Vent Time

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

So, yesterday was the 1st wednesday of the month and I get a ticket for streetsweeping. Fine, I haven't gotten any in a while, no big deal. So, I come back from work and park on the other side. As I was leaving this morning, my roommate tells me "They're ticketing you" and I'm like, what the hell now, so I go down, and I realize today is the 2nd thursday of the month. So, I'm out $100 in the space of two days. I like having clean streets as much as the next guy, but if arranging them on back to back days isn't exploitative, I don't know what is. I'm calling my ward alderman.

Comments

[prog.livejournal.com]

Allow me to sigh some sympathy in your direction as a balm against the previous commenters, though I agree with them in principle. Believe me, I felt the same way when it happened to me for the first time.

But, they chose to tie their street cleaning schedule to the calendar quite literally, which makes sense from an organizational point of view... and if it happens to trip up more folks into leaving their cars on the wrong side, resulting in a nice little cash infusion for the city, well, that kind of makes its own sense too.

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I did clearly warn that it was a vent.

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

you were also accusing the city of being exploitative, which is not true (in this case)

[androidqueen.livejournal.com]

You vented in a public place on the internet, and you didn't expect people to respond?