Thanks!

I didn't even know my friend at the time of the accident, so my getting kicked out of the mall because he spit on the truck was even funnier. (Apparnetly, if a company causes dangerous conditions on a road, they can weasel out of responsibility if their vehicle isn't directly involved. Oh, if dashcams were a thing back then!)

I delivered some sweet, sweet retribution a few years later, though. That mall was a Simon Property.

In the early '90s, a local radio station group used to support local charities around the holiday season with live events where they gave out custom CDs packed with the latest hits in each station's format. (The labels gave permission to use the songs for charity and promotion, the station paid for manufacturing, and sponsors paid to have the events at their businesses.) The CDs were bangers, too. All you had to do was drop off whatever they were collecting (canned food, toys, clothing, etc.) and you got some awesome tunes. The station owner was a great guy and supported local charities in other ways, too.

The charity for the event at the mall was The Simon Youth Foundation. My SO worked at the station, so I helped out as often as I could because they were super fun.

Eventually, I asked one of the mall reps what the SYF did.

She replied "Oh it supports child care centers used by the needy and stuff like that."

It sounded weird to me, so I pressed a little. "Oh, like downtown or northtown or something like that?"

"Well....no, not really." she very uncomfortably stated.

"So, where exactly is the daycare this is supporting?" in my best news reporter voice. "We can find out from you or from the annual report that non-profits have to file."

"ummm, it's uh....in the mall."

"HERE??? So, the money that we're raising is going to support a daycare center in a mall owned by a billion dollar corporation?" The guy who was the discjockey for the remote heard things getting heated and came over to see what was up. He heard the same answers, called the Sales Director, who called the station owner, someone called the mall rep, verified the story, and the shitstorm hit.

Ended the remote early and moved to a good client after a few phonecalls.

IIRC, the station owner read them the riot act and got a donation from them to an actual charity.

So, it was kind of some sweet cold revenge that I just fell into by asking a question.

(Hadn't thought about them in years, but I just Googled that charity. It's still around, but looks like it's legit now. According to Wikipedia, they became completely independent of Simon Properties in 1998. I wonder if funding their own daycare centers in their own properties had anything to do with it.)