Whose car was being repossessed?
I don't know. Some random moron who left their car sitting halfway in her driveway and halfway in her yard.Whose car was being repossessed?
Oh, ouch. Thanks for the info. Glad your girlfriend came through it OK.I don't know. Some random moron who left their car sitting halfway in her driveway and halfway in her yard.
The guy has balls knocking at 1amA repo guy knocking on my door at 1 am is not going to get a lot of cooperation me. Come back at a civilized hour, and maybe we can have a polite conversation.
If some idiot I don't know, left their car halfway in my driveway and half in my yard, I would have called the cops and have it towed myself before I went to bed. I have no mercy for morons anywhere, especially at my home.I don't know. Some random moron who left their car sitting halfway in her driveway and halfway in her yard.
You live near her? You should do a followup. See if you can identify the towing company, ask why they have people pounding on doors at 1am.Last night my girlfriend woke up to a loud knock on the door. As there was a lot of break ins recently she grabbed the Shield and had it by her side as she looked through the peephole. It was a guy with a clip board who had a tow truck and was gonna ask her to move her car so he can get the vehicle in her driveway. He noticed the gun at her side and understood her reaction to him knocking. Nothing else happened. The rest of the night was not an issue.
I honestly thought it was strange for him to knock on the door like that to wake her up. She did put it away so she could move the car and I think she should have had it bolstered on her waistband.
How do you think she did?
Very true. One interesting facet of Texas law is that once the sun has gone down, lethal force may legally be used against a person attempting forcible entry into a dwelling - without any need to identify that person. (it's a hold-over from the days when there was very little formal law enforcement to go around a very large state) Smart folks are fairly careful about how vigorously they knock on doors late at night.In Texas, peaceful, self-help repossession is a remedy available for creditors. Deliberately waking folks up at 1AM would be construed as a breach of the peace. "Steal" the vehicle quietly or come back during 'smitty's civilized hour for discussion.
DITTO ! Come back in daylight HOURS with some sort of COURT PAPERSNo way I would open the door for that. The "tow truck guy" could be a BG just as easily as anyone else, credentials or not. I would have called the cops and let them sort it out. If the cops asked me to move my car, I would have.
If he was a BG intent on mayhem, just saying "come back later" might send him in search of another victim. I would not want to wake up to headlines the next day that someone fell for the same scam an hour later and I could have headed it off.
Even if he is legit, the fact that my car is inconveniencing a repo guy is not my problem.
Who called it in? In her driveway, on her lawn? I don't think I am following the chain of events here.You might ask her why she went to bed with a strange car in her yard/driveway. That would have been the time to resolve it, rather than let it go pear-shaped resulting in a possibly dangerous encounter at 1am.
If he was removing the idiot blocking my driveway, he would get a little cooperation. All while I stand by, armed.A repo guy knocking on my door at 1 am is not going to get a lot of cooperation me. Come back at a civilized hour, and maybe we can have a polite conversation.