Thrifty Charges Man $30/Day For Stranded Car

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When Claude Hite was evacuated from the Olympic National Park during a dangerous storm, he left his Thrifty rental car behind him.

When Claude Hite was evacuated from the Olympic National Park during a dangerous storm, he left his Thrifty rental car behind him.

Unable to retrieve it from the washed out forest, Claude is being charged $30 a day by Thrifty.

“Hite said park officials tried to intervene on his behalf, but Thrifty turned them down,” KOMOTV reports.

That’s what you call being stuck between a rock and an asshole. — BEN POPKEN

Stranded rental car costing man $30 a day [KOMOTV] (Thanks to Mike!)

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