The Parking Ticket

[Bambi eyes]

The Parking Ticket

I went to the store the other day. I was only in there for about five minutes, and when I came out there was a motorcycle cop writing a parking ticket. So I went up to him and said, 'Come on buddy, how about giving a guy a break?'

He ignored me and continued writing the ticket. So I called him a stupid idiot. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having bald tires!

Then I really got angry at him. He finished the second ticket and put it on the car with the first. Then he started writing a third ticket!

This went on for about 20 minutes. The more I abused him, the more tickets he wrote. I didn't care. My car was parked around the corner. 

[devineone]

Is this a joke?  I hope so.  I'd be pissed if I had to pay for 3 parking tickets at prolly 120 bucks a pop!   These traffic people are crazy.  They say once they start writing the tickets, they can't take them back you have to go to traffic court.

[Bambi eyes]

Relax Devineone... I'd never do that to someone... at least not someone who didn't severely piss me off.    It was a joke... LOL!

[philnation]

Relax Devineone... I'd never do that to someone... at least not someone who didn't severely piss me off.    It was a joke... LOL!

Yeah, you wouldn't even do that to a certain male poster on this board, I bet.    

[Bambi eyes]

Yeah, you wouldn't even do that to a certain male poster on this board, I bet.     

Whatchu talkin bout Willis?  ... Nahhh, if it's who I think it is, it's all in fun... once the argument's over all's good again... at least on my end...how can you truly hate on someone you don't even know?

Now I did punch a hole in the tires of someone who deliberately parked in my assigned parking space about 5 years ago....after they'd been warned not to do that again nicely ... it was two in the morning, pouring down rain and I had a lot of bags from being out shopping most of the day... I pull up and find that mofo in my parking space!  He's in his warm bed catching some nice zzz's and I'm riding around at 2am trying to find a space cause he's taken MINE ... the one assigned to me ... well I blew up... actually more than blew up... after I parked my car two blocks away...I walked back to my house and got drenched so bad the water was puddling in my shoes and had to be poured out... I marched right into the kitchen got my sharp little paring knife perfect for puncturing and a couple of nails and got busy on those tires... Pssssst... those jokers deflated quicker than a hot air balloon...   I placed the nails near the tires to keep suspicion at bay and then went to bed ... haven't had a problem since.  People will take advantage of a single woman... had to show them I meant business... Don't mess with Bambi ... shoot, I could have been attacked walking those two blocks home by my lonesome in the rain on a quiet suburban street... and he just decided to take it upon himself to take my space without a care... won't do that again, I'm sure.

[philnation]

Now I did punch a hole in the tires of someone who deliberately parked in my assigned parking space about 5 years ago....after they'd been warned not to do that again nicely

Barely a month after I moved into my condo, I had that happen to me - and I called the towing company.  They came within 20 minutes, towed the car away and that was that.  Of course, in this case it was about 7 in the evening and it wasn't bad outside (a little cool), but the principle is what I cared about.

Once that happened, I was a bit hesitant about moving my car back into that spot so quickly - I was thinking, would that be so safe?  People are crazy nowadays, and I was thinking I might walk outside the next morning and find a slashed tire or two or that someone keyed the car or worse.  Thankfully, none of that happened and since that time, no one has parked in my space, at least not while I've been out and then returned home.

[Bambi eyes]

Barely a month after I moved into my condo, I had that happen to me - and I called the towing company.  They came within 20 minutes, towed the car away and that was that.

Phil,

Under normal circumstances that is what I would have done... actually that wasn't the first time that had happened to me... for some reason they and others living nearby just loved parking in my spot. I've never towed anyone, but I have gotten the police involved before, with temporary success.

The procedure where I live is that you call the police, they come and try to find out who the offending party is by running the license plate and matching it up to the address , then they go over and ask them to move the car.  If they can't locate them, they then give you the option of them writing a summons in which you will have to appear in court to follow up and state your case along with the offending party.  That requires a day taken off from work for me since I live 65 miles away from where I work and can't just go in late.  Then of course you can also do like you did Phil, and call the towing company and they will take the car away to never never land free of charge.  But at 2am in the morning after sloshing home in water ruined shoes, soaking wet, I mean SOAKED where you could wring out my hair, with about 15 shopping bags of stuff I had to tug home from 2 blocks away , once I got inside that house the last thing I was thinking of was being civil.  Had I done the police/towing thing I would have gotten to bed around 3am, maybe later depending on if I was interupting a police donut break and there would have been a confrontation for all the neighbors to see as the mad as hell neighbor got up out of his warm bed and had to come out in the rain and move his car... that is if he even answered his doorbell at that time of morning... I know I wouldn't.  

So I did it the Bambi way, it took less than 5 minutes to flaten 2 tires (would have done 4 but I felt 2 was sufficient ) and then I went to bed satisfied that justice was served, and I slept well.   Towing could cause retaliation, so could calling the police, but a flat tire could be just that... ya never know... or it could be Bambi at work , either way, you can't revenge something you have no absolute proof of, now can you?  

After that, I never had a problem with ANYONE parking in my spot again, which is mainly the result I was seeking.