7:43 p.m. | 2006-01-17 Misdirected Pass. I received my new residential parking pass in the mail recently. See, I’m allowed to park on the street for free as long as I have a permit attached to my rear bumper. Or rather, the rear bumper of my car. My current pass expires at the end of this month; my new pass is good for the next two years. Yesterday, when I left out for the dentist, I decided to go ahead and affix my new permit to my car. I was quite pleased with myself, being on top of everything and all. Anyway, I very carefully placed the permit and spent several moments carefully smoothing out any air bubbles and making sure it was securely attached. Then, I was all set to head for the dentist’s office. Right before I grabbed the door handle of the car, I realized that wasn’t my auto. No. My car was parked two spaces away. The car I affixed the pass to just happened to be the exact same year, make, model and color as mine. Uh oh. I tried, frantically, to peel the permit back off the bumper. To no avail. It was securely attached. By that point, it was time for me to head to the dentist’s office so I did. Once I got back home, I decided to place a note on the randomly permitted car explaining what happened. (Imagine walking out to your car to discover someone had stuck a parking permit to your bumper for no apparent reason.) Today I called MyCity. Here’s that. (MyCity:) Good Morning, MyCity. Parking Division. (CI:) Good Morning. My name is Cruel Irony and I’m a residential permit parker. I recently received my new pass and, uh, I accidentally stuck it to the bumper of someone else’s car. (MC:) No problem. You can get a new permit for a $5.00 fee. You’ll have to come to the office to pick it up though. (CI:) Okay, thanks. However, I’m concerned about the person whose car I stuck my permit to… are they going to get into any kind of trouble? (MC:) Oh, it’s likely they will. But, I can get you a new pass. (CI:) I’ll come get a new pass later. Can you tell me how I can prevent the other person from getting in trouble? I mean, after all, they didn’t do anything; I just randomly stuck a sticker on their bumper. That’s not their fault. (MC:) I can put you through to enforcement. (CI:) Great. Thanks. I went down and picked up my new permit and canceled my old one so the other person won’t get in trouble. This time I’ll be a little bit more careful. your thoughts? seed flower