Parking meter
This almost sounds like one of those Jeff Foxworthy "you might be a redneck if ..." moments. If you've ever pulled up to a parking meter and paid with a credit card, you might be broke. And plenty of broke is going on in places like the City of Angels, where they're testing out parking meters that take plastic. Pretty pathetic.
What does parking downtown cost in most cities ... like, a quarter or two? Shoot, most joes and jills could find that between the couch cushions. Yet they don't have two nickels to rub together when it comes to carrying cash and need to pay for parking at 18%. What's wrong with this picture, jack?
I'm almost ready to laugh at this one, but I won't. Not having enough change for the meter should alert you to some larger problem, see? If the moolah supply is so low that you don't have coins, maybe you need to make a budget to see where they all go. Simple enough?
What does parking downtown cost in most cities ... like, a quarter or two? Shoot, most joes and jills could find that between the couch cushions. Yet they don't have two nickels to rub together when it comes to carrying cash and need to pay for parking at 18%. What's wrong with this picture, jack?
I'm almost ready to laugh at this one, but I won't. Not having enough change for the meter should alert you to some larger problem, see? If the moolah supply is so low that you don't have coins, maybe you need to make a budget to see where they all go. Simple enough?
1 Comments:
This could be positive in one minor way. Recently on a business trip, I needed to park on the street downtown. It took almost a pocket-full of change to feed the meter for 2 hours; enough to cover dinner. Swiping my check card could have been easier.
What I see happening is that once parking meters take credit cards (or check cards/debit for those of us who don't use credit cards) is that the meter rates will go up.
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