Today, I parked my car, went to pay for my spot, and returned to my car only to find a parking violation ticket tucked under the windshield wipers. This all happened in less than a minute. FML
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Today, I went to city hall to pay for a parking ticket. After returning to my truck, I found a parking ticket on my window. FML
Today, I found a parking ticket on my car. Out of five cars who were in violation of the same infraction, I was the only one who received a ticket. FML
Today, I got a parking ticket while standing beside my car. FML
Today, I went to contest a parking ticket in court. I came out 3 hours later, all charges clear, to a new parking ticket on my windshield, for the same amount I just got cleared. FML
Today, I was looking for a parking spot and finally found one. Trying to figure out if the spot was legal, I asked a cop that had pulled up. He said it was fine. I came back 3 hours later to a parking ticket. FML
Today, I gave my friend a ride to town so she wouldn't have to pay the $10 to park. While waiting to pick her up, I grabbed a bite to eat. Upon returning to my car, I found a $55 parking ticket on my windshield. FML
Today, I went downtown to pay my speeding ticket. After standing in line and arguing with a rude woman behind the desk, I get back to my car only to find an expired meter and a parking ticket. I got a ticket while paying my ticket. FML
Today, I went to my car to discover a note on the windshield from the city telling me that they had hit my car. On top of that note was a parking ticket, also from the city. FML
Today, I got a parking ticket while I was in the car. I didn't even notice it happen. Ninja cops do exist. FML
Today, I got a speeding ticket. I wrote a check, and on the way to deposit my fine, I got another one. I put both fines in a box down town, and I turned around to see a cop putting a parking ticket under my wind-shield wiper. FML
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Top comments
dariella 18
I'm pretty sure you can get an appeal under your circumstance. My friend had a similar situation and was able to get away without paying the ticket.
lemonadestand 7
That is a quick ticket officer. I wonder if they were just waiting for you to leave your car before they ambushed you with a ticket.
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Comments (58)
Rammynoodles 2
Contest it. You will win.
gotbeer 7
stop parking where you are not supposed to
Limeila 10
Are you stupid?
doLLe 21
Learn to read...
worldclassrager 41
That should be easily cleared up...
guttedbrit 26
surely there's cameras on the premises? appeal and ask them to watch the footage if need be, maybe then they'll believe you!
inolongercare 19
Maybe you could go to the parking attendant and let them know what happened. I am sure they will let it go
Jryan952015 7
The ticket person is suppose to look and make sure no one is at the meter paying to park you should be able to fight it and I think your suppose to get like 5 min to pay for parking
queenklutzhere 6
i had a friend that just had this happen.
theamazingd 17
I work at parking at my school, and the way we check the payed visitor spots is that we print out a report from the ticket machine. That said, there's a good chunk of time in which we're out checking on the spots the machine says are unpaid for, and it's totally possible that someone can pull in and go pay while we're still working on that list. So, it's possible that that sort of thing happened to you, OP. As some other folks pointed out, you should keep your parking receipt and ticket and take the two to whomever is responsible for parking where you are, and appeal it.
lordgimp 6
If you're serious about the whole incident being under a minute, then you're fine. I was ticketed at my local college once, but i had already bought a parking pass. Took the ticket and the pass to administration, they looked at the times on the pass and the ticket, and i never saw that ticket again.