Ticketed:
Murphy has struck. As of 11:14 this morning I’ve been issued my first ever “parking tag” — as the City of Calgary calls it.
Getting out of the car, shortly before my 11am group meeting, I realized that I didn’t have coins for the meter. So I calculated my chances. Factoring in the effort that would be required to get change for a $20 and the seeming unlikelihood of a ticketing officer doing their rounds in the freezing weather, I opted to forego the $2/hour for only the second time this semester.
Unfortunately, the donut store must have been clean out of pastries, because I now have a $41 ‘voluntary payment’ due to the City — roughly a third of what I’ve already spent on an evening parking permit and meter fees.
