Today Oscar was in town getting some toys for our pre-school/kindergarten classes. He bought a parking ticket from a young guy in the street and stuck it in his window for $0.80. It gave him 1 hour in the toy store he was going to. He wanted some sand toys; pails, shovels, etc. I would be like…hey, let’s look around, what could I buy for Edson, what’s new and interesting, you know, the mom thing…but Oscar went in and came out in 10 minutes.
When he reached the car in front of the store, it had a “cepo” on the tire…a huge “clamp” they put on the tires of cars that are illegally parked. The policemen were still there when Oscar got there since he was only in the store for 10 minutes. He started arguing with the officer that he just bought the ticket, but the officer said that it had yesterday’s date on it. Oscar looked closer and realized that it was true and that the young guy sold him a bad ticket. He started complaining about the corruption in our country and that the young lad probably worked for the police in order to “catch” innocent people, but no arguing would “free” him of his obvious fine. He was at fault even though he really wasn’t.
They charged him a $100 fine for parking without a valid parking ticket (according to them).
Worse yet, he had no money with him! He had to walk for blocks to find an ATM machine (that actually worked) and pay the cops before they would take the “clamp” off. He also had only one hour to do all this or they would tow the car away at HIS EXPENSE!
He finally found an ATM that worked for his card and hurried back to his car. They DID give him a receipt, but it’s just not fair!
5 comments:
I guess he will always look at the date from now on, won't he. So sorry for this difficult experience.
No. it's not- but then life here so often is unfair.
I've given up on expecting it to be.
That is a huge fine!
Life is never fair! Especially when it involves you or someone you know.
Do you think the lad was actually working for the police? What a co-incidence that was, and the timing of it! I would think so, too.
Wait...500mil?! Or did you say $100 like I say an empanada costs like $1.50?
Either way, that's a ton of money for stupidity....
-j
Grrr! That is sooo frustrating! Especially when he fully intended to do the right thing from the beginning!
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