"Blizzard"

[vinyl-raven.livejournal.com]

Teel Square
So my roomate tried to save a parking space in front of our apartment. All day today we left a cement bucket and a chair to make it painfully obvious that is was saved. Other roommates and myself have been shoveling it out all day pretty much, we just walk out side and notice someone else who doesn't live here has moved out the spot we left for out roomie. I could have sworn that people last year saved spots, I mean has that changed?
Anyways we my roomies and me just had a huge argument with the people that snake the spot we've been maintaining empty. Since they refused to move, my other roomies decided that since breaking their windows wasnt an option, we decided to shovel in thier car.

Comments

[fanw.livejournal.com]

I believe the actual rule is that within two days of a snow emergency you can save spots. After that point it's all up for grabs.

[viellen]

There is no "actual rule". The saving-spots "rule" has as much weight as "playground rules". If you review the Snow Emergency Parking Policies you'll find the only mention of 48hrs is that one can't remain in a spot for more than that amount of time. The mayor actually made a big hubbub last year about how it's not OK to save spots. That said, playground rules can be taken pretty darn seriously by community members that are actually following them :). And props to the OP for your awesome shoveling job.