This morning, here’s what I found when I came to work . . .
When I drove up, a City of Madison truck was just finishing trimming all the trees (except one) on Few Street. I pulled up to park and saw signs saying I couldn’t park there,
so I park in a different spot looked around for more signs. There were none.
I get out of my car, go in the building and get ready to start my day. And then I noticed I didn’t have my power cord for my laptop, so I quick ran home and grabbed it. In the process, I took a closer look at the signs.
First I think, what kind of notice is that? Then I started thinking, those signs weren’t there yesterday when I was at the building. And so the cars parked there had no chance of complying with the signs if they’ve been parked there the whole time. So then I wonder, when does the City start giving tickets based on the signs that don’t really give good notice and just popped up.
Worse yet, can they give a ticket based on a sign that is facing the wrong way?
Sometimes, it tough to defend “the City” when stupid things like this happen. And even worse, if I get involved I’m micromanaging. Or asking for favors. Or just generally interfering where I shouldn’t be. Hmmm, what to do? Close my eyes and hope no one complains to me? Or do something about it and just be a pain to some poor city employee?
