But it's Wednesday!

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

Just a quick note to say that I was at Team Trivia last night at P.J. Ryans and when my friends and I left the pub at 12:15, we had tickets on our cars for street sweeping.

EXCEPT that street sweeping for Holland Street is on Mondays, not Wednesdays.

I actually caught the traffic guy writing tickets:

Me: Hey, are you writing tickets for street sweeping?
Him: Yeah.
Me: But it's Wednesday and this is a Monday street.
Him: Oh, ooops! Sorry about that.

He took my ticket back to void it (for which I gave him an earnest high-five) but said if anyone else got a ticket, they should just appeal it. There were at least several cars on the street with tickets so get on the appealing!

Edited to add: This post seems to have opened a wider discussion about over-zealous ticketing (as opposed to reasonable, above-board ticketing). I can't make it to the Mayor's office hours tonight but would love if someone, who has experienced something like this (invalid tickets/overdue notices with no ticket) would bring it up with him. Also, I do have the officer's badge number and last name (from my friend who left before her ticket could be voided) but don't think it's appropriate to humiliate him in a public forum.

Comments

Ticket Issued in Error

[bostonartist.livejournal.com]

That is Bull$hit. If the city issues anyone a ticket for street sweeping on the wrong day and then you have to spend YOUR time to appeal it, the city should give you the appeal + $100 for your time!