AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY WOMAN: Okay, we’ll schedule a pick up and collect your car. You’ll be notified in advance. Thanks for your donation.
ME: No problem. Thanks.
(She calls back later)
ACS WOMAN: The towing people left me a message that they’re coming by your place this afternoon.
ME: What? No one told me that. I’m at work...I can’t meet them and give them the keys.
ACS WOMAN: What? Okay, I’ll call them and tell them that.
(Someone calls me later)
TOW GUY: Hi, I’m the towing guy, here to collect your car for the American Cancer Society. I’ll be at your place in ten minutes.
ME: You were supposed to be called by ACS Woman. No one told me you were coming by. I’m at work. I can’t meet you.
TOW GUY: Oh. How about Monday, then?
ME: I can’t...I’m flying out of town for a week.
TOW GUY: Oh.
(ACS Woman calls me later)
ACS WOMAN: They can pick it up on Monday.
ME: I can’t, I’ll be out of town. Tell you what...can I leave the keys in the car’s exhaust pipe, like in an envelope or something?
ACS WOMAN: That could work. I’ll call the towing people and tell them that.
ME: Okay, but can you please make sure they pick it up on Monday? I live in Oakland...leaving the keys anywhere within ten miles of a car is not a good idea.
ACS WOMAN: Okay.
(I call ACS Woman the middle of the following week)
ME: Did they pick up the car yet?
ACS WOMAN: Not yet. I’ll call them.
ME: You know what?
ACS WOMAN: What?
ME: I think I’ve realized why we haven’t cured cancer yet.
Just out of curiousity: What do they do with the car? (If they ever get it, that is.)
Also: My Captcha word is “church69”. I’m getting mixed signals here…
Haw!! This reminds me of the trials and tribulations my friend went through trying to donate his couch to an AIDS charity. I hope they eventually got the car.
We donated our old car to hmmm - I don’t remember - something to do with lung cancer maybe? Anyway, we forgot to remove the license plate. The people who towed the car put it in the trunk & then they sold the car to someone who put the plate BACK on & then got a parking ticket - which was mailed to us. It was the little Mazda that wouldn’t die! Fortunately the towing company decided it was their fault & took care of the ticket.
Hi Sebastian--in my case, the car worked fine so the charity will sell it themselves and keep the money, and then I take a small tax deduction for my trouble. The car is gone so I am assuming the good guys have it--they claim they do.