Ah, yes. Our first official "Welcome to the City now give us money" letter from the Mayor. As someone who is quite proud of her sign-reading ability, I'm ashamed to admit that apparently in my rush to park, I had missed the sign (above the pay for parking sign) that told me I couldn't park on the street from 4pm-6pm.
DANG IT!!!!!!
Looking over the ticket, things didn't look good. $60 price tag. (Also, sidenote, I noticed that the states of license plates printed on the ticket are "other," which you write in, OR Illinois- duh, Iowa- nearby, Michigan- even closer, Indiana- practically the same place, Ohio- midwest, Wisconsin- cheese is a Chicago favorite, and....TEXAS??? Of all the 44 other states to choose from, you print TEXAS??? What does this say about Texas drivers? Geez!)
But then I looked a little bit closer.
Look at that blessed, blessed "other" box.
Do you see it? Can you make out those letters? C...A. CA. California. I DO NOT HAVE CALIFORNIA TAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (There's no way to mistake that for a D and a C is there? I mean I'm not going crazy, am I? Unless the guy was dyslexic? I know, I don't think so either.)
So as far as I'm concerned- and I am concerned- we're off the hook. Sure, a tiny, itsy bitsy bit of my conscience thinks, "Well, I should probably still pay the ticket." Granted, the other 99% is saying "HELL NO" much louder. I mean, if we don't get a ticket in the mail, we can just chalk it up to "ticketing error" right? I mean does the city of Chicago REALLY need our $60? I'm pretty sure the producers of "Transformers III" are contributing enough to cover my little piece...
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ReplyDeleteYesterday I was ticketed for an HOV violation in Old Town Alexandria. The price tag was $186.
Yikes! I feel bad, but not as bad now that I know you probably won't have to pay it ;)
ReplyDeleteThe Texas thing is bizarre, and so is the fact that he wrote CA. Very strange. Was your licence plate # right? If not, it's possible someone around you got a ticket and was nice enough to leave it for you instead...
Angie-
ReplyDeleteDANG. That's pretty horrible. (And I didn't even know they had an HOV in Old Town).
Amanda-
Nope, the license plate number was right. EVERYTHING else was right...
I say you get off on a technicality!
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