r/mildlyinteresting • u/Soggy0atmeal • 2d ago
I found an enclosed, gated, personal reserved parking spot in this parking garage.
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u/sucobe 2d ago
When your company makes $12B a year in sales, you can do whatever the fuck you want as well, just like Rand.
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u/thesocalledchicken 2d ago
It’s Mister Rand al’Thor, The Dragon Reborn to you sheepherder
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u/unterminch 2d ago
I don’t think he is a huge fan of being in a box though.
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u/TCHProductions 2d ago
They will pay, Lews Therin growled. I am the Lord of the Morning.
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u/etaineawoo 1d ago
That whole subplot and resolution were one of my favorite parts. Such a brutal bloodbath.
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u/TCHProductions 1d ago
“Asha’man, kill!”
The front rank of the Shaido exploded. There was no other way to put it. Cadin’sor-clad shapes burst apart in sprays of blood and flesh. Flows of saidin reached through that thick mist, darting from figure to figure in the blink of an eye, and the next row of Shaido died, then the next, and the next, as though they were running into an enormous meat grinder.
Dumai Wells, and the entire ending of that book from when Rand was taken and onwards was probably the best of Jordans writing in the series (Well, depends what parts of books 12-14 he wrote on his own). He hit so many right notes in terms of the pacing, and the description of the battle itself. As well as the multiple sides all combined into one place.
Major plot spoilers below.
And Dumai wells was probably the biggest victory for the Shadow, or at least one of their closest moments to achieving victory. It had so many storyline implications in the following books. Rand distrusted Aes Sedai far more heavily than he did prior, he went deeper into Madness, he became far more ruthless as a leader and kind of dropped that 'Innocent Sheep Herder' personality all together.
The White tower split into a third faction, with the Loyalists splitting into a Elaida v Anti-Elaida group with the Rebels making the third. Mazrim Taim also gained alot of power from the battle itself. And it all almost succeeded when Semirhage collared Rand, but backfired when Rand managed to draw the true source after using his experience in the box to break free again. Thus the treatment in the box in a way, saved him from defeat
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u/JasnahKolin 1d ago
Blind woman, Deaf man, Jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule.
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u/PassengerShard 2d ago
Unexpected WoT references during my everyday scrolling. I love Reddit.
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u/brubruislife 2d ago
It makes me giddy seeing WoT references. I feel like I'm part of the cool kid's club.
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u/Kayakingtheredriver 2d ago
Book references right? Cause that person on the show, I don't know who he is, but I do know who he isn't. Anyways, the Rand they are referencing is a name tag on the wall, not the rand of lore.
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u/thesocalledchicken 2d ago
It’s honestly cool. Make a random, stupid WoT comment and get a bunch of WoT homies to comment and find the post. Really enjoying it.
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u/fuckurbans 2d ago
The wheel weaves as the wheel wills
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u/Smokey_McBud420 2d ago
That’s what I tell my passengers when I’m weaving through traffic 30 mph over the speed limit
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u/eccehobo1 2d ago
In universe, it would be Master al'Thor.
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u/thesocalledchicken 2d ago
That’s Tam
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u/RubiGames 2d ago
Please, Master al'Thor is my d— …he’s my dad. HE’S MY DAD, OKAY.
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u/PloppyCheesenose 2d ago
You say what you bloody want to, but you watch how you flaming say it, or I'll bloody skin you myself, and burn the goat-kissing hide, you sheep-gutted milk-drinker.
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u/Ya-Dikobraz 2d ago
The Caracarn does not like to flaunt his wealth. Sort of. But he loves shiny embroidered jackets. And he picks his bedrooms closed off and without windows.
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u/Scaevus 2d ago
The Amazon adaptation is so disappointing.
At least Fallout is good.
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u/thesocalledchicken 2d ago
I haven’t seen it yet. I’m on my first listen through. About half way in A Memory of Light. I slogged like the rest through the middle books but now I don’t want it to end!
Fallout was great though! I never played the games but enjoyed it.
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u/java_dude1 2d ago
How completely random and greatly appreciated. I've read the series at least 4 times.
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u/pomewawa 2d ago
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u/asforus 2d ago
Rand if you see this. Teach me your ways man.
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u/aburningcaldera 2d ago
His bio reads “right place right time” soooooooo hard.
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u/treat_killa 2d ago
He had 160 brokers under him at 26, his bio reads that he is cut from a different cloth
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u/thecanadianbum 2d ago
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u/godzilla9218 2d ago edited 2d ago
Julian: You're prostituting yourself out for cheeseburgers again, aren't you?
Randy: A man's gotta eat, Julian
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u/frickuranders 1d ago
Lahey: how does the burger taste randers?
Frickn randy: spits out feathers delicious mr. lahey.
Best love story ever made.
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u/Goldfish_Pizza 2d ago
Rand would rather get high, eat cheeseburgers, and mow the lawn all day eh Bobandy?
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u/Fluid_Mulberry394 2d ago
Given the rate of car thefts these days, insurance companies would love to see more of these.
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u/IPThereforeIAm 2d ago
We should make a really big one that multiple cars fit into. Could call it a “garage”.
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u/ZeroLAN 2d ago
The "garage". Hey fellas the "garage". Well la di dah Mr Frenchman.
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u/LEGOMyBrick 2d ago
I put my car in my "car hole"
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u/TheLunarAegis 2d ago
It goes in the square hole.
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u/DookieShoez 2d ago
Now which hole do we put the triangle in?
Thats right, it goes in the square hole.
😂
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u/myasterism 2d ago
The word that first comes to mind: “gaping”
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u/PhillyTC 2d ago
Yo dawg, I herd you like garages
so we put garages in your garage.
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u/dandee93 2d ago
Reminds me of how tech bros keep accidentally inventing worse trains
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u/HoloSings 2d ago
Tech bros be like
NOO ITS NOT TRAINS its called the ConnectorPods and they go in a single file line
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u/dandee93 2d ago
Also "it's not a subway. It's a bunch of cars going in circles underground!"
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u/ReentryMarshmellow 2d ago
It's better than trains because you can only launch 1 pod every 4 minutes for safety reasons!
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u/ShakeShakeZipDribble 2d ago
*Hits joint* so listen, we build this tube, ok, and then we suck all the air out of the tube...
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u/Jacktheforkie 2d ago
Ironically my insurance would go up by a fair bit if I park in the garage, driveway is cheapest, but it might be because garages in my country are tiny so increasing the risk of car damage
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u/Own_Bonus2482 2d ago
Your insurance company comes to check where your car is parked?
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u/SquareBlanketsSuck 2d ago
If there was a large claim, sure. Imagine you told your insurance company you had winter tires on, then totaled your car in an at fault accident slipping on ice. They are definitely checking your tires before paying out
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u/Own_Bonus2482 2d ago
Yeah, that makes sense. I'm sure a lot of people just lie when they sign up for insurance, but I can see where that would be a problem if it gets damaged while in the garage.
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u/Long_Pomegranate2469 2d ago
I've previously implemented calculators for insurance quotes and they do factor in where the car is parked. But at least in the cases I've worked on parking in a garage will always yield a lower price.
Less chance of random damage, vandalism, hail damage, etc.
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u/ThisTooWillEnd 2d ago
Considering my husband's car was broken into in a shared garage under our apartment building, I fail to see how that's better.
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u/PoopSlinger23 2d ago
There’s a Hyundai Sonata that parks in there
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u/BudweiserSucks 2d ago
I Google'd the name on "reserved for" sign, and looks like it belongs to a CEO of a real estate company in Southern California
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u/myasterism 2d ago
So… probably not a Hyundai.
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u/GeologistPositive 2d ago
Probably at least a Genesis then
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u/peekdasneaks 2d ago
CEO, southern california? Its either a prius or a lambo
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u/petervidani 2d ago
What is the rate of car thefts these days?
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u/BobSacamano47 2d ago
Continuing to drop since the 1990s. Back when I grew up on the 90s everyone said how bad crime is and how much safer it was in the 60s and 70s. Now that crime is actually that low again everyone acts like we live in a war zone.
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u/Levitins_world 2d ago
Was just at my friend's apartment the other night and was locked out of the community automatic gate that requires a fab clicker to open. Looked at the opposite side of the gate and saw a motion sensor that let exiting cars leave without using a clicker. The sensor was only 3 feet off the ground and was mere inches from the gate.
I stuck a stick through the fence and activated it instantly. This made me wonder if that fences only purpose is to make people feel better....
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u/NowImAllSet 2d ago
This made me wonder if that fences only purpose is to make people feel better....
Honestly, that describes most "security." Fences, deadbolts, padlocks, bike chains, TSA...all are surprisingly useless at stopping anyone who's trying to thwart them.
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u/EpsRequiem 2d ago
Yeah, nothing is going to stop a determined individual or group, but the good thing is that they aren't as common as your regular "theif of opportunity"
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u/littlescreechyowl 2d ago
A deterrent works for the opportunist. Nothing stops a true professional.
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u/LaUNCHandSmASH 2d ago
“It keeps the honest people honest” as they say
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u/waltwalt 2d ago
It also keeps the asshats in-line. The "door was open, finders keepers" crowd.
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u/LaUNCHandSmASH 2d ago
They would be the opportunistic thieves that would normally be considered honest due to their unwillingness to defeat a lock. Asshats for sure and not people I’d associate with but they didn’t set off that night specifically to steal shit
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u/TheKingOfTheSwing200 2d ago
Honestly, that describes most "security." Fences, deadbolts, padlocks, bike chains, TSA...all are surprisingly useless at stopping anyone who's trying to thwart them.
Yeah because it's ALWAYS going to be quicker to go through a window. My old house had big add glass sliding doors to the backyard, if it was ever going to get broken into, it would have been via those doors. Break the glass and your in
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u/raisedbutconfused 2d ago
Can actually back this up. I used to do security and was literally told- do not fight, do not chase, do not try to stop. You are there as prevention (people seeing security are less likely to commit) and to report.
It was the most boring job I ever had in my life.
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u/Exciting-Ad-5705 2d ago
Life is a lot more expensive than whatever you were guarding
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u/soyeahiknow 2d ago
Lockpickinglawyer did a video where most common padlocks are broken using a plumbers wrench. Just tighten the wrench and twist and most of the lock snaps.
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u/TheConnASSeur 2d ago
2 inch thick titanium deadbolt attached to a sawmill oak beam locking a solid oak door right next to an 8ft window.
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u/guyblade 2d ago
Maybe the window is made of 2 inch thick bullet resistant acrylic anchored into the wall with steel bolts?
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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 1d ago
But maybe the steel bolts have been compromised, the thief snuck into the factory when they were being made and modified the alloy to make it brittle. The bolts can be easily broken off from the outside.
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u/EpsRequiem 2d ago
That's a third of the point. The second is a deterrent. Many thieves are opportunist, and go for the low hanging fruit, like unlocked car doors, open windows, etc.
Taking the time to figure out what you just did, though simple and easy, is also too much work for a perp (they have other things to consider).
These mechanisms won't stop determined thieves, as almost nothing will.
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u/Zero_Burn 2d ago
I'm surprised there aren't more high end parking garages that offer whole floors of these, where you can lock up your car with a key like a train station locker. Though it's mostly performative since I'd bet it's not that hard to get into one of these if you REALLY wanted to.
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u/atkinsonbeagon 2d ago
It's the emergency exit route through the thing that has me most confused.
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u/bevelledo 2d ago
It’s probably an emergency exit for that specific enclosure, not the garage. Just so you don’t get locked in
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u/ShelfordPrefect 2d ago
The one facing the camera has the crash bar facing outwards so you can push to get in
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u/DiligerentJewl 2d ago
But the push bar is on the outside of the enclosure leading in
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u/Slithar 2d ago
There's two. The other right in front of the one with the handle on the outside has it on the inside. It's kinda crazy honestly LOL
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u/DiligerentJewl 2d ago
Only thing I can think of is that this structure must block the pedestrian egress route and the AHJ requires it…but then there’s no security for the enclosure?… unless it can be locked during “off hours” or something like that.
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u/carlbandit 2d ago
Someone could get to the car, but as long as there's no manual override for the gate and the owner has the key/fob with them a thief couldn't get the car out the enclosure.
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u/LaUNCHandSmASH 2d ago
And the enclosure still prevents accidental damage which is probably the intention like those inflatable ones. Plus expensive cars have expensive security systems that you’d still need to contend with so this does most things including preventing the blocking of a throughway in an already laid out parking structure
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u/Ok_Individual960 2d ago
It has to be in order to be usable without encroaching on the neighboring parking spot. The one on the other side is opposite since there's no parking spot on that side. Looking at what can be seen on the other door there it's likely an electronic magnetic lock so pushing on that bar alone won't open the door.
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u/Lord-Velveeta 2d ago
Nobody is going to mention the good boy in the Honda?
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u/Soggy0atmeal 2d ago
Thats my good boy!
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u/interstatebus 2d ago
Heeler?
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u/Soggy0atmeal 2d ago
97% pure we adopted from the shelter! Really good boy. Great eye!
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u/interstatebus 2d ago
Lol thank you. My girl is part heeler (and border collie and a few others) so I’m more prone to single them out as adorable.
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u/mountainphilic 2d ago
I didn't see that there was a dog in the car and 100% thought you had zoomorphized the Honda car as being a heeler. Time for me to take a break from the Internet.
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u/GeonnCannon 2d ago
My first thought was "There's a DOG in that CAR!" but I figured since it's just sitting there staring at the camera it had to be OPs. Not barking or freaking out or on guard, just "wtf are you doing, we have a park to get to!!" 😁
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u/295DVRKSS 2d ago
He’s the guard dog and driver for the person who owns the enclosed parking space
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u/leapfool 2d ago
I thought that this was the newest season of “You” for a second
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u/sroomek 2d ago
His daughter is married to Miles Teller
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u/ELmapper 2d ago
Miles Teller? That’s just an odometer
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u/skucera 2d ago
I'm surprised that the crash bars extending into the neighboring spot are allowed.
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u/rjbauer4985 2d ago
Yah that's right, you're a naughty car, and naughty cars go in the cage...
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u/EngineerTHATthing 2d ago
Not going to lie, if I had just purchased a nice car and had to park it in a public apartment garage, I would get one. Spending even 3% more money to get one of these with the car would be a decision I would not have to think twice about making.
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u/barleyhogg1 2d ago
They had these in my work parking garage in Phoenix. It was for vehicles used by federal agents.
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u/jimmypower66 2d ago
We just finished a hotel tower and the owner of tower is having one of the elevators programmed to when he swipes his fob, it erases all other calls for the elevator, it immediately goes to his penthouse floor then immediately goes to whatever floor he selects, nothing surprises me anymore
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u/ForgettableUsername 2d ago
These used to be quite common. Their function is to stop grave-robbers from taking parts of the car back to local anatomists.
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u/submersedshelf8 2d ago
Haha is this in Irvine near John Wayne Airport? If so it used to have an antique black car in it before.
Not a car guy so couldn’t tell you what it was.
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u/My_state_of_mind 1d ago
As someone who has dealt with neighbors who for the life of them can't park within the lines of their spot, I would have loved this.
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u/TexasAggie98 2d ago
I had an old boss that would have loved this for our office.
He became airplane rich when the company went public and had a collection of almost 30 Ferraris that he drove to work. His parking spot was right by the door into the building.
I noticed that a Toyota Avalon was in his spot one day and thought that someone was going to be towed. But it was in the spot the next day too.
It was his new commute car and should have served notice to everyone that a layoff was coming.
I came to work one morning and we had had a 75% layoff. I was the only guy left in my group.
The Toyota was bought because it was cheaper than any potential vandalism to one of the Ferraris.