Remember this story problem? Well, it happened again today.
This morning I got downtown a lot later than normal and I knew it would be hard to find a parking spot in my usual garage, so I went across the street to the "$9 Per Day" lot. I thought to myself as I was walking to my building, "You cannot leave after 6:45 tonight" and reminded myself several times throughout the day.
So at 6:35 when I got an email from a publisher asking me to send over some information I had promised, I decided I could do it quickly before I left. I sent the email, shut everything down and practically ran to the parking garage. I wound my way down 12 levels of parking garage at a speed that was a little on the unsafe side, pulled up to the window, handed the parking attendant (same girl as the last incident) my ticket and held my breath.
$18.34 came up on the screen.
S: How far over was I?
PA: The Early Bird is $9 for 10 hours.
S: Right, but how far over the 10 hours was I?
PA: Let me check...Oh, one minute!
S: One minute.
PA: One minute.
S: Is there ANY way you could just charge me the $9 rate?
She did. And I was happy.
But seriously?! One minute? I think I've learned my lesson.
3 comments:
Lucky duck! NO mercy in my building.
Lucky duck! NO mercy in my building.
1 min is dumb! if i worked there i wouldn't count it at all.
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