I've met two Arga-worthy idiots in exactly a week.
To give some context: I'm in physical therapy for the third time in just over a year, and so I have a temporary handicapped parking pass. I got hit by a car as a kid, and the leg didn't quite heal. I can get around okay, but not around campus. I had found out that there was a not-too-well-known rule that nearly all the rules as to what parking lots you could park in are thrown out if you have a handicapped parking pass. This is super helpful. Even if I'm not in a designated spot--usually because they're all full--I still can't be ticketed.
Last week I headed into Parking Services because I'd gotten ticketed. They invalidated the ticket, but I had to wait for Asshole.
Asshole was so sure his ticket was also invalid. But asshole parked on a sidewalk. A police officer was talking to him, he'd caused such a fuss.
His arguments?
A: I had to.
B: I had to because of all the other illegally parked people. (Their illegal parking was being parked for more than thirty minutes.)
C: they were really illegally parked. (HE cited someone who was parked for 1, no 2, no THREE hours!)
D: But I really had to.
E: Please pity me, for I was hungry and cold.
F: But I waited so long before I resorted to parking on the sidewalk! (Five minutes.)
G: But what about Campus Maintenance Vehicles? Can they park on the sidewalk?
H: Repeat A-G.
He finally left.
Today I left class and saw someone in a handicapped parking space, gesticulating wildly. There was a tow truck, a parking services truck, and a police car. Just as I got in my car, two more police cars joined, blocking me in. I didn't get to see more, as one of the police officers figured out I was there and moved so I could leave. But I was just impressed at the ruckus she'd caused.
To give some context: I'm in physical therapy for the third time in just over a year, and so I have a temporary handicapped parking pass. I got hit by a car as a kid, and the leg didn't quite heal. I can get around okay, but not around campus. I had found out that there was a not-too-well-known rule that nearly all the rules as to what parking lots you could park in are thrown out if you have a handicapped parking pass. This is super helpful. Even if I'm not in a designated spot--usually because they're all full--I still can't be ticketed.
Last week I headed into Parking Services because I'd gotten ticketed. They invalidated the ticket, but I had to wait for Asshole.
Asshole was so sure his ticket was also invalid. But asshole parked on a sidewalk. A police officer was talking to him, he'd caused such a fuss.
His arguments?
A: I had to.
B: I had to because of all the other illegally parked people. (Their illegal parking was being parked for more than thirty minutes.)
C: they were really illegally parked. (HE cited someone who was parked for 1, no 2, no THREE hours!)
D: But I really had to.
E: Please pity me, for I was hungry and cold.
F: But I waited so long before I resorted to parking on the sidewalk! (Five minutes.)
G: But what about Campus Maintenance Vehicles? Can they park on the sidewalk?
H: Repeat A-G.
He finally left.
Today I left class and saw someone in a handicapped parking space, gesticulating wildly. There was a tow truck, a parking services truck, and a police car. Just as I got in my car, two more police cars joined, blocking me in. I didn't get to see more, as one of the police officers figured out I was there and moved so I could leave. But I was just impressed at the ruckus she'd caused.
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