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One of the vandalised cars.
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Can’t read? Well at least I can spell...
by Brian Lashley16/ 4/2008
A WOMAN who parked her car behind a nightclub was stunned to return and find the words ‘CANT READ?’ sprayed across the side of her motor.
Motorist Rachel Ward parked behind the Ruby Rooms in Stalybridge to catch a train to Manchester – but failed to spot a sign requesting 24-hour access for a fire exit.
She was horrified when she returned hours later and found the graffiti spray-painted on the side of her VW Polo in big bright letters. All four of her tyres had also been slashed.
Despite her fury, the financial services worker said she had to have a little chuckle because the vandals had missed out the apostrophe from the word ‘can’t’.
Rachel, 27, from Stalybridge, said: "I thought they’ve got cheek asking if I can’t read when they clearly cannot spell. The vandalism was bad enough but then they add insult to injury by forgetting the apostrophe in ‘can’t’. It takes a certain type of person to do something like that and it’s probably the type that didn’t pay too much attention in school. I was shocked when I saw someone had vandalised the car. The annoying thing is the inconvenience of having to get it fixed."
Having previously parked free of charge behind the Ruby Rooms, Rachel and friend Rebecca Smith didn’t think twice about leaving their vehicles there again.
What they failed to notice was a new sign above one of the venue’s fire exits, which said ‘fire exit – please keep clear. 24 hour access required – parked vehicles will be clamped’.
Rachel ended up spending over £120 to repair the damage to her car. Recruitment consultant Rebecca Smith, 27, also from Stalybridge, had the same words sprayed on her Ford Focus Sport and three tyres slashed.
She said: "I don’t understand why they just didn’t write a note and put it on the car. My car was not parked near the fire escape. I’ve parked in that area and never had any problems before."
Police are investigating the damage to Rachel’s car.
Most recent 2 of 2 user comments
OK it said that the cars would be clamped .... they were not .... so ....... it probably ended up being cheaper to repair the damage than to pay some Cowboy Clampers fees !!! albeit a bit more inconvenient !!!!
Having said that I am not surprised by the lack of literacy in their doodlings on the cars ..... I have yet to find signs of intelligent life in that area !!! lol, but I suppose thats what you get when you change a small, quaint town into a one eyed drinking hole !!!
20/04/2008 at 03:13
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