Screw It, Its a Rental

Places not to Park #6: Place with signs that say "Tank Demonstration"

It turns out that rental cars and I do not get along. All sorts of bad things always seem to happen to my rental cars. It's probably my fault but the beauty of a rental car is that I really don't have to admit this. Here is how it works:

Step 1) Pick up rental car

Step 2) Drive away in rental car and look forward to a good time.

Step 3) Do something with the rental that you know you shouldn't ...but screw it, its a rental.

Step 4) Curse profusely when something bad happens and you have to deal with it.

Step 5) Blame anything else for the problem

Step 6) Get over it and ask another girl out.

For the record, its not my fault AVIS doesn't have any good cars. Plus, Im not ready for a monthly payment.

Moving on, here is a list of 5 places not to park your car:

1) A handicap space at a police station

2) In front of a fire hydrant at a towing company

3) Connecticut

4) The traintracks

5) Behind a hole in the wall in downtown Lake Worth

I usually do not have a hard time with the above list. That is until the other night when I ignored rule 5 (I bet you didn't see that one coming). The thing is, as I mentioned above, its way too easy to neglect your rental car. I mean really, in the worst case scenario you have to fill out some paper work and go pick up a new car. Sounds easy right? HAAAA! It turns out that waiting for a cop to file a police report in Lake Worth is worse than a trip to the dentist.

Before I get ahead of myself, let me tell you what happened. While I was in the bar, one of the many fine, upstanding citizens of Lake Worth decided that a window of my car needed to be smashed. I am not sure what the window did to enrage this person but it must have been pretty rude. When I came out later the window was obviously regretting whatever it had done. Stupid window (again, since it's a rental I do not actually have to admit any fault. The window was obviously to blame). So, long story short, I waited forever to fill out a police report, waited forever for a new car and spent way too much time filling out paperwork.

The moral of this story: Screw it, its a rental.

The moral of that moral: jpr is very dense.

Tomorrows post: What Else Has Happened to JPR's Rental Cars?