RichVR
2702
Little fish. You sizeist bastard!
Houngan
2703
Iām the tiny one, but I can make it dig like a gopher! Also, that ring was three monthās salary and half my body weight.
Iāve read about this problem with Hertz before, and it seems they are at last reaching the āfind outā phase, but I honestly canāt imagine what was behind this behavior which, by all accounts, went on for years.
How does a national / global rental car company fuck up over and over again in this way? Is it a system problem, and if so, how does it not immediately call attention to itself and result in some change to process, some further steps which must be taken before a car is reported stolen to the police? Was it deliberate? What did Hertz have to gain? Itās mystifying.
How does a national post office ,and a national justice system?
British Post Office scandal - Wikipedia.
News Flash: Human beings are dumb. Film at eleven.
Humans are callous and cowardly is how I see it in these kinds of cases.
āOur algorithm is destroying lives.ā
āYes, but to admit it would be embarrassing, plus it would cost $10 to fixā.
Dumb AND callous AND cowardly!
Sharpe
2709
Thatās the kind of thing that makes me think we need to rewrite our laws on auto theft, or at least carve out an exception for exceeding a rental agreement. It appears from the article that almost all of these incidents involve people who rented cars legally and then either (their story) were victimized by faulty software that didnāt properly acknowledge rental extensions, or (Hertzā story) exceeded the rental agreements without returning the cars. Either way, that to me is fundamentally different than actively taking possession of someone elseās property in a criminal way. Either way, to me that is a civil matter that should be dealt with civilly by Hertz with fines and collections and that sort of thing. In addition to all the disruption of peopleās lives, itās just a misuse of police resources and public funds to have armed police using force to deal with that situation.
I think legislation needs to be considered.
Iām curious if this is a problem confined to Hertz or a more common issue.
Itās kind of ridiculous when you think about the poor success rate of the police in resolving most theft and robbery type cases and these instances of massive response on what is really a civil matter. This sort of thing just shouldnāt even be criminal IMO. Itās a contract issue, a payment issue, not a criminal theft.
This was apparently a problem quite specific to Hertz, and has something to do with their system, which flags cars as stolen in cases where it isnāt necessarily stolen. Thatās why I said I couldnāt understand how it went on so long without some kind of process intervention. Examples include cases where payments didnāt successfully process, or people switched cars during the rental period, or requests to extend the rental period were approved but then got lost.
Everyone seems to agree that there arenāt actually thousands of people stealing Hertz rental cars each year. The problems are more bureaucratic, such as when Hertz doesnāt know where a particular car physically is and so thinks it is missing. These kinds of problems can pop up if renters switch cars during a rental, or if they extend their rental period. The Post said that even problems with credit or debit cards can generate a theft report in Hertzās system, which then are sent over to local law enforcement.
This report echoes your point:
āWeāre having police act as a strong arm for private corporations and private vehicles, when this is not what taxpayer dollars are supposed to be used for." Francis Alexander Malofiy, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, told the Post.
I guess the police play along because itās an easy case close, something that will boost their stats on car theft / grand larceny case clearances.
KevinC
2711
Francis is a summer child, aināt he? :)
Also, because protecting capital is what police forces in 'Merica were created to do.
Sure. Police are absolutely going to protect local businesses and property owners from the riff-raff. But this seems at least a bit different. Why would the local cops give a damn about a company headquartered a thousand miles away? Why does the local sheriff or chief of police need to suck up to Hertz? Probably because itās what they want to do, anyway: arrest people.
Heās sweet!
This year we will make about 3.5 million pounds.
That seems like a lot of fruit cake. I picked up a 3lb box of the Regular last week!
That seems like a lot of landfill :ā -ā \
Those things are good when they are fresh. Which may be a time frame from one to X weeks depending.
The mother of my child is part Cherokee; yeah, this is too bad. I feel very patriotic most of the time, but it makes me think of that Thievery Corporation lyric āland of the free built on slaveryā
3lbs of fruitcake should keep you regular alright.
Iām pretty sure I donāt know a single person who actually likes fruitcake. I donāt know how you can take fruit and cake, two things that by themselves are usually pretty tasty, and make such an unappetizing mess of them. āHey I know, letās take fruit, but in gelatinous bits of unidentifiable mush, and pair it with ācakeā that is sticky, bitter and has the consistency of leftover Thanksgiving stuffing, smash it all into blocks, then package it up for sale!ā From the people who brought you Pickle, Olive and Pimento Loaf!
Good fruitcake, the kind you make at home or get from an actual local bakery, can be damn fine. Even the Claxton stuff is ok if it is eaten fresh, IMO. Itās just that many fruitcakes are exactly as you describe, and are made on the cheap. Done right though it can be sublime.
The root of every āfruitcake is badā joke/take is never having had homemade fruitcake, which is just a tragedy really.
Ill take you guysā word for it that I just havenāt ever had good fruitcake. On the other hand, as long as triple chocolate cake and peanut butter pie exist, my holidays can remain complete without a need for fruitcake.
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