A Rant and Rave

I got to bring home the car of the people I babysit for last night and so Brett and I took advantage and went out to dinner. We went to this great place called Mac's "BBQ, Beer + Bikes". And it was was just that... there was lots of beer(that we didn't drink), an amazing amount people on Harley's and really, really good BBQ. If you have never tried hush puppies - you should! They are like corn dogs, without the dogs and the stick - my favorite southern treat. Because there were so many bikes around, there was no where for anyone else to park. So, we finally settled on parking on the outskirts of the Taco Bell parking lot, even though there were signs that said "Customer Parking Only:, Violate rs may be booted or towed at their own expense". We briefly discussed the sign and determined that we should be fine and we could just buy something from taco bell on the way out... yeah, I am sure you know how this is going to end. So, after a delightful dinner we returned to find our car booted and just as we were about to head to Taco Bell to make our purchase and justify our customer status, a man stepped out of his car and informed us that we were lucky that we finished dinner before the tow truck arrived and that we had to pay him $50 cash to get the boot off... thanks, dude. So, this was problematic for many reasons:
1. It wasn't our car
2. We didn't have $50 on us
3. We haven't received out atm cards from BofA yet
4. We don't know anyone in Charlotte to come help us

Luckily for us, a waitress took pity on us and gave us $50 cash and we then used our credit card to give her a $50 tip. We then proceeded into taco bell where we purchased some items so we were customers and tried to convince the guy that we were technically "customers" and he should take the boot off. We even had 2 taco bell employees out there, but they didn't help us out that much. The guy claimed he and the manager had a contract stating that you had to go to Taco Bell first not after going somewhere else(sounds made up to me). Brett then demanded to see the contract, but that ended up infuriating the guy even more(he said we couldn't see it) and he called to get the tow truck - then prompting us just to give him the money. We drove away certain that the whole thing was a scam and wrote down phone numbers and his licence plate number - determined to get to the bottom of this scandal. But... our phone calls didn't lead us anywhere, we took a deep breath and let it go... but Brett still wants to start an anti-tow truck companies website ( maybe we haven't let go all the way). So, the moral of the story is always go to Taco Bell first. OK, really maybe it is that we really should pay attention to those posted signs...