ESPN's Britt McHenry seems to act like a bitch to a parking lot attendant -- but was it justified?

[Pooh]

This gonna turn into a five page law dick swinging contest between searles and druff again?

[Pooh]

Oh that blond bitch is losing her job over this by the way. They say she's suspended but she's literally a nobody. She's gone.

Later fag

[jsearles22]

Imagine your neighbor is super popular. So people keep walking in your house and sitting on your couch. The neighbors couch his full, and these people simply want to sit down for 10-15 minutes. You ask them politely to stop, but this goes on for weeks. You post signs saying no trespassing, violators are subject to arrest. People still just use your couch at will. You call the cops, but response time is slow. The people are always gone before the cops up. You get tired of this and hire me to provide you security services. A guy walks in, sits down, BAM arrested.

How's this scenario different? Your couch wasn't full, in fact a lot of the times you weren't even home. Is it bullshit you had the guy arrested?

[Muck Ficon]

Imagine your neighbor is super popular. So people keep walking in your house and sitting on your couch. The neighbors couch his full, and these people simply want to sit down for 10-15 minutes. You ask them politely to stop, but this goes on for weeks. You post signs saying no trespassing, violators are subject to arrest. People still just use your couch at will. You call the cops, but response time is slow. The people are always gone before the cops up. You get tired of this and hire me to provide you security services. A guy walks in, sits down, BAM arrested.

How's this scenario different? Your couch wasn't full, in fact a lot of the times you weren't even home. Is it bullshit you had the guy arrested?

[John Stamos]

The internet is all abuzz about ESPN barbie doll Britt McHenry nastily mocking an apparently overweight parking lot attendant, making fun of her weight, teeth, and lack of education.

http://nypost.com/2015/04/16/espn-re...-in-ugly-rant/

On the surface, it seems like an entitled C-list celebrity acting as if she's better than a common working person.

However, it came out that this dispute involved McHenry's car being towed from the lot. There are no details about the reason her car was towed, but this actually makes me believe that perhaps the nastiness was justified.

There is a little-known scam involving parking lots and towing companies.

The scam goes like this:

- Shady towing company identifies parking lots in locations where parking is often at a premium, and people sometimes park there for a brief period of time in order to visit neighboring businesses

- Shady towing company offers parking lot a piece of the proceeds from towed cars if they allow them to "patrol" the lot

- Shady towing company hides a tow truck on premises and "lies in wait", viewing the lot and waiting for the moment someone parks their car and walks off property

- Shady towing company rushes to tow the car, and gets it on the truck and off the lot in less than 5 minutes

- Shady towing company charges hundreds of dollars to driver to get their car back, often raising the price even further on nights and weekends

Unfortunately, this is completely legal. Many such scams exist in Las Vegas, and completely violate the spirit of the law authorizing such tows. In fact, many times these towing companies are hiding out after hours, when all of the businesses associated with the parking lot are closed (and therefore they can't claim that they need the parking for customers).

I have a feeling that McHenry was probably a victim of one of these scams, given how angry she was, along with her threats to sue.

It is also possible that she just parked illegally there and was towed, and then felt entitled to get her car back for free.

But if she really stepped off property for 5 minutes and found one of these shadeball towing companies had taken her car, I can understand why she went off on anyone she could find who was associated with the situation.

I was a victim of this in 2000 in Las Vegas, and was one of the very few to ever get my money back, because I challenged them to prove that I had stepped off property, and they could not. They tried every lie and trick in the book to "prove" they had the goods on me, including lying about having me on video. Even after ultimately backing down (only after I pressured the parking lot owner), they repeatedly lied about sending me a check, but I finally showed up at their office and hassled them until they gave me the promised check that had always been "in the mail" for months. Everyone who worked at the depressing North Las Vegas office looked as if they had a criminal background. Most of the victims (in line to pay to get their car back) appeared to be fairly poor, and the $300 or so that they had to cough up looked like it would really affect them. I felt bad for these people being victims of these shady assholes. One girl was telling her mom that her car actually broke down in the lot, and when she went across the street to make a pay phone call about it, the company towed her. The Las Vegas police told me that they had countless complaints about this towing company, but there was nothing they could do.

Many towing companies also have really shady deals with apartment complexes, towing cars for "violations" such as simply having their license plate tags expired by 1 month, even if the car in the spot is registered to the tenant and registered with the apartment complex office. Usually the manager of the complex gets kickbacks for this. I think this was happening at the last complex I lived in Las Vegas, and one of my friends there fell victim to it.

No offense Druff but after your first couple of sentences you don't really support any justifiable reason why Britt would complain to this person about their teeth, weight, make fun of her job, etc.. you just kind of dive into your personal experience and about a scam that could have taken place which are largely irrelevant to what has people angry.

Let me explain, people are angry because of her behavior. I imagine if the video was edited or a scam had taken place like you said this information would have already come out but in her own apology she doesn't mention the attendant was rude so nothing bad was likely edited.

Also, the company says that Britt broke the law and has only herself to blame.

So, without needless speculating on anything else other than what we have it makes Britt look terrible and I wouldn't be surprised if she was fired. There will be a tremendous amount of backlash from this and since she is in the public eye I can't see her continuing to work at ESPN.

I personally feel bad that nobody can do anything anymore without it being videotaped and put online. However, I have noticed that you can really tell the true colors of people on how they treat people in the service industry and how they treat people below them (in a job or economic perspective).

[Krypt]

If anyone else had used the word cunt in this context it wouldn't have bothered me, but to see "druff" use the word "cunt" in the thread title was disconcerting. But then again, it falls perfectly in line with "druff's" chauvinistic feelings towards women, particularly 7+ (on the 10 point scale, obv).

I won't pretend to be close friends with Britt, but I've actually come across her a couple of times at the gym, and she was always a cool chick. In fact, I played in a pickup co/Ed soccer game @ the national mall a year ago, and tackled her while she was on the ball and SHE said sorry. I don't think a "cunt" would apologize, especially when I was at fault. Oh and she was a good fucking midfielder.

[Pooh]

If anyone else had used the word cunt in this context it wouldn't have bothered me, but to see "druff" use the word "cunt" in the thread title was disconcerting. But then again, it falls perfectly in line with "druff's" chauvinistic feelings towards women, particularly 7+ (on the 10 point scale, obv).

I won't pretend to be close friends with Britt, but I've actually come across her a couple of times at the gym, and she was always a cool chick. In fact, I played in a pickup co/Ed soccer game @ the national mall a year ago, and tackled her while she was on the ball and SHE said sorry. I don't think a "cunt" would apologize, especially when I was at fault. Oh and she was a good fucking midfielder.

Sure you did, elliot. Sure you did.

You're the most delusional fuck on these boards. With all due respect of course.

[DRK Star]

just the other day, my friend called me. She was out drinking with her friend and her friend got really sick, and they had to go to the emergency room. They needed me to pick them up at around 12:30am. I get them at the hospital and head over to a 24 hr Walgreens. Her friend was all bent over and could barely walk, so I pulled up next to the door, at 1am, and parked as close to the door as possible, so she didnt have to walk far. She was running in to get her meds and come back out.

I parked in the Handicap spot though, and 1 minute after I pulled up, a cop pulled up behind me and wrote me a 250 ticket. I told him I was sorry and that I was trying to park close so she didnt have to walk far (I shamelessly even dropped the "come on...my brother is a cop 5 minutes away from here" line...). Cop didnt care. $250 ticket. Thanks...Its not like abandoned my car. I was trying to help someone in the middle of the night.

[Dan Druff]

Imagine your neighbor is super popular. So people keep walking in your house and sitting on your couch. The neighbors couch his full, and these people simply want to sit down for 10-15 minutes. You ask them politely to stop, but this goes on for weeks. You post signs saying no trespassing, violators are subject to arrest. People still just use your couch at will. You call the cops, but response time is slow. The people are always gone before the cops up. You get tired of this and hire me to provide you security services. A guy walks in, sits down, BAM arrested.

How's this scenario different? Your couch wasn't full, in fact a lot of the times you weren't even home. Is it bullshit you had the guy arrested?

Great points.

Parking in public lots is just like trespassing into someone's private home.

Just stop.

[Pooh]

just the other day, my friend called me. She was out drinking with her friend and her friend got really sick, and they had to go to the emergency room. They needed me to pick them up at around 12:30am. I get them at the hospital and head over to a 24 hr Walgreens. Her friend was all bent over and could barely walk, so I pulled up next to the door, at 1am, and parked as close to the door as possible, so she didnt have to walk far. She was running in to get her meds and come back out.

I parked in the Handicap spot though, and 1 minute after I pulled up, a cop pulled up behind me and wrote me a 250 ticket. I told him I was sorry and that I was trying to park close so she didnt have to walk far (I shamelessly even dropped the "come on...my brother is a cop 5 minutes away from here" line...). Cop didnt care. $250 ticket. Thanks...Its not like abandoned my car. I was trying to help someone in the middle of the night.

did u penetrate her for the $250

[big dick]

just the other day, my friend called me. She was out drinking with her friend and her friend got really sick, and they had to go to the emergency room. They needed me to pick them up at around 12:30am. I get them at the hospital and head over to a 24 hr Walgreens. Her friend was all bent over and could barely walk, so I pulled up next to the door, at 1am, and parked as close to the door as possible, so she didnt have to walk far. She was running in to get her meds and come back out.

I parked in the Handicap spot though, and 1 minute after I pulled up, a cop pulled up behind me and wrote me a 250 ticket. I told him I was sorry and that I was trying to park close so she didnt have to walk far (I shamelessly even dropped the "come on...my brother is a cop 5 minutes away from here" line...). Cop didnt care. $250 ticket. Thanks...Its not like abandoned my car. I was trying to help someone in the middle of the night.

shocked the cop didn't shoot you or beat you... oh wait you probably spoke to him like a gentleman, and didn't make any threats towards him.

[Pooh]

big dick i was going to rep your post but it went bye bye

[jsearles22]

Imagine your neighbor is super popular. So people keep walking in your house and sitting on your couch. The neighbors couch his full, and these people simply want to sit down for 10-15 minutes. You ask them politely to stop, but this goes on for weeks. You post signs saying no trespassing, violators are subject to arrest. People still just use your couch at will. You call the cops, but response time is slow. The people are always gone before the cops up. You get tired of this and hire me to provide you security services. A guy walks in, sits down, BAM arrested.

How's this scenario different? Your couch wasn't full, in fact a lot of the times you weren't even home. Is it bullshit you had the guy arrested?

Great points.

Parking in public lots is just like trespassing into someone's private home.

Just stop.

Parking in a lot without permission is in fact trespassing bro.

And nice public vs private twist. Unfortunately for you, these are actually private lots, by definition.

[Pooh]

Great points.

Parking in public lots is just like trespassing into someone's private home.

Just stop.

Parking in a lot without permission is in fact trespassing bro.

And nice public vs private twist. Unfortunately for you, these are actually private lots, by definition.

so you are in security, correct? you'd also know about this situation, correct? if so, i side with you.

[RichardBrodiesCombover.]

Parking in a lot without permission is in fact trespassing bro.

And nice public vs private twist. Unfortunately for you, these are actually private lots, by definition.

so you are in security, correct? you'd also know about this situation, correct? if so, i side with you.

Jsizzle worked security for a casino.

[jsearles22]

so you are in security, correct? you'd also know about this situation, correct? if so, i side with you.

Jsizzle worked security for a casino.

Never, not once.

[NaturalBornHustler]

Hey Druff read the fucking reports, she left her car in the lot to go barhopping, she wasn't "inside eating dinner". She wanted to get drunk and probably suck the cock of whatever player she was with. All your "scenarios" can suck a dick because they didn't happen. Not only that, the lot lady just sat there and didn't say a word or escalate the situation one bit, which she EASILY could have.

And being rude to someone is way different than being mean, which is what all her little "I am a fucking big shot and you aren't" comments were. They weren't a pissed off customer, tbey were "how dare you tow my Benz do you know who the fuck o am, I will sue you....lose weight....blah blah blah:

The dumb bitch was TOLD SHE WAS ON CAMERA and STILL thought she needed to act like a fucking cunt. Too bad.

[RichardBrodiesCombover.]

Jsizzle worked security for a casino.

Never, not once.

care to explain?

[vegas1369]

Never saw her before tonight, but I am now a fan for life.

You go girl!

[BetCheckBet]

Here is a common scenario:

You order some food for pickup from a restaurant where parking is very tough. It's 8:30pm.

You get there and there is zero parking anywhere. However, next door is a parking lot of a dental office which has been closed for 3 hours. Nobody is in the lot.

You park there for 5 minutes to pick up your food, and leave.

You come back and find your car gone, and find out you owe $300 to get it out of a towing lot.

This is predatory bullshit and violates the spirit of towing laws, which were crafted in order to remove vehicles either creating a hazard or preventing rightful owners/users of parking spaces from parking.

This type of crap goes on all the time in Las Vegas and elsewhere.

You can get on your high horse and say, "I wouldn't park there because I'm not here to visit the dental office, so I have no right to be there", but that's crap. You know you would park there for 5 minutes if there was no other choice, and you know that you would be super pissed if you found the car towed by a company hiding while you did so.

Just pay for parking...

I suppose there are scenarios where no pay parking is available but you are still not entitled to park illegally regardless of how short a time it is.