Mach-Lee
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So Iām at work charging, and I got an unplugged notification.
I was barely charging for an hour and was at 55% when it happened. I look out and see that some jerk in a Model 3 parked next to me and stole my charger!
I was busy so I couldnāt get out there right away, I ended up letting him have it for a couple hours. But then I went out and stole it back. No note or anything.
Mind you, itās only about 7 miles to the nearest Supercharger. If he was desperate, he would only need to charge for 20 minutes to get there. But I figure he ended up with 40+ miles added and was still parked there hours later. To me what happened comes across as a total entitled jerk move. Is it just me, or does it seem like Tesla drivers are the worst?
There are only a few chargers at work and they are often full, itās rare I get a chance to use them anymore. They are free, which leads to these kind of problems. There are PHEVs that frequently hog the charging spots all day even though theyāre done charging by 11AM, outsiders that park their cars at the chargers after the buildings are closed, and now weāve moved on to unplugging incidents. Iāve about had it with free charging and all the bullshit that comes with it. Weāre past the days of free charging being a good thing.
Now the funny thing is I was talking about this video with friends just this morning:
Ignore all the BS in the comments, seems clear to me the Tesla probably stole the Voltās charger from two spots down rather than using the one on the wall behind him for his spot. And after stealing the charger, he was audacious enough to put a lock ring on it so nobody could steal it back. I feel like the Tesla probably stole that charger more than once for Volt guy to get that angry. You better believe I was feeling a bit like Volt guy this morning when I stole my charger back. It was so ironic it happened to me right after seeing that video.
I think most of you guys are pretty sensible and would never do what Mr. Tesla did to me. I would never unplug someone actively charging unless I was extremely desperate, but I would leave a note. I would only charge as long as I had to before giving it back. Hope he sees my stink eye on his camera footage when I took it backā¦


Mind you, itās only about 7 miles to the nearest Supercharger. If he was desperate, he would only need to charge for 20 minutes to get there. But I figure he ended up with 40+ miles added and was still parked there hours later. To me what happened comes across as a total entitled jerk move. Is it just me, or does it seem like Tesla drivers are the worst?
There are only a few chargers at work and they are often full, itās rare I get a chance to use them anymore. They are free, which leads to these kind of problems. There are PHEVs that frequently hog the charging spots all day even though theyāre done charging by 11AM, outsiders that park their cars at the chargers after the buildings are closed, and now weāve moved on to unplugging incidents. Iāve about had it with free charging and all the bullshit that comes with it. Weāre past the days of free charging being a good thing.
Now the funny thing is I was talking about this video with friends just this morning:
Ignore all the BS in the comments, seems clear to me the Tesla probably stole the Voltās charger from two spots down rather than using the one on the wall behind him for his spot. And after stealing the charger, he was audacious enough to put a lock ring on it so nobody could steal it back. I feel like the Tesla probably stole that charger more than once for Volt guy to get that angry. You better believe I was feeling a bit like Volt guy this morning when I stole my charger back. It was so ironic it happened to me right after seeing that video.
I think most of you guys are pretty sensible and would never do what Mr. Tesla did to me. I would never unplug someone actively charging unless I was extremely desperate, but I would leave a note. I would only charge as long as I had to before giving it back. Hope he sees my stink eye on his camera footage when I took it backā¦
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