By skyforbes I repair ATMs. I enjoy it, it pays well and I don’t have to deal with a whole lot of people… but this just happened and I couldn’t help but to think you guys would appreciate it.
I’m at a drive up atm lane that has 2 ATMs, one after the other. I needed to replace parts, so I parked so that both lanes were blocked so no one could drive up behind me or drive past me (security protocol). I have the front arm open, parts and tools out, and I’m taking apart a part I have on the ground. I’m clearly in the middle of something.
A guy in a huge jacked up truck, covered with political propaganda and a “fuck your feelings flag” on it pulls up behind my van and just sits. This happens a lot but a normal person with some common sense will eventually see what’s going on and move. He did not. Instead he honked. I ignored him as I’m not allowed to walk away from the atm
He eventually gets out and tells me I need to move so he can get to the atm. I politely tell him I’m repairing this one but he’s welcome to use any of the other 4 on the site, including the one he was standing next you. He said he didn’t want to use that one and he needed to drive his truck through, so I needed to pack up and move. I told him I would not and they maybe he should read his own flag.
He got PISSED. Stormed into the bank and came out with the branch manager. Second the manager saw that it was me working on the atm, he told the man that I did not need to move, the man came towards me again, and I politely told him that interfering with someone working on an atm is a criminal offense that that he needed to leave the premises. The manager told him to leave as well. He called us a couple of faggots, backed up, turned around and drove away like a mad man, but not before i got his license plate.
Police report filed. Hope this didn’t end well for him
EDIT: texted the friend. He’s got a clean record so they only filed it. Kinda anti-climatic but I’m ok with no more drama from it too.