156. The New “No Parking” Sign
It was noon
Wednesday. “That’s not fair.
’s not right,” Mel told
. He parked his car
night. He parked his
on the street. “Look.
pole is in fresh
,” he said. “The cement
still wet.” It was
new parking sign. It
, “No Parking 9:30AM-11AM Wednesday.”
old parking sign was
. The old sign had
, “No Parking 1PM-2:30PM Wednesday.” “
neighbors and I park
this street,” said Mel. “
know that we can’t
here from 1:00 to
:30 p.m. But early this
they changed the sign.
they warn us? Did
say anything to us?
, but they told parking
! Parking enforcement wrote 25
this morning! Twenty-five tickets!
counted them! Each ticket
$48. We were all
to move our cars
1:00. Now it’s too
. Why didn’t they warn
?”
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