A Bumper Sticker I Would Like to Have.
If I were a city official, I'd be the kind of city official you see on TV that gets her name drug through the mud due to a slew of unpaid parking tickets. Not that I haven’t paid all of my parking tickets mind you, I’m just saying if I could get out of it…
Yes, I guess you could say I have absolutely no respect for the laws governing parking in the city of Birmingham. You could say that, because I have no idea how many parking tickets I have paid since I began driving some 13 years ago. If I had to guess I would average 3 a year times 13 years would be what? 39. Give or take.
My favorite thing is when strangers with a superfluous concern for my well-being insist that I move my car because “You can’t park there. You’ll get a ticket.” In the past week alone I have been warned twice that parallel parking east bound in a west bound lane will get me a *gasp* “TICKET!” On both occasions I assured the Good Samaritans that they might rest easy knowing they have secured their place in heaven despite the fact that I refuse to move my car. After all, it’s hard to find a parking space within decent walking distance of my bank.
For the sole purpose of putting these poor souls at ease, I would like a bumper sticker that reads, “I’ve weighed the consequences and I’m willing to risk it.”
And just so you know, I have yet to get a ticket for parallel parking in the wrong direction.