So today I’ve got two crews working with me down in DC on E St near Verizon center. We get there at 6am and find three spots right in front of our job-site loading dock Alley. Paid parking starts at 7am. I note the zone and space mumbers and go up to the jobsite. At 6:55ish I use my phone to pay for both trucks and my car for 2hrs.
At about 8:50 so one crew is finished. The first truck pulls out and my other guys move up one space so we can unload their van. I pay for parking in the new spot for 3hrs on the app. I take my car to go grab coffee for the crew and come back to find them just finishing up unloading and park directly behind them. I pay for parking using the app fir my car.
15min later I help one of my guys go back down and grab some tools and supplies. I see a woman taking photos of my cars plate and then the van. I ask her whats up. She says she is writing tickets for parking over two hours.
I start getting into a pissing match with her and say that I actually left and came back to find the space empty and the other van has only been parked in this spot for 30min and proceed to show her my phone receipt. She replies that two hour parking means you cannot park in the same “zone for more than 2hrs not the same spot” and “that we should have parked across the street”.
So I totally lose my cool and say WTF are you talking about. There is no sign that says thus and the DC parking app doesn’t warn you or restrict you from parking as we did. She replies “there is no sign saying you can come back to the same spot either so why did you do that”. She actually said that.
She then says that she is not going to take any more harassment from me and If I have a problem I can take it up with the magistrate.
*** wait there’s more***
After that job I have a meeting at another site on U st. I pay for 2hrs parking. We finish up a few minutes early and I walk to my car with the GC to give him some drawings and samples. We are chit-chatting at the back of my car with the rear hatch up. I see out of the corner of my eye another traffic enforcement person scanning my tag and before I could get to the front of my car she slips the ticket under my wiper.
I swear if I ever ever get a job that is being paid for by the DC govt and they make a mistake or need a change order I’m getting my money from today back!
At about 8:50 so one crew is finished. The first truck pulls out and my other guys move up one space so we can unload their van. I pay for parking in the new spot for 3hrs on the app. I take my car to go grab coffee for the crew and come back to find them just finishing up unloading and park directly behind them. I pay for parking using the app fir my car.
15min later I help one of my guys go back down and grab some tools and supplies. I see a woman taking photos of my cars plate and then the van. I ask her whats up. She says she is writing tickets for parking over two hours.
I start getting into a pissing match with her and say that I actually left and came back to find the space empty and the other van has only been parked in this spot for 30min and proceed to show her my phone receipt. She replies that two hour parking means you cannot park in the same “zone for more than 2hrs not the same spot” and “that we should have parked across the street”.
So I totally lose my cool and say WTF are you talking about. There is no sign that says thus and the DC parking app doesn’t warn you or restrict you from parking as we did. She replies “there is no sign saying you can come back to the same spot either so why did you do that”. She actually said that.
She then says that she is not going to take any more harassment from me and If I have a problem I can take it up with the magistrate.
*** wait there’s more***
After that job I have a meeting at another site on U st. I pay for 2hrs parking. We finish up a few minutes early and I walk to my car with the GC to give him some drawings and samples. We are chit-chatting at the back of my car with the rear hatch up. I see out of the corner of my eye another traffic enforcement person scanning my tag and before I could get to the front of my car she slips the ticket under my wiper.
I swear if I ever ever get a job that is being paid for by the DC govt and they make a mistake or need a change order I’m getting my money from today back!