Parking ticket-booo!
While getting our pedicure the other day, Jeff and I got a parking ticket. It’s my first parking ticket EVER…I survived 27 years without ever getting one and BAM, there goes my perfect record. I guess only 12 count as I’ve only been driving for that long, and I had to mention the small details as a lot of smart asses read my blog.
Anyhoo, being the good samaritans that we are, we plugged the meter for 1hr 20min, airing on the side of caution for our 45 min. pedicure. The metermaid must have been circling like a hawk, because 10 mins after our time expired we got a $30 ticket. So lame!!! Now our “free pedicure” has cost us $50 ($20 tip plus $30 ticket).
The only good thing to come out of this is a brilliant idea. When you get a ticket you have the option to pay $30 in 21 days, $40 in 31 days, and it goes up from there. A penalty payment program. Well, I might just adopt this. Playing ultimate can be the worst for collecting money from teammates. League fees, tournament fees, group dinners, etc. When the demographics state the average ultimate player make $60,000, it sure is hard to get money out of some people. So, next time I collect league fees I might send out an email. Pay me by next week and it’s $20, in two weeks and it’s $30. The city of Calgary can do it, and they have a heck of a lot more money then I do, so why can’t I?
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Interesting (and most useful) that you should pick $20 to use in your example. Very interesting, indeed . . .
And where do I meet this guy that makes the six figure salary to balance out my contribution to the average?
p.s. The complicated math, the demographics research, the small details about age . . . I can see you had some time on your hands this afternoon . . . time that would otherwise have been wasted on remembering that appropriate squash attire is not “Jeff’s extra socks and a smile” . . . or on reminding your typhoid-delerious friend to remember her racquet.
Jeff got a pedicure?
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