Literally…As I was leaving the writing center this afternoon I witnessed one of the wonderful security staff placing a yellow boot on my car. Unfortunately, once applied, the boot cannot be removed until the owner of the vehicle makes a trip down to security headquarters. I spoke with a very nice man who told me that if I buy a parking decal he would take off the price of the ticket ($100). So I had to pay for the boot ($50) and the decal ($60). And then came the fact that I had a previous ticket that, of course I had not paid ($60). So my total came to $170. The annoyed look on my face and (I’m guessing) the fact that I looked really cute made the man who was helping take the price of the boot off of my total… So I ended up only paying for my original ticket from 2 weeks ago and a parking decal(to insure no future tickets). The moral of this story…There is none…I was relieved that I ended up paying $150 less then I actually owed but stresses about paying anything at all, so I went to 310 and had a very large beer…just in time for class…it should be fun…
I got the Boot!!!
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What a way to bring in March…at least you do it with style!
So unfair. I want free stuff cause I’m cute. Oh wait…I did get out of that one ticket that one time. Ok, never mind.
Frankie, it wasn’t exactly free… I just ended up paying $150 less then the actual fine…But I do believe that my being cute saved me the $150.
Go ahead and reason it however you like.
If I were walking by and saw you getting the boot I would have laughed and laughed no matter how cute you think you are. Seriously, I get a little perverse sense of enjoyment every single time I see the tow trucks and boot people out getting all those people (I usually say idiots, but I don’t think you are an idiot so you get people) who illegally park all over campus.
Oh yeah, and by the way, I am in town. Call me.