Just a Victim

Tonight, I went to Dixie Rose to meet some friends and make an appointment.  I met Marc at work and then took the Vespa down while he took the kids home. I pulled into the parking lot for a neighboring business.  I thought that by parking on the very far edge and not taking up a space, this would be satisfactory.  There was another gentleman just loitering in his car. I did see the signs, but did not feel that I was really 'parking.' After all, I was driving an unregistered vehicle because it is not required by law.  Kind of like locking my bike up, did not feel that I was unjust.

Twenty minutes later, a woman walked into Dixie Rose to inform all of us that whomever was driving the scooter had been booted. For a brief second, I thought it had to be a mistake. I went outside, and there was the guy from Sierra Booting with his machine asking whether I wanted to pay cash or debit. Yep, the same guy that had watched me pull into the parking lot, park, and walk away. I felt ambushed. What was I supposed to do?  I had to pay it.

I was livid. I tried talking to the guy, who had no interest in anything that I had to say. There was no argument.  Even upon talking to a guy in another vehicle, I was told that i was in the wrong and there was nothing to be done.  Poor guy, he had been called from Sam's Club to drive his big gas guzzling vehicle down just to bring the right kind of lock for the scooter.  Even after asking about the 10 minute grace, I was told that he had cell phone records of when he had been called away from Sam's Slub.  Get this, the fine was $90!!! Can you even imagine?  Having your son sit in the busy lot, booting cars all day? I am surprised to see that a business address that I found was an apartment off of Grand Summit.

I talked with a business owner next door to where I had been . He said that they sit in the lot and wait for people to park there, especially at lunch due to a successful, busy restaraunt nearby.  Predators.  That is exactly what they are. There needs to be some regulation. Whyy can't the business be responsible and call when there are people parked in their lot?  I'm appalled that a local business would associate with such scum.