I passed a Walgreens drugstore on the way to work this morning. The Walgreens truck was parked at the curb in front of the store. It was not double-parked.
As employees unloaded supplies from the truck, an NYPD Parking Enforcement officer stopped by and put a ticket on the truck. My first thought was, “Did you not see the people unloading the truck?” I guess that doesn’t matter.
My second thought was, “It’s Christmas Eve! Could you maybe give it a rest for one freaking day? Are they going to withhold your Christmas bonus because you weren’t enough of a hard ass?”
I don’t understand the relationship between delivery vehicles and parking enforcement in the city. I’ve seen UPS and FedEx trucks with stacks of tickets on them. I have heard, but this is not confirmed, that the companies agree to pay the city a certain amount of money every month. The individual tickets aren’t prosecuted. (Who would have the time?) It’s all part of a big game of organized payola. That said, it must stink to be out in cold weather writing meaningless tickets.
A couple of weeks ago, I saw a mail truck with a boot on one tire. I guess the US Post Office must have been late on their payola payment. It was around the time when the federal government was on the verge of another shutdown. I guess the city didn’t want to take any chances.
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