Wow, so here’s the thing. You know how everybody’s always going on about parking problems in L.A.? Like, talk about a headache. Thanks to whoever wrote that article about parking madness — seriously, “Coins? Cards? Apps?” What even is this hellscape of options? Anyway, I’m one of those people who’s always got a roll of quarters rattling around in my car. Yeah, I know, old-school, but it saves me from juggling a million apps for tiny amounts.
But listen, there’s this thing they totally glossed over. Parking meters! I mean, come on, half the time, the screens are so faded you need a magnifying glass. And don’t get me started on those cloudy, scratched-up ones — even on a sunny day, you can’t see squat. How hard is it to fix these things? Seriously, city of L.A., time for a makeover on those meters.
Okay, hold up.
Someone else wrote in, and they were really onto something. Talk about annoying! Imagine this: your phone’s dead, or maybe your payment just won’t go through, and boom — $63 for five minutes of parking. For real? And to top it off, you need to squint at some corroded screen to make it happen. Unreal.
It got me thinking about where we’re headed. Like, are we gonna need apps for everything? What if there’s a 911 app? “Press 1 if your house is on fire, press 2 if you’re getting mugged” — jeez, by the time you press 63, half the block’s already a giant gas leak disaster. Wild times we live in, right?
Ken, thanks for the mental image. Really stuck with me.
