Tuesday, August 21, 2007

No Such Thing As Free Parking

I'll preface this story by saying that the lot I park at near (NOT AT) the BART station charges $6/day for parking. Its my only choice since all other lots fill up before I arrive and monthly BART parking is snatched up faster than I can say "$200 a month to commute to work makes me die a little inside".

Luckily I befriended the parking lot attendant and after months of exchanging pleasantries he started to let me park for free. He's my dad's age and has a very strong dad vibe so I never take this gesture to mean anything but, "hey, you're probably poor, let me help you." Others who have heard me talk about this situation beg to differ.

Today I got dressed, put my $6 in my pocket (never one to be presumptuous) changed clothes after deciding I didn't like my outfit and then ran out the door. When i arrived at the lot I realized that my $6 were in my blazer....on my bed...in my room. I had decided to wear a coat instead of a blazer at the last minute. I figured I'd hit up my homie and all would be well. Except homie wasn't there. At this point it was too late to go to an ATM without being late to work.

I had no choice but to park my car, get on the train and hope I didn't get towed. When I got back to my car in the evening I was very pleased that my car was still where I had left it. And no ticket! Once in my car I noticed a small note on my windshield.

car note

Translated it says, "Hi Dollface. It pleases me to say "hello" even if it isn't in person. Hope you are well. Antonio"

Friendly Father Figure or Creep. Please discuss.

7 comments:

kathy said...

I was leaning towards fatherly figure, but is "dollface" normal?

Annie Wang said...

Hmm, that doesn't sound too creepy, but it's almost there, an arms reach away... I guess the really creepy part is that he knew which car was yours.

Annie Wang said...

goddamn blogger erased my first comment. anyway, the note doesn't sound THAT creepy. the creepy part is he knew which of the grey honda civics was yours.

Miss Jessica said...

A little bit of Column A, a little bit of Column B.

Anonymous said...

ewwwwwww! "MUNEQUITA"!!!

Anonymous said...

Hahahahahaha.

I like the term "dollface". But definitely not in that context.

- kt

Anonymous said...

he wants to get to be the mysterious meat inside my banh mi.