What’s the worst that could happen?
Answer: A $40 citation.
As one of my co-workers said to me, “They’ll get you sometime man, they’ll get you, I promise. A car in the city? They’ll find a way to nail you.”
I gave my typical defensive reply, “Yeah right, I’m more on the ball than that. I can beat the man. I’m not going to get a street sweeping ticket. I read the signs. I move my car in time.”
What did I find on my car this morning? A $40 citation from the city of San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic, labeled TC37C STREET CLEANING VIOLATION. Woops. I thought that sign said “Friday, 12noon – 2pm”, but it really said “Wednesday, 12noon – 2pm”.
It would seem that the city has given me a little new year’s gift of it’s own for my absent mindedness.