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1/27/2004
The New Tax Collector
 On Friday after work, walking towards my car I saw a nice little piece of white paper on my windshield. A note from a secret admirer maybe? Wishful thinking. Sure enough, it was a TICKET! Now surely, I thought to myself, the place where I park EVERY SINGLE DAY had not suddenly become illegal. I read the ticket, $38 big ones for get this, "Parking in an unmarked crosswalk". Someone help me understand this. If the crosswalk is unmarked, how can one see it? Coincidentally, the day before, my sister was venting to me about getting an undeserved parking ticket. She called meter maids the modern day tax collector. I caught that revelation on Friday. I feel a kindred spirit with the people of Jesus' day. More and more I am learning to despise the Meter Maid. Do you see this picture? Forget that phony smile, yeah she may be pretty, but this woman is pure evil!!!! This picture almost sickens me. That smile on her face, the joy and cheerfulness of it all is just maddening. It's all a ploy I tell you. They lure you in with their cool uniform and pretty smile and then they BOP you on the head like little Bunny Foo Foo (childhood song reference). Well this chick here is not paying $38 smackers for doing nothing illegal (which by the way used to be $20, then $25, when did it change to $38?). See, my theory is they figure that the average person won't go through the hassle of contesting it, then taking time off from work to show up in court and paying a ridiculous price for city parking to spend hours in court only to find out they have to pay the stinkin' ticket anyway. Or even worse, that they DON'T have to pay the ticket. Either way, the money you lose to the inconvenience of it all is not usually worth it. All I have to say is, "Watch Me". I'm gonna contest this sucker. The City of Seattle is not getting $38 from me. Period. I refuse to be bopped.
While browsing the internet I came across the sickest thing I've seen in a long time: the Meter Maid Action Figure. Yes folks it's true. The ploy is infiltrating the minds of your children. Now there are toys to help our children practice the essence of ruining people's day. What's next, the full Meter Maid costume? I wouldn't be surprised. I say, "Enough is Enough". There is a Meter Maid agenda being pushed here and I don't like it. And the meter maids, bless their little hearts. Some of them are just genuinely doing their job. Others, well, MOST in fact, are the poor souls who feel the need to lash out at the world regarding their own personal shortcomings, insecurities, and unhappy lives in the form of a little piece of paper called a TICKET. Well hear me all you who feel the need to powertrip, this parking ticket shall not be my demise. I will fight. And to you my brothers and sisters, I say keep the faith. Know that in these perilous times, there are little people doing big things. For we together, my fellow ticketed brethern, shall rise up and overthrow the ruling Meter Maid regime.
posted by ambra at 1/27/2004 10:00:50 AM | link to this entry |
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