When we pulled up to the first bar last night, we took at shot at finding a parking spot in front since it was raining (and a hurricane was looming). Sure enough, we snagged a metered spot right outside the front door. It was a 2-hour limit, but we didn’t figure on being there that long. We left about two-and-a-half hours later and found a present waiting on my windshield.
I figured, “Sweet! I’m good for the rest of the night, as long as I leave this on my car!”. Yeah…that wasn’t terribly smart. The cops figure, if you’ve already gotten a warning for an expired 2-hour meter, and another couple of hours goes by, you must not have any intention of honoring the meter in the first place. Hence, the second present waiting on my windshield when we left at 2AM.
It was worth it, though – it was a great spot, it was raining when we got there and raining harder when we left, and it would have been $10 to park in the garage several blocks away.