Fined!
December 6th 2007 02:11
When it comes to paying fines, most of us take this matter seriously and so return our DVDs on time and don't park in the disabled spots illegally. Still, there are times when even the most brilliant of us slip up and have to shell out for not sticking to the conditions of a transaction.
The most severe of these seem to be parking fines and although that means we avoid over staying our welcome in a parking spot like the plague, there still are incidents that leave the most weathered of drivers scratching their heads.
In the case of Subject A, a car park was sought and found with no indication of parking time or requirement restrictions. This surely meant that it was safe to park there for as long as one pleased and not be in possession of any movement restricting condition. Naturally, you can imagine this subject's surprise the next day when they parked in the same spot, returned to their car and found a notice under their windscreen wiper saying they had parked in a disabled parking space. Where was the sign to indicate this? We are still searching for it.
So where else does our hard earned money get to? Well if you collect late fees chances are, you have a rather large nest egg due to items not being returned on time. What makes returning items by 7pm a week after they have been borrowed difficult it utterly beyond me but it seems that I am in the minority. These fines can range from 5 cents for a library book one day overdue to a $12 fine for a DVD returned 2 days after it was meant to be returned. Whatever the price tag, it seems a fair bit of our hard earned cash is going down the toilet due to our inability to get things done before deadlines which leads to us taking resources hostage.
So far most of my guinea pigs have managed to steer clear of legal fines but I must warn you that such things do exist and that you'd do well to obey the law if you know what's good for you. Obvious although that may sound, it also seems obvious to return borrowed goods on time but I don’t see too many of you taking notice of that.
The most severe of these seem to be parking fines and although that means we avoid over staying our welcome in a parking spot like the plague, there still are incidents that leave the most weathered of drivers scratching their heads.
In the case of Subject A, a car park was sought and found with no indication of parking time or requirement restrictions. This surely meant that it was safe to park there for as long as one pleased and not be in possession of any movement restricting condition. Naturally, you can imagine this subject's surprise the next day when they parked in the same spot, returned to their car and found a notice under their windscreen wiper saying they had parked in a disabled parking space. Where was the sign to indicate this? We are still searching for it.
So where else does our hard earned money get to? Well if you collect late fees chances are, you have a rather large nest egg due to items not being returned on time. What makes returning items by 7pm a week after they have been borrowed difficult it utterly beyond me but it seems that I am in the minority. These fines can range from 5 cents for a library book one day overdue to a $12 fine for a DVD returned 2 days after it was meant to be returned. Whatever the price tag, it seems a fair bit of our hard earned cash is going down the toilet due to our inability to get things done before deadlines which leads to us taking resources hostage.
So far most of my guinea pigs have managed to steer clear of legal fines but I must warn you that such things do exist and that you'd do well to obey the law if you know what's good for you. Obvious although that may sound, it also seems obvious to return borrowed goods on time but I don’t see too many of you taking notice of that.
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