Well, it could have been worse.... I once heard a tale from someone who drove a very long way to a remote glider retrieve, then opened up the trailer on arrival only to find a three piece suite inside.
Glider retrieves are good materiel for anecdotes. The one that springs to mind is the retrieve crew who found another glider of the same type in the trailer. Why they didn't notice the weight when they hitched it up I don't know.