<VV> Getting Plowed

[Charles Lee]

He could have at least added, "I'll go as slow as I can, so see if you can 
get out before I bury you even deeper !"
Nice guy, huh ?

Doesn't really matter that he's "doing his job" - there are ways to work 
within a job description (unions do it all the time when they work "by the 
rule book" so where was this guys imagination or maybe he didn't want to be 
there either ?

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "chris mann" <cfmann at yahoo.com>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 1:59 PM
Subject: <VV> Getting Plowed


> okay, try this one for niceness:
> Last December I was driving home late one night from work, it was kind of 
> snowy crappy out; and I was on some lone country road in the middle of 
> nowhere. In my haste in get home, I misjudged a "t" intersection and 
> essentially went sailing into a fresh snow bank sideways. Now this is with 
> a 04 suburban (i call it my sub-burden) with four wheel drive, didn't 
> matter at this point I was going to fast anyway. Out came my blackberry to 
> search for a tow vehicle service, but after a few calls, it was clear i 
> was not going to see any private help for a LONG time, lots of other 
> service calls ahead of mine. So I get out and without much ado, begin 
> using my arms to pull out the snow from underneath the vehicle. After 
> about 5 minutes of this, I spotted a plow truck coming down the road, 
> blade down on the other side of the street, he stopped. I thought for a 
> moment how lucky I was to have this guy here, but it became quickly 
> apparent he was not going to lend a helping
> hand. He offered his cell phone, but could not lend a hand. He was a 
> private contractor working for the Township clearing non essential roads 
> and was not allowed to use his equipment to assist stranded parties. I 
> thought, in this day and age, its an understandable position to have. 
> Maybe in my Dad's time, it would be different, hook up a chain and yank me 
> out, done and done, move on... not so anymore, but understandable. This is 
> the kicker though, his last sentence was, " Well, I going to the end of 
> this road, and turning around and my blade will be down on your side and 
> there is nothing I can do about it." I knew the road was about a mile down 
> and a mile back, so my time with this guy was limited. I got back in to 
> the "burden" and with four wheel low managed to rock my way out of the 
> ditch. I was impressed that I was able to pull that off and get out in 
> time. I thought I was beached for good. But man, I really thought this guy 
> is a piece of work for
> saying that last thing. Again, its understandable but it still rubs me a 
> little raw sometimes that this guy put it they way he did.
> Next time, a little slower on that intersection to say the least ;-)
> chris
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