Pay Station Parking Is the Devil!

I am not a fan.  I know, it seems so much more convenient, no more need for quarters! And let's face it, most of don't use cash anymore and hardly ever have quarters.  I rarely have them.  But when I do I like to walk down a street and put some in expired meters.  It's a random act of kindness and a way to stick it to the man.  I really love doing it when I see a meter maid on the other side of the street!  I've been known to cross the street and walk ahead of them.  (True story, I was once told by a meter maid I was not allowed to do it and threatened with a ticket.  I did it anyway, turns out there is no ticket they can write, ha ha!  Take that!)

AND don't make a mistake when you're paying, because you'll get double charged.  Found that one out yesterday.  I meant to add time to my meter but hit the accept button instead so I had to start over again.  The thing is, it didn't register the dollar I had already put on it, so I paid that dollar twice!

AND it's a dollar minimum if you're using a card.  What if I only need 15 minutes (which is a quarter), I'm screwed! I have to pay for 45 minutes I know I'm not using because I didn't have any quarters on me anyway. I'm being overcharged for convenience and they know they got me by the short and curlies!

AND let's say you overpay.  No more surprise for the next person when they pull into your recently vacated spot and find an hour still on the meter!  Bastards!

Those damn pay stations are sprouting up everywhere.  How am I supposed to be nice to people if one of my favorite outlets is gone.  Seriously!  It's not like I want to be nice in a way where I get caught.  I don't like getting caught.  I like being nice when nobody but me knows it.  These things are ruining my happiness.  

Guess I'll just randomly put scratchy game tickets on cars that got parking tickets, of course those are a dollar, not a quarter.  My sneaky random acts just got more expensive.  At least that way they might win enough money to pay for it.  Take that!  You will not beat me down!  I will find a way to screw you meter maids yet!  (and yes, I like saying meter maids.  It pisses them off and their tickets piss me off, turn about it fair play.)