[identity profile] paradoox.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] davis_square
Does anyone have any experience with paying a parking ticket in person at the parking office in Davis Square with say $50 worth of quarters?    (unrolled)   I'm not quite mean enough to show up with $50 worth of pennies (and really don't want to spend the time sitting there while they are counted), but I want to make a statement.  I'll all honesty, I'd pay by credit card if Somerville didn't charge an extra fee (Boston doesn't).    Yes, I could mail in a check but there is no satisfaction in that.     Parking enforcement in Somerville has jumped the shark and it is time for some civil disobedience.  

Date: 2010-05-02 04:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miss-chance.livejournal.com
You might have a nice little chat with the ladies who work behind the counter before you decide to try this tactic. They're really generally pretty nice people who have kind of crappy jobs.

Wouldn't it be more efficient to pay the ticket with a check or ten-dollar bills, and then in the time you have remaining (that you would have spent standing there in the parking office, waiting for Dot to count your quarters) write your own letter to the mayor; rather than try to induce the people waiting behind you in line to do so?

Date: 2010-05-02 05:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tastyanagram.livejournal.com
This. If I were behind someone in line who was paying their $50 parking ticket in quarters, I'd be more likely to apologize to the person at the desk after they were gone rather than calling the mayor...about...what now?

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