Check out our latest ‘Horror File’ entry
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April 14, 2024
CAN YOU TOP THIS?
Check out our latest ‘Horror File’ entry

CAN YOU TOP THIS?

Welcome to the latest edition of our popular “Can You Top This?” column, featuring the newest entry in the Service Industry News “Horror File. ”

This issue’s entry comes to us from Garrett in Hercules, California.

“An elderly woman stepped on the gas instead of the brakes”, writes Garrett.

“She plowed through fence and the only thing that stopped her was the passenger front axle getting caught in the iron gate. If her wheels were pointed straight when she broke the fence, she would have sunk the entire car in the pool. As is, she opened a hole in the oil pan and dumped its contents into the water.”

That is terrible! How in the world did you clean the water?

At Service Industry News, we would rather go behind the scenes and take a closer look at the type of stuff our readers encounter everyday — cracked tiles, spaghetti plumbing, rats in heaters, cars in the pool, snakes in the plumbing, and more!

When you are out in the field and you see something that doesn’t look right, send us an email along with a picture and a brief description: Attention Horror File, serviceindustrynewscd@yahoo.com.

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