Your post title made me laugh out loud and then read it to my boyfriend.
In Cambridge (where I lived for 6 years and had to park on the street), you knew you were safe after 7pm and pretty much guaranteed safety if it was raining. But they were much more vicious with the towing and the stupidity of the infractions they ticketed for (my bumper was a couple inches over the outermost edge of a crosswalk once, and I got a ticket for it).
In comparison, the people in the Somerville Parking Dept. are infinitely better (IMHO) than those in the Cambridge Parking Dept. More competent, nicer, and more professional.
Since I have a driveway now, I've got room to be kind. I smile at the parking enforcement officers and chat with them on occasion (I was curious if their digital ticketing machines were networked - they're not - but the woman explained how they enter license plates and mark the time to enforce "Parking for 2 Hours only" type rules... much more efficient and less likely to screw people than chalking the tire).
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Date: 2006-09-03 05:23 am (UTC)In Cambridge (where I lived for 6 years and had to park on the street), you knew you were safe after 7pm and pretty much guaranteed safety if it was raining. But they were much more vicious with the towing and the stupidity of the infractions they ticketed for (my bumper was a couple inches over the outermost edge of a crosswalk once, and I got a ticket for it).
In comparison, the people in the Somerville Parking Dept. are infinitely better (IMHO) than those in the Cambridge Parking Dept. More competent, nicer, and more professional.
Since I have a driveway now, I've got room to be kind. I smile at the parking enforcement officers and chat with them on occasion (I was curious if their digital ticketing machines were networked - they're not - but the woman explained how they enter license plates and mark the time to enforce "Parking for 2 Hours only" type rules... much more efficient and less likely to screw people than chalking the tire).