So I live in Oakland, and I'm in grad school full-time. Most of my days run until 4pm and start at 8, so there really is no way for me to get down there to renew this damn sticker. Fine.
My landlord asked me to park on the street because her cleaning person was coming and needed the driveway. She gave me her visitor's pass. Great.
I come out of the house, and this lady is walking toward my car, which is right in front of the house. I think nothing of it. I'm beside the car and she starts writing a ticket.
me: Whoa! This is my car! Why am I getting a ticket?
PPA**: Bcz your sticker's expired.
me: But I have a visitor's pass.
PPA**: Well you can't do that!!
me: Really? Where does it say that?
PPA**: Look! Dem's the rules! If you want to know where they are you need to call PPA, don't ask me!
I have had my share of tickets in the past, I've contested them and won almost all of them because I find that people often quote laws that don't exist to justify the ticket. I don't think it's too much to ask where a rule is written if you're going to quote it. But fine, whatever.
My issue is 1) I'm beside the car with my keys out. Why write the ticket? 2) Why do you have to be such a b****?! 3) Why isn't there a way to renew this damn sticker without having to skip school/work to do it? You're going to save my parking space while I'm at work/school, but I have to skip work/ school to get the parking permit. :-/
Well, that's my review. It may not be 100% fair,I may well be in the wrong, but you know, as crappy as this authority is, as inconvenient as they make obtaining a permit, and as nasty as the workers are...they really don't deserve more than 1 star.