Malicious Compliance

<p>Owning a car can get expensive. The costs of repairs, gas, and parking can add up over time. That&#39;s why car owners do everything they can to save money on their vehicles.</p><h2>On a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MaliciousCompliance/comments/1118q5e/fine_me_a_parking_ticket_when_i_have_proof_of/" target="_blank">popular Reddit thread</a> in the Malicious Compliance Subreddit, one car owner finds a loophole to get free parking.</h2><p>They write:</p><blockquote> <p>This happened the other year when the lockdown was severe. My mate tested positive for covid, so I did the proper thing of canceling my holiday and isolating myself for two weeks. This was right at the start before self-testing was available, so I just followed the guidelines.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>It was a very cold fortnight. So cold that, at some point, the adhesive on my parking permit fell from the windscreen into the foot well. When I finally return to the world, I go to my van and see a parking ticket for the previous night. My van hadn&#39;t moved in two weeks, and the same parking attendant works every day, just following the rules, hit me with a &pound;75 fine.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>I called the company and got them to check their payment record, my &pound;25/month permit was in date, and they have my vehicle details. They told me the rules on the signs were clear, and if you didn&#39;t display a permit, you would receive said fine. No ifs or buts.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I tried to fight it further and further, going nowhere. With my stubbornness, it ended up costing me nearly &pound;200. Then it dawned on me. Why am I still paying for it if they&#39;re not checking a system and just looking for a permit?</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I called up and canceled my monthly renewal and kept hold of the permit. That was about 21 months ago. It&#39;s so bleached from the sun you can hardly make it out. But it&#39;s valid in every way that matters to the parking attendant, and I keep saving an extra &pound;25/month.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Owl_flight/">Owl_flight</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>A friend did something similar. They issued a new paper pass each month. Plain white paper, Black numbers, and the company logo in red. She would toss each one on the dashboard. After a while, she stopped paying and just told them good luck finding the stub for the month. The toll booth operator couldn&#39;t care less and just waived her through, so she didn&#39;t pay for parking for the next 7-8 years she worked there.</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/frisbyterian69/">frisbyterian69</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>While completing my Graduate Certificate, I traveled to Sydney for a week. I decided to ride my motorcycle down. Most of the week, I left the bike parked at my B&amp;B as it was easier to walk to my course. However, on the last day, I rode my bike to the college as I had all my gear packed and ready to head home straight after the class. I parked it in a metered parking lot and went to get a ticket from the machine. A parking cop was sitting on the curb, having a smoke. When he saw me, he told me not to bother getting the ticket as there was no place to display it.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>I walked behind a hedge that separated the parking lot to buy a ticket. He couldn&rsquo;t see me, but I could see him through the hedge. As soon as I was out of sight, he walked up to my bike, got his ticket book out, and started writing a ticket. I quickly ran around the hedge and showed him the ticket I had just bought, which showed the time stamp before he had started writing the ticket. I informed him that I would keep the ticket with me and his name to fight a ticket If I got given one. He was not happy, but what could he do?</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/whomeverwiz/">whomeverwiz</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>I left my car parked downtown after a night at the bars once. The street was 2-hour parking from 8 am - 5 pm. I showed up the next afternoon to find two tickets on my windscreen, issued about two hours apart. After closer inspection, I noticed that the locations listed on the two tickets differed (one said 300 block of 3rd St, the other said 400 block, or something like that). I wrote a letter to the cops, saying that since &#39;my car didn&#39;t move, one of the two tickets must be incorrect and dismissed. Please let me know which one is valid, and I&#39;ll happily pay for it.&#39; Both tickets were dismissed.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>In the immortal words of my very New York friend Tony, &#39;f*ck them before they f*ck you.&#39;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Car owner maliciously complies with ticketing system and saves $500 in parking fees.

Owning a car can get expensive. The costs of repairs, gas, and parking can add up over time. That&#39;s why car owners do everything they can to save money on their vehicles.On a popular Reddit thread in the Malicious Compliance Subreddit, one car owner finds a loophole to get free parking.They write: This happened the other year when the lockdown was severe. My mate tested positive for covid, so I did the proper thing of canceling my holiday and isolating myself for two weeks. This was right at the start before self-testing was available, so I just followed the guidelines.  It was a very cold fortnight. So cold that, at some point, the adhesive on my parking permit fell from the windscreen into the foot well. When I finally return to the world, I go to my van and see a parking ticket for the previous night. My van hadn&#39;t moved in two weeks, and the same parking attendant works every day, just following the rules, hit me with a &pound;75 fine.  I called the company and got them to check their payment record, my &pound;25/month permit was in date, and they have my vehicle details. They told me the rules on the signs were clear, and if you didn&#39;t display a permit, you would receive said fine. No ifs or buts.  I tried to fight it further and further, going nowhere. With my stubbornness, it ended up costing me nearly &pound;200. Then it dawned on me. Why am I still paying for it if they&#39;re not checking a system and just looking for a permit?  I called up and canceled my monthly renewal and kept hold of the permit. That was about 21 months ago. It&#39;s so bleached from the sun you can hardly make it out. But it&#39;s valid in every way that matters to the parking attendant, and I keep saving an extra &pound;25/month. Owl_flight says: A friend did something similar. They issued a new paper pass each month. Plain white paper, Black numbers, and the company logo in red. She would toss each one on the dashboard. After a while, she stopped paying and just told them good luck finding the stub for the month. The toll booth operator couldn&#39;t care less and just waived her through, so she didn&#39;t pay for parking for the next 7-8 years she worked there. frisbyterian69 says: While completing my Graduate Certificate, I traveled to Sydney for a week. I decided to ride my motorcycle down. Most of the week, I left the bike parked at my B&amp;B as it was easier to walk to my course. However, on the last day, I rode my bike to the college as I had all my gear packed and ready to head home straight after the class. I parked it in a metered parking lot and went to get a ticket from the machine. A parking cop was sitting on the curb, having a smoke. When he saw me, he told me not to bother getting the ticket as there was no place to display it.  I walked behind a hedge that separated the parking lot to buy a ticket. He couldn&rsquo;t see me, but I could see him through the hedge. As soon as I was out of sight, he walked up to my bike, got his ticket book out, and started writing a ticket. I quickly ran around the hedge and showed him the ticket I had just bought, which showed the time stamp before he had started writing the ticket. I informed him that I would keep the ticket with me and his name to fight a ticket If I got given one. He was not happy, but what could he do? whomeverwiz says: I left my car parked downtown after a night at the bars once. The street was 2-hour parking from 8 am - 5 pm. I showed up the next afternoon to find two tickets on my windscreen, issued about two hours apart. After closer inspection, I noticed that the locations listed on the two tickets differed (one said 300 block of 3rd St, the other said 400 block, or something like that). I wrote a letter to the cops, saying that since &#39;my car didn&#39;t move, one of the two tickets must be incorrect and dismissed. Please let me know which one is valid, and I&#39;ll happily pay for it.&#39; Both tickets were dismissed. In the immortal words of my very New York friend Tony, &#39;f*ck them before they f*ck you.&#39;

Owning a car can get expensive. The costs of repairs, gas, and parking can add up over time. That&#39;s why car owners do everything they can to save money on their vehicles.  On a popular Reddit thread in the Malicious Compliance...