[at-l] Horror tail about parking was Re: Something or other...

[gaurkt@hotmail.com (Ronald Tilkens (AT section hiker))]

Makes me think of what a recent boss told me, "no good
deed goes unpunished"
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Neal" <nealb@midlandstech.com>
To: "AT-Mailing list (E-mail)" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 1:27 PM
Subject: [at-l] Horror tail about parking was Re: Something or other...


> Blame this on it being a Friday...
>
> I was running around Charlotte, N.C. picking up odds & ends for my "Summer
> of Hiking".  Realized I was running low on gas.  Pulled into a
> "in-convenience" store.  Just as I was leaving, saw a lady pull away from
> another island with her pocketbook on the roof.  Tried to catch up with
her.
> Her pocketbook fell off.  Picked it up & continued down the road.  Caught
up
> with her after she parked in a small strip mall.  No parking spaces left
> except...  So I parked there; after all, all I was going to do was run in
> and give her the pocketbook.  Came back out and had a $200 TICKET!  GASP!
> After picking up some odds & ends and a good pair of boots (and a few
> bottles of GUINESS), I felt better.  Next time, I'll mail the thing back.
>
> Guess the Fates don't like people who "hike" to the beat of a different
> drummer.
>
> William, The TGIF Turtle
>
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