Gosh, parking attendants in my town are sure in a good mood today. I was heading out of the hospital carpark this morning after a quick doctor’s visit, and the guy at the paybooth solemnly told me, “I can’t take any money from you today… guess our paychecks are going to be short this week!” In the far corners of my mind I heard a drumset go *ba-dum-tish!*

(For those of you who are lucky enough to never have visited our lovely hospital, the first hour’s free)

OK, so while the first hour is free at the hospital, it’s not free at a few of the buildings in downtown Bellevue, and technically the first half hour of parking is $3. I do a little bit of drop-off/pick-up on an infrequent basis around town, and I’m always grateful when they see I’ve only been in the building for 10 minutes, and wave me through (which is what happened today while I was running a couple of errands). Of course, I’m kind of a moral person, so I always expect people to charge me $3 even if I’ve been in there 10 seconds, because “0-30 minutes” is “0-30 minutes”.

So, thanks guys, for making my Friday just a little brighter.

PS: Personal to the woman in the black honda SUV with “baby on board” sticker: if you are driving up to a RED light, and someone in the lane next to you puts their signal on and then changes lanes 2 seconds later, it’s inappropriate to speed up behind them and honk. Asshat.

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