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So from Modesto I went to Tahoe to do some spring 🌼 hiking, taking the 88 past Kirkwood & then to Tahoe etc where I met some friends & we had a good time as usual. After a long day I said goodbye to my friends & headed toward Truckee. I planned to return via the interstate.
One problem was that my car was not running well (very sluggish) (I deduced later that it may have been altitude- related because when I got back down to lower elevation, the problem ceased).
Anyways, because I was concerned about the car I didn't want to drive thru the night,; & simultaneously I wasn't feeling so great. I don't know Truckee too well so I pulled into the parking lot of the Springhill. It didn't look too crowded so I thought it would be okay to park for a few hours and take a nap to try to recuperate.
Well, I slept more soundly than I expected and the next thing you know it is morning and there's a guy outside seemingly snooping around by my car. I sit up groggily to get a better look and it's a muscular African American fellow.
I don't have a problem with black people but I do know that Truckee is mostly white and I checked later and found out the city has only 1% black (& over 80% white; & I am white). What I'm trying to say is that it seemed unusual to see a black man seemingly snooping around my car in such a white community.
And then to make matters worse he started yelling at me thru the window in a menacing manner demanding that I open the door etc. Never once did he initially identify himself nor did he have a uniform or name tag or worker's badge to make me think he works for the hotel (or apartment )( I realized later that I was actually parked in an apartment spot; the hotel & apartments parking lot is adjacent).
I was concerned about his angry demeanor towards me and still wasn't sure what he wanted. Finally I wrote on a piece of paper: "Identity yourself" . He read it thru the window (which I had not yet opened) and finally stated that he works for the apartments.
Then he started ranting again , now telling me to "Get outta here" etc. I wrote again "I'm leaving" . There were almost no other cars in the lot. Nobody had lacked a spot to park because of me. And there was not a single "no parking" sign nor "reserved for...''.
It was a very upsetting experience. As I started the car I cracked the window and he continued to badger me with a menacing look as if this was such a horrendous terrible inexcusable thing for me to do. As if I was on his personal private home property or something. It was crazy.
I write this hopefully to get the attention of the owner or manager of the apartments, whoever is above this fellow and let him know that it was his behavior that was the INEXCUSABLE thing.
All he had to do was either ignore my vehicle unless I stayed there a lot longer, or politely talk to me, and the problem would have been quickly resolved. I was about to leave anyways
Instead he escalated tension by his anger and abusive language. That's no way to handle such a minor issue. Or if people parking on the apartment spaces is a major problem you would expect there to be some signs about it (ie "reserved for")
It's that simple. Instead I go away feeling like I was harassed and abused 👎😥 . Could somebody teach this fellow some public relation skills and maybe provide him with some sort of uniform or name tag to make him look like an employee of the apartment building
Thank you.
