<VV> Getting Plowed

[chris mann]

okay, try this one for niceness:
Last December I was driving home late one night from work, it was kind of snowy crappy out; and I was on some lone country road in the middle of nowhere. In my haste in get home, I misjudged a "t" intersection and essentially went sailing into a fresh snow bank sideways. Now this is with a 04 suburban (i call it my sub-burden) with four wheel drive, didn't matter at this point I was going to fast anyway. Out came my blackberry to search for a tow vehicle service, but after a few calls, it was clear i was not going to see any private help for a LONG time, lots of other service calls ahead of mine. So I get out and without much ado, begin using my arms to pull out the snow from underneath the vehicle. After about 5 minutes of this, I spotted a plow truck coming down the road, blade down on the other side of the street, he stopped. I thought for a moment how lucky I was to have this guy here, but it became quickly apparent he was not going to lend a helping
 hand. He offered his cell phone, but could not lend a hand. He was a private contractor working for the Township clearing non essential roads and was not allowed to use his equipment to assist stranded parties. I thought, in this day and age, its an understandable position to have. Maybe in my Dad's time, it would be different, hook up a chain and yank me out, done and done, move on... not so anymore, but understandable. This is the kicker though, his last sentence was, " Well, I going to the end of this road, and turning around and my blade will be down on your side and there is nothing I can do about it." I knew the road was about a mile down and a mile back, so my time with this guy was limited. I got back in to the "burden" and with four wheel low managed to rock my way out of the ditch. I was impressed that I was able to pull that off and get out in time. I thought I was beached for good. But man, I really thought this guy is a piece of work for
 saying that last thing. Again, its understandable but it still rubs me a little raw sometimes that this guy put it they way he did.
Next time, a little slower on that intersection to say the least ;-)
chris