One day TFL rode his bike downtown to work and parked behind an SUV. He was a bit nervous about it, but was able to park very far back in his space so the SUV had plenty of room, and everything should have been fine.
Naturally, it wasn't.
He came out to find Bonnie on her side. (For those of you less familiar with motorcycles, this is Not Good.) Amazingly, the only damage was a knocked-off foot peg, meaning he was out $45 and a week of riding. But the note he found was priceless. One of the employees actually came out and told him all about it, too. It took me a while to hook up the scanner, but here it is (you should be able to click on it for a bigger image, if you like):
The employee said that the SUV backed right into it. Then it pulled up a little and two guys got out and set the bike back up. One of the guys stayed out to guide the driver out of the spot. And the SUV backed right into the bike again, knocking it over again. This time they didn't pick it back up. They just left.
You know it had to be egregious for the staff to go to such trouble as to write down the license plate number. I am not happy it happened, obviously, but I do love this note.
And yes, I just posted the license plate number in public and everything. Shame on you, whoever you are, for knocking over a motorcycle and then just driving off, not leaving your insurance information or a phone number or anything. Also, please learn to drive.
Priceless note- I would want their address so I could send them this blog post, perhaps printed out on nice stationary with "shame on you" underlined.
Posted by: LL | November 07, 2007 at 08:25 AM
The odd thing was that they sort of thought of doing the right thing by picking up the bike the first time. I guess that was enough in their minds.
Posted by: Chris | November 07, 2007 at 09:26 AM
Hooray for the Radio Shack staff!
Posted by: PT-LawMom | November 07, 2007 at 10:05 AM
Have you thought of filing a hit and run? May be a lot of trouble but it looks like you have good witnesses. Glad the bike is OK.
Posted by: Mel Woods | November 07, 2007 at 05:04 PM
Those guys sooooo deserve to be nailed with a hit & run complaint!
Posted by: Shelley | November 07, 2007 at 11:19 PM
There's nothing that makes me more angry than someone hitting a vehicle and then not leaving a note.
Posted by: Proto Attorney | November 08, 2007 at 06:03 PM
Definitely major props to the Radio Shack crew for getting it all down.
Posted by: Beanie | November 09, 2007 at 03:41 PM