I Choose Indy!

So I parked on College Ave in Broadripple for lunch one day. Since the meter was jammed, I couldn’t get my quarters into the slot. The display showed a yellow violation flag, but I figured, hey, it’s jammed. I would have paid, but I couldn’t.

So I took my chances.

After emerging from lunch with a belly full of sushi, I find a TWENTY DOLLAR TICKET on my windshield. Pretty steep penalty for a 25-cent meter.

Reading the ticket I find out that if I want to contest the ticket I would have to go to the city / county building and request an administrative hearing. (It’s like I got sued for $20. It’s not worth the effort to go to court, so I am forced to pay).

Anyway. I took a risk and I lost. So I’m (pretty much) OK with paying for my own mistake.

So I take a quick look at the ticket and see, happily, that I can pay on-line. After delaying the invevitable for a couple days (mainly on principle) I brought the ticket to my desk so that I could go on-line and pay. Come to find out they don’t take American Express. Not a huge surprise, but at $20 I figure the City can afford to pay an extra point so that I can choose my method of payment. No such luck.

Problem is, I don’t carry my credit cards with me to work. I have my AmEx number memorized, but now I would need a Mastercard, so I’d be forced to pay the ticket another time.

I got the ticket on (10/12). Today is (10/30). What I didn’t realize is that the price doubles after 7 days. And they add $1.82 “access charge” on top of that.

I paid the ticket. It’s my own darn fault, but if there could have been someone to call on the day I got the ticket…if I felt like there might be someone who would at least listen to my story…even if that person told me, the law’s the law, you still gotta pay…maybe I wouldn’t feel the way I do.

Do I need to tell you how frustrated I am right now?