とうこうTow Co.posting/submission

One day a man walked out to the street to find that his car was being towed by the local towing company, "Tow Co.".

"Wait!" he yelled, running after the driver. "Why are you towing my car? I'm not parked illegally!"

"I'm sorry sir," replied the driver, "but you're in clear violation of the posted parking rules."

Angrily the man looked around. "I don't see any sign that says I can't park here."

"I'm sorry sir," the driver adamantly replied without looking up, "but just because you don't see the rules doesn't mean that they're not there."

"How am I supposed to follow rules that haven't been clearly posted? Are you hiding the sign behind some overgrown bush or something?" The man again looked around but could find no parking sign.

"Sir, you're going to need to fill out and submit this form at the pound to retrieve your vehicle." the driver said in an even voice, passing a slip of paper over his shoulder to the man. The paper read "Tow Co. - We're here to help" across the top. The man guffawed at what seemed to be a nasty joke.

"This is ridiculous!" the man yelled, now red in the face. "I demand that you show me where it says that I can't park here."

Slowly the driver turned to face the man and then began to walk towards the door of the tow truck. "Well, sir, if you insist." The driver opened the truck door and took out a laptop. He opened it up and began to click and type away.

"Now I say, are you trying to start a fight with me? I've asked you a simple question, and I'm not going to wait while you dilly dally with checking your email or whatever it is you're doing. Show me where the parking notice is posted now!" By this point the man was nearly out of breath.

"Sir. I'm doing that. Will you just give me a minute? I need to pull up the website it's posted on." The driver hadn't raised his voice, but one could sense that thought that the man was acting childish.

"The WEBSITE!? What do you mean the website!? You can't post a no parking notice to a government website and expect that to be enforceable! Have you gone mad?"

"It's not posted on a government website, it's posted on Tow Co.'s website. Haven't you been reading the news? The local government doesn't have any money left in its budget for posting parking signs, so it's decided to do so electronically to save money. And the goverment doesn't have a budget for creating a website about parking rules, so it's decided that the best thing to do is to post the notices to Tow Co.'s online forums. There's a forum for each street in the city, and each forum has postings explaining the parking rules."

At a loss for words, the man began to sputter. "H...Wh...Who in the world thought that this was a good idea! This is insane!"

"Sir, if you want to complain about it, why don't you write a submission to the government complaints forum? Tow Co. hosts that forum as well."

The man had finally run out of steam. He stood there with his mouth moving but seemed to be unable to find any more words.

"Oh, sir, I almost forgot to mention. Seeing as how the government is low on cash, the towing fees have gone up a little." The driver was back in his truck and started the engine. "Here you go." the driver said, handing the man another slip of paper.

The man looked down at the paper and promptly fainted onto the sidewalk.