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Woman Catches Her Mechanic Using Her Car To Run Errands And ‘Steals’ It Back
By Brian Niemietz, NY Daily News
Penny Ivy Thompson took matters into her own hands after she spotted an employee from her local garage using her truck to run errands when it was supposed to have been get- ting serviced.
The Mississippi woman claimed
that not only she spot her grey Dodge being driven around town where it was for repairs, but the driver was tailgating a smaller car, according to auto
site Jalopnik. Thompson ini-
tially posted her story, with pho- tos, on Facebook, but the posting has been removed.
She said that while following her truck safely, she watched it to turn into a Lowe’s Home Improvement store, then made her move.
“I found my spare key out of my purse and I steal MY OWN DODGE from Lowes parking lot cause ya see I’m a Home Depot kinda girl anyway," she wrote on Facebook.
After waiting 20- minutes, Thompson said she called Mac
Haik Flowood dealership to inform them what was hap- pening and that she was han- dling it. Finally, the man who’d borrowed her truck emerged from the store.
“Here comes ol dummy... swing- ing his shopping bag...,” she wrote. "I left him
in the parking lot stranded.”
According to the report, the deal- ership acknowl- edge the inci- dent, apologized profusely and claimed they fired the employ and suspended his boss.
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