Don't "shop" at Bubbles!!

Who knew that I would be writing another post SOO soon!! However, I couldnt help it with the very interesting and lively lunch hour I just had. At about 11:30 today Ed (one of the sales guys at Univar) invites us all out for lunch. We all decide to go and agree to meet him at Egans at noon. Kelly and Scott hop into my truck with me and we drive over there. Since we came in from the back by the trumpeter I just pull into one of the many free parking spaces that are kind of in front of bubbles. None of these spaces say they are only for Bubbles customers so I think this is a nice spot to park. It is a spot I park in often when I go to eat at Egans. Not that I go their often.. Anyways.. we are halfway to the doors to the restaurant when this grungy little man asks if we are going in to eat. I say yes and head towards the restaurant. He says "well this is private property and you cant park there". I am thinking "i can understand if I was just leaving my truck there for the day.. but for lunch? when there are all these spaces".. well it turns out he means he only wants BUBBLES customers to park there.. infact that is where it is convenient to park their clean vehicles. However.. NONE of this is posted. NOR is the fact that vehicles will be towed if they arent clean bubbles customer vehicles posted. So whatev.. we go inside and eat. Once inside I ask the server if she knows if that is only parking for bubbles or not. She says "the WHOLE parking lot is owned by the same person so you can park anywhere to eat here". Perfect. Nothing to worry about. 5 min later she comes back and says "there is a blue vehicle getting towed" well even though my truck is black I go peek out the door to double check. Nope just an explorer. (sucks to be that guy). Then I have my bowl of soup and am feeling slightly nervous now that there is a tow truck there and since that guy was really grumpy at scott after I went inside for us staying parked there I go out and double check. SHIT.. The tow truck is now PICKING UP MY TRUCK! SO I ask the tow truck driver what is going on and he says "you'll have to talk to these guys" and motions inside bubbles. So I tell the tow truck that he may as well put my truck down and I go inside and demand to speak to their manager cause my truck is getting towed. The manager guy "richard" comes down and is like "ya we called the tow truck".. I'm like "ok wheres the sign!?" "oh this is private property" "i asked upstairs if there was anywhere I shouldnt park while eating at Egans and they said that I could park anywhere.. so this shouldnt be a problem" "ya well we rent this building and part of that rental is the parking lot and we dont want you parked there" (my truck has MAYBE been parked there 20 min now). I was like "ok well I am going to have to call pomeroy and see what they have to think about this issue cause this is NOT ok" you can just IMAGINE my steamyness now.. and then BING idea! "actually while I was upstairs I just noticed that Raph was having lunch.. I guess i will go talk to him now" "ya you get raph to come talk to me..hahaha" the guy says.. you could totally tell he didnt think i would. So I jaunt back upstairs and scott sees me come in pissed and he's ready to go beat that guy up for being so rude to him in the first place.. but I just walked right by our table and over to raph's little lunch meeting. I walk up to his table just like a server would and wait until he looks at me to start talking:
"Hi Raph.. I am really sorry to interupt your lunch but I need to ask you a question about the parking lot here and where and we can or cannot park while we eat" "well you can park anywhere except for infront of any bay doors""but if I am in the yellow parking lot lines I can park there?" "yep no problem" "ok great. can you come and ask the bubbles guys to take my truck off the tow truck" "WHAT! Where are you parked?" he gets up and I take him outside and show him.. so ya.. he talked to the guy.. he's like "richard we CANNOT be towing vehicles for this if its not posted.. please get this young lady's vehicle OFF the tow truck so that she can be on her way. if there is any argument to be had about this then its between me and you and she doesnt need to be any part of it. if there is a tow truck bill for this please send it to me c/o the corral" .. so they got it off and I went back and gobbled my lunch down.

GRRRR.. needless to say I was just vibrating and cranky!! I sure hope the rest of the day goes better!