Who moved my Buddy?

pcbikedude · Post by **pcbikedude** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:54 pm

Normally, I just leave my Buddy parked at work and walk down the hill and go the gym. However, last week I got out early and decided to park my scooter at the gym.

I found a nice legal parking spot and went in to teach a class (yes, I work there PT). When I came back out, I couldn't find my Buddy at first. It wasn't where I left it. Then I noticed it was moved to a non-legal parking space where it could have been easily knock down by a car. Fortunately, a member saw all this transpire and pointed out the offending person's car.

So they got a nasty note plus their other wiper was lift off the windshield.

BadBrains · Post by **BadBrains** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:16 pm

Holy #@!$

I would feel downright violated, and then angry, and then vengeance-y.

Da'Gnome · Post by **Da'Gnome** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:20 pm

install one of those LOUD alarm systems and catch the f*%$ks ni the act

EP_scoot · Post by **EP_scoot** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:25 pm

WTF? Was he moving it to get into that parking spot? Man, that is just not right!

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:30 pm

Bet he had a tough time with your steering wheel locked.

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:03 pm

How do you ride these crazy bikes? They only make left hand turns!

hcstrider · Post by **hcstrider** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:09 pm

That was not right of that person to move your Buddy.

Although this may not have prevented them from moving your Buddy a couple things you might try in the future are:

- Engage the Buddy’s steering column lock so that the steering column doesn’t move.

- Use a disk/wheel lock so that the wheels don’t move. I don’t have one of these but I have been thinking about getting one. Most of the time I lock my Buddy to something immovable like a post or a shopping cart rack. If there is nothing immovable to lock my Buddy to then I thread my cable lock through one of the holes in the rear tire and then wrap the rest of the cable lock around the floor board of the Buddy so that the rear wheel will not roll. I learned this trick from someone on ModernBuddy.

I know that you have a lot of experience with scooters and are probably already aware of these suggestions.

pcbikedude · Post by **pcbikedude** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:33 pm

It was 2 guys who just picked it up and moved it so they can take my spot. Yes, the steering wheel lock was on.

I also threw a piece of paper through their open sunroof.

maribell · Post by **maribell** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:50 pm

I am glad you're so restrained. I would have poured some soda through their open sunroof.

StL_Stadtroller · Post by **StL_Stadtroller** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:02 pm

maribell wrote:I am glad you're so restrained. I would have poured some soda through their open sunroof.

USED soda?

weaseltamer · Post by **weaseltamer** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:12 pm

StL_Stadtroller wrote:

USED soda?

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thats what i'm talking about.

BadBrains · Post by **BadBrains** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:17 pm

This might be over the top, but they sell bull's blood at the gas station near where I live. Might be something to look into...

...is it possible to offend yourself?

StL_Stadtroller · Post by **StL_Stadtroller** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:26 pm

BadBrains wrote:This might be over the top, but they sell bull's blood at the gas station near where I live. Might be something to look into...

...is it possible to offend yourself?

Somehow, I just knew you lived in Texas w/out even having to look at your profile...

BadBrains · Post by **BadBrains** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:27 pm

StL_Stadtroller wrote:
BadBrains wrote:This might be over the top, but they sell bull's blood at the gas station near where I live. Might be something to look into...

...is it possible to offend yourself?
Somehow, I just knew you lived in Texas w/out even having to look at your profile...

Haha, I'm too easy...

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:50 pm

This is crazy to me... if this a regular guy at the gym, next time you reach through the open sunroof & put that sucker in neutral and move it out of the spot YOU want to park in! Be sure it is illegally parked (I dunno, maybe in the middle of the street). Sure it's unnecessary work, but it will make your point.

Also, it would be a good idea to find out what the dude looks like so you can "help" him exercise.

Yeah, you know what I'm talkin' about...

nissanman · Post by **nissanman** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:14 pm

Chum...

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:17 pm

Personally, I'd find out if the lot has video surveillance and then call the police to ask if any laws were broken. If so, press charges.

xtetra · Post by **xtetra** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:18 pm

jfrost2 wrote:How do you ride these crazy bikes? They only make left hand turns!

Wouldn't phase an IRL driver!

Where I live scooters can legally park at any bike rack so I'm kinda lucky I haven't had to deal with this one.

SScooterG · Post by **SScooterG** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:20 pm

Slashing tires always works

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:26 pm

I've only parked my bikes in a normal parking space, but I park them closer to the outside so a car can see it and not...pull in and whack it.

robtaylor · Post by **robtaylor** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:43 pm

i have an assigned parking spot at my office. i had someone tell me the other day, when i parked the buddy there, that i should be ashamed for taking up a spot that a car could be using. i didn't have the time or energy to do anything but point out that it was MY company name on the parking spot so i suppose i could put anything i want in the space.

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:45 pm

Be funny if they made you have to ride 2 scooters to fill the space in.

BadBrains · Post by **BadBrains** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:50 pm

robonz23 wrote:i have an assigned parking spot at my office. i had someone tell me the other day, when i parked the buddy there, that i should be ashamed for taking up a spot that a car could be using. i didn't have the time or energy to do anything but point out that it was MY company name on the parking spot so i suppose i could put anything i want in the space.

That is insane! You should set up a kiddie pool, a three tier grilling station, and a folding chair in your parking spot to go along with your Buddy; drive that point home.

Alix B · Post by **Alix B** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:13 pm

That is insane! You should set up a kiddie pool, a three tier grilling station, and a folding chair in your parking spot to go along with your Buddy; drive that point home

Ha ha ha. You should. Invite your Tulsa friends over to just park in it all day. See how many can fit there just to make a point. That would be a lovely short youtube video.

The comment would have infuriated me, oh yes, even peaceful smurf here.
I would just suggest how many scooters/motorcycles could fit into one space which would mean less paving of the f*ckng nation.

Valgal20 · Post by **Valgal20** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:12 pm

Let the air out of two of their tires, and put up a "Two Wheeled Vehicle Parking Only" sign.

Post by **polianarchy** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:47 pm

Catch a squirrel and drop it into the sunroof. Pour sugar in their gas tank! Toothpaste cuss words on their hood!! Soap on their windows!!!

Just kidding...poor squirrel.

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:05 pm

i have an assigned parking spot at my office. i had someone tell me the other day, when i parked the buddy there, that i should be ashamed for taking up a spot that a car could be using.

As if a car has any special standing.... Geez, I would've torn into the person; that's just stupid on too many levels!

toddrw2251 · Post by **toddrw2251** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:16 pm

polianarchy wrote:Catch a squirrel and drop it into the sunroof. Pour sugar in their gas tank! Toothpaste cuss words on their hood!! Soap on their windows!!!

Just kidding...poor squirrel.

Everyone knows that Badgers work better than squirrels. Or wolverines if you live further north.

StL_Stadtroller · Post by **StL_Stadtroller** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:28 pm

toddrw2251 wrote: Everyone knows that Badgers work better than squirrels. Or wolverines if you live further north.

From the "Grandma's Tales of Growing up a Dustbowl Okie" Files:
the favorite revenge/prank in those parts was to dump a "toesack" full of tarantulas into someones car!

Per 'nana, the best possible outcome was if the owner of said vehicle didn't realize it was crawling with giant nasty bugs until he'd started driving off down the street.

brimstone · Post by **brimstone** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:29 pm

how about rabbits...or chickens? they poop all over the place. i agree with Krusty.....move that rusty cage. and put yours back in it. or, since you work there, call the tow place and tell them it's been there for 3 days and hasn't moved and you want it out of your lot. hehehe

ERik3tb · Post by **ERik3tb** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:58 pm

I've seen this one done as revenge for a date-rape.

The gal worked at a company that makes styrofoam into different shapes. She took a cup each of the 2 chemicals involved and poored them into the slightly open window of the perps Lincoln.

That 2 cups of chemicals mixed, expanded and solidified into a solid block of styrofoam that filled every nook and cranny of the car. Interior was completely ruined.

Heck hath no fury or something like that I suppose.

I hear so many of these "who moved my scooter" stories that it makes me wonder if there isn't someway around it. Has anyone heard about this happening with Motorcycles? or is it just because the scooter is smaller that idiots pull this crap?

weaseltamer · Post by **weaseltamer** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:36 pm

i would guess that it only happens with the scooters for a couple reasons. 1. they are actually light enough that two juiced out guys can move it easily, and 2. a lot of guys have that harley-big-bike mentality that if it isn't 1000cc then it isnt worth spending two seconds to admire or show any respect for.

Valgal20 · Post by **Valgal20** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:06 pm

A dead, or living skunk works fantastic! Or a few tubes of that Fly Atractant, it smells aweful and you'll have a horde of flies after you for months! (I thought about doing it for an april fools joke to a guy who deserves it)

kuruku · Post by **kuruku** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:12 pm

An old trick that my family has used for a long long while is a quick spray of oil up the tail pipe. Doesn't do any damage but makes the car smoke like crazy for a couple of days (and normally leads to a ticket) but is otherwise harmless.

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:26 am

enough with harming innocent animals! You should have made doo through the sun roof.

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:29 am

Potato up the tail pipe = instant win

nissanman · Post by **nissanman** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:03 am

NAMBLA bumper sticker....

kuruku · Post by **kuruku** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:13 am

nissanman wrote:NAMBLA bumper sticker....

That is sooo full of win

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:33 pm

^helpful hint #246. If you are inteterested in what that means, don't enter that acronym in your go to directly search engine at work.

nissanman · Post by **nissanman** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:43 pm

I'd ask what it means... google can be dangerous. The look on your face when you direct searched that

ScooterMcGee · Post by **ScooterMcGee** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:01 am

NAMBLA sticker and a razor blade. Stick it on and slice it up so itll takes hours to get all the little peices off.

bradgsanford · Post by **bradgsanford** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:03 am

Open a tub of stinkbait (catfish bait) on a hot day and throw it through the sunroof.

On a somewhat related note, I heard a good way to get revenge on a bad landlord is to fill up a mason jar with milk and stick a chicken leg into it (the kind you would fry up and eat, not an actual chicken's leg - otherwise this would turn into some weird voodoo thing) and seal it up tight and stick it in a AC/Heat vent.

It'll take a while to explode but when it does I wouldn't wanna be there.

Post by **polianarchy** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:27 pm

Stick a tuna fish sandwich beneath the seat!

robtaylor · Post by **robtaylor** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:16 pm

i wouldn't condone most of these, and i've never done the following but if you can find a freshly dead animal an put it in a jar or ziplock bag. the gasses will force the container to burst open and all the smell leak out sort of a time delayed stink bomb.

redcass · Post by **redcass** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:02 pm

robonz23 wrote:i have an assigned parking spot at my office. i had someone tell me the other day, when i parked the buddy there, that i should be ashamed for taking up a spot that a car could be using. i didn't have the time or energy to do anything but point out that it was MY company name on the parking spot so i suppose i could put anything i want in the space.

Wow that's off-pissing! I get comments like that too sometimes. Part of my argument is that I would arrive by some sort of vehicle, either a scooter or a cage, so whatever I'm driving deserves the same amount of space, particularly if I'm paying for that reserved spot.

r0sa · Post by **r0sa** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:20 am

WOW b@ST@RD

Kurzer · Post by **Kurzer** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:56 pm

insaine... besides all the stuff listed for revenge, the fact that they moved your scoot to gain the parking spot is 100% illegal. You are entitled to a parking spot just as much as a car is. I probly would have called the cops and taken them to court... along with requesting they buy you a new scoot because a scooter, just like a motorcycle, is much more fragile than a car.

If something goes wrong on the scoot because they moved it, you could die whereas in a car you will most likely not die.
I've had so many friends get new bikes because of little crap drivers do because they don't think. One driver rear ended a friend of mine and his bike was fixed "as new" by his insurance company. The lady that rear ended him was also fined the cost of his bike by the court.

Maybe drivers are more aware where you are. We have had drivers run over bikes simply because they were parked on an island or sidewalk and the driver decided to take matters into thier own hands.

I'm going to post this before I get too heated about drivers... I'm glad nothing major happened to the scoot

merlin · Post by **merlin** » Tue May 06, 2008 12:08 am

i would have just taken off their license plate, called the wrecker, and had them towed.

if they are going to move my vehicle, im sure as hell going to return the favor.

Rhodyterri · Post by **Rhodyterri** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:28 am

I think that we should have stickers made that would be stuck on the car of the person who moved a scooter to get the parking space. Something that we would all recognize, but the cagers of the world wouldn't know what it is. Like a yellow dot or a SM (scooter mover). They would have to be that really sticky kind, like the cops use when they stick that notice on your car to let you know that you can't park it on the highway forever.

xtetra · Post by **xtetra** » Wed May 07, 2008 3:00 am

jfrost2 wrote:Potato up the tail pipe = instant win

hehehe, that'll help em find that exhaust leak! I asked a mechanic about this and he thought it wouldn't prevent the car from starting, just make the weakest point of the exhaust system go "boom".

As for animals to put in the car, my vote is to slip in the contents of a can of kippered herring. Better yet, make some toast, put the kippers on the toast and eat em' (saving a scrap for the cat) and then just put the juice/oil in their car.