A Florida father is being hailed “Dad of the Year” after he sold his disrespectful teenage son’s SUV on Craigslist as punishment for smoking pot and “acting all thug.”
“I have my sons truck up for sale that I bought for him as his first car, he thinks it’s cool to drive around with his friends smokin dope and acting all thug and especially not showing me and my wife the respect that we deserve,” Allan Gieger Jr. of Jacksonville wrote in the Craigslist ad for his 18-year-old son’s 1998 Ford Explorer.
He even agreed to take $250 off the price if the buyer lived in the Westside area just so his son, Allan Gieger III, would see the vehicle every now and then to remind him “how good he had it!”
“This was a vehicle to finish school in, get a decent job and get a head start on life but chose to throw it all away because his friends would rather have an influence on him more than me!” the ad read. “Now he can put those Jordans to use walk his ass off on these hot summer days! It has ice cold air and power everything! It’s dirty as hell inside and out because he didn’t respect it and take pride, seems to drive well but needs a few parts because it squeaks! I just put new tires on it that he never paid me for because dope was more important and driver seat doesn’t come all the way up, I guess cause cops kept riding by!”
Mr. Gieger said he immediately regretted the post, but his wife convinced him to follow through with it, The Florida Times-Union reported.
The truck sold within two hours, CNN reported, and the ad was shared thousands of times on Facebook.
“Texas, Tennessee, just all over the place, telling me, ’I’m not interested in your truck. I just want to tell you you’ve got Texas’ support and everyone supporting you with your decisions,’” Mr. Gieger told WJXT.
Allan Gieger III said he was angry when he first saw the post, but the lesson eventually sunk in.
“I’m just kind of a hard-head and it never really clicked in until now,” he told the Times-Union.
“The way I feel toward my dad,” he said, “me and him, we’ve always had a good relationship, a good connection.”
“I love him to death,” the dad said.
Mr. Gieger said he told his son that if he gets a job and saves $1,000, he’ll match the money so he can buy a new car.
• Jessica Chasmar can be reached at jchasmar@washingtontimes.com.
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