Edit with response:
Yeah, you people have quite the stories…read moretoo.
I'm sorry I was so scary to this adult man. Or perhaps it was the 16 year old kid he was lying to in order to take his car despite him standing by the vehicle asking him not to who scared him. Maybe he is not cut out for this line of work if he is so easily spooked.
If I had a job where I was allowed to be filmed, as residents are allowed to film in the common area of the parking of the complex they live in, I would go in expecting that as part of the job. In fact, I worked for a long time in a job where I was recorded the entire time and never acted like this! I suppose wouldn't go out of my way to invite someone who was filming, but about to leave, to go to the next spot I was working and ask them to film me some more, like this guy did. But also, he wasn't "just trying to do his job"; His "job" by that point, when the owner was present and asking him not to tow the car, would be to leave, not to stick around yelling expletives and misrepresent the CVC.
And, if part of my job was literally to leave in a particular situation (when the owner is present and asks you to leave), call me crazy, but I would leave! Especially if I was so scared! Not stick around and antagonize and lie for no reason! And also if having "a short amount of time", as you claim, was part of his problem, why did he waste more of his own (and presumably your) time, and in such a scary situation for him, when he wasn't even supposed to stay there nor tow it?
But I guess that's the part of the "job" that's so "difficult" for him.. walking away! Must be a tough existence indeed...
You seem to know as much about 22658 as this dude does. Maybe you should ask Wes about it, because he seems to be the only person at your place who has any idea about one of the main laws people in your industry should know about...
Also I think that it's very telling of your business that you consider using repeated obscenities as, at most, "possibly rude". We are living in a society, we are supposed to act in a civilized way!
anyway, i have video of his whole time on the property, can release as much as you need to clarify the situation.
I won't call you, but someone might.
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Yesterday an employee of All About Towing was attempting to tow vehicles that complied with posted signs in the common area parking lot of the complex where I reside (and well under the 96 hours from notice required). I filmed him, and he even consented to let me film him and follow him, but then soon became verbally abusive, although even after becoming abusive, he again independently invited me to continue following and filming him (I was about to leave but he told me where he was going next and asked if I wanted to follow him).
He claimed he could tow any car he wanted (regardless of if management ordered it or anything else).
When I informed fellow tenants whose car he was trying to tow right in front of them that the law was that he couldn't tow the car if they were standing by the vehicle, he said "Why not? I can tow whatever the FVCK I want! You should shut the FVCK UP!"
Here's the law he misrepresented to the car owners and violated (by being belligerent to them by telling them he would still tow it instead of UNCONDITIONALLY releasing it):
California Vehicle Code § 22658 (2025)
(B) Upon the request of the owner of the vehicle or that owner's agent, the towing company or its driver shall immediately and unconditionally release a vehicle that is not yet removed from the private property and in transit.
(C) A person failing to comply with subparagraph (B) is guilty of a misdemeanor.
When his superior (In professionalism if not title) arrived and told the other tenants, independently, that same law, he responded that if everyone in America acted like me (protecting the law) that the country would be a disaster.
This other guy was not great, when I asked if he was the first guy's boss and what their names were (perhaps Wes for the second fella?), he would only say "why are you asking?" and when I described what the other guy had said&done he only said "I can't control what he says." and walked away. Totally stonefaced the whole time, but still better that making rude faces, swearing, yelling, and breaking the law like the first guy. So the bar is pretty low at this company in that regard, but the first employee should not be working in this business at all, at least not for impounds, repos, etc.
