The Door Dent Incident

At the beginning of this year I had an unfortunate mishap with my car when it was parked in the lot outside of my building.  The letter I wrote to the main office clarifies what happened exactly:

On the afternoon of February 2, 2011 I was asked to move my vehicle into parking stall number 2 after waiting for the space to be cleaned from the day previous.  Snow still surrounded the space after it was shovelled by hand, and it is now clear that the space had not been properly salted or sanded as my car slid into the concrete barrier adjacent my spot, damaging the rear passenger side door, immediately after it had been parked in the space.

Parking space number 2 is narrow in the best of conditions, and given its location on an incline it seems crucial for winter safety and an irresponsible oversight to not properly clean and sand that side of the lot when the spaces are required for daily use.

I ended up having to get my Jaguar winched out of the spot and then have the dent repaired. Watching your car slide into something when you're not even in it is one way to get your adrenaline pumping. I went out of my way to complain at the head office, but when all was said and done the repair was under $200. As a result I had my parking spot upgraded to the management space directly out front of the building, which has actually been a really nice perk. Sometimes you just have to look for the silver lining.

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