July 17, 2004

The Parking Meter Fairy has a lavender-coloured tutu, a pink curly wig, his name is Xavier, and he wears a mask. Plus he rollerblades. And you thought your job was tough.

While working, he surfs the internet. This is why we add "NSFW" on some links, so the Parking Meter Fairy won't get a hard-on. Do you understand the words comin' out of my keyboaaaard??

posted by Nostrildamus 20 years ago
  • I'm suprised the law let's him do this. I live in Ames, Iowa, and a nice old woman here got charged with interfering with police business or some such for adding money to people's parking meters.
  • I'll sometimes randomly put a quarter in the meter of a car when a parking meter attendant pulls up ready to give them a ticket. Their reactions vary from a shoulder shrug to a dirty look, but that's all.
  • Barring general grudges against parking meter attendants, one must weigh the kindness to the motorist by helping them dodge a ticket against kindness to the attendant by helping them reach their quota (assuming there is a quota). For me the motorist has an slight edge because, well, screw quotas.
  • Isn't this kinda like some Jackass sketch? Which came first?
  • Are the police in Ames really that bored?
  • Are the police in Ames really that bored? I couldn't even begin to convey ...
  • Mercy, how could you be BORED with THAT dancing around?
  • BLEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUIUUUUGH!!! Um.. didja hear that sound? In your head? Did those symbols create an experience of reality inside your brainpan? Ok. Maybe not. It's pretty hard. Think. Use your imagination. Read the next bit and imagine you are hearing a radio broadcast of a crazy man screamin'. Listen: BLEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUIUUUUGH!!! That's me. Understand?
  • Here in Chicago, the parking extortion racket is very aggressive. Sometimes in the Loop, they assign an enforcer every couple of blocks to make sure you aren't parked for more than an hour (unless you have a policehat headband on your dashboard). Option B, pay a political crony's parking garage $20+ dollars. What we need here is a parking meter trunk monkey who beat attendants silly if they approach your car. Funny thing how there's always plenty of money for parking enforcement, but when someone complains about the local murder rate, the police hold a press conference to explain how they lack the resources and people to do the job.
  • Nostril: best primal scream I've heard since the '70s.
  • Some Xtian outfit near here used to do this, and then leave a little calling card for you under your windshield wiper. "One ticket avoided thanks to the Hairy Armpit Xtian Lady's Association" or whatever. They got shut down.
  • That's strange to me. I understand why the city would be opposed to it, since they get more money from the tickets, but still. Let people be nice, fer pete's sake.
  • My mother is a parking warden (no booing!) and every Christmas she and her co-workers go around putting coins in the meters. Apparently it's a big enough deal that every year they wind up on TV.