approach my insurance claim, etc. In the end however, unlike the OP, I was able to tag a ride along with the tow truck that had what was left of my car.
Corey122726 17
#17 being Canadian police officers and such, shouldn't you think they would be apologetic, possibly cry a little for that individual, and even offer up their own vehicle ehy?
jeepers_1 21
That is not how you use eh in a sentence.
PANDORUM89 21
that's what I was thinking or even catching a ride in the tow truck. that's usually how it works so in this case I'd say the tow driver was an ass for not making sure you didn't need anything out of your vehicle. and I'm assuming she didn't ask the officer for a ride. their saying is to protect and serve. he could've protected you from the hail storm and served you by offering a ride to your house or the tow place.
Flyndaran 10
At least OP wasn't native. Alaskan police often took them to the middle of nowhere and kicked them out. Many died.
MercyFrag 22
Unfortunate doesn't even begin to describe this... Hope things get better OP.
Invictus_Anima 5
Oh wow I'm sorry about that OP. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't an officer usually give you a ride home in this case? Or in OP's case, take you to where your car is being taken to? I know it isn't their obligation, but I always thought that they did.
k8Pluss 8
It's a liability issue. So now they can't. You can thank the greedy sue happy people for that.
gracehi 33
In the US, the supreme court actually ruled that the police have no obligation to help you. Maybe Canadian tax payers are also wasting their money on paying police officers?
carolyn_m 19
I'm sorry but they are police officers. Of course they have to help us! That guy stole his car and the police has to help you in this case....
k8Pluss 8
Unfortunately nowadays some places won't take people home due to liability issues. It's not that they don't want to. It's just because they can't. You can thank the greedy sue happy people for that.
courtz94 24
If you weren't given a chance to get those things out of your car, I'd have a chit chat with the tow company and maybe get a free tow or work out some kind of deal. It seems unlikely that you wouldn't get those things given the chance to do so, but people have done things far more dumb than that.
Purexinsanity 46
I'm happy the car accident wasn't serious to the point that paramedics were needed at the scene. A hail storm sounds nasty though, sorry this happened to you OP! :/
0h_Boy 26
& the reason you didn't keep these on you is because...?
150493x 29
Well he was in his car so he probably put them somewhere safe.
EatUrGreens 20
You know when you have a big ass phone (90% of what's sold on the market) and a wallet in your pocket, it's uncomfortable to sit down with them in your pocket, which is what you are doing whilst driving, so you take them out your pocket and put them on the side. Also he had an accident so his first reflex wasn't to grab them.. TL;DR hurr durr common sense
usmc_sean 8
This happened in Canada? And no one even said sorry?!