I was walking down Third Street
Saturday afternoon when I saw someone break the law.
It wasn't a big deal, and the only
reason I bring it up is that I'm still trying to decide if I
should've said something to the person violating the law. It wasn't
a gross violation of any civic code, unless you consider illegal
parking a gross violation of a civic code, but I'm still wondering if
I should have brought it up.
I was walking down Third right by The
Pasta Shoppe doing some recon work for my upcoming “Third Street:
Day & Night” tour when I noticed a guy in a car pulling up to
park. There were two empty parking spaces and a sign that said “No
Parking Here To Corner” before you get to the corner of the street.
Well, the guy in the car skipped over the two empty parking spaces,
went passed the sign that said not to park anywhere else, and parked
his car between the “No Parking Here To Corner” sign and the
corner.
Clearly, he was illegally parked.
As he got out of his car, I thought
about mentioning his illegal parking to him, if only to make sure
that he didn't come back from wherever he went to find a ticket on
his windshield. I know that if I was parked like that, I'd want
someone to point out my mistake to me. After all, if given a choice
between someone pointing out a mistake I made and me having to pay a
fine, I'd take the mistake any day of the week.
So like I said, I was going to point
out the mistake to him. The only thing is, he was getting out of the
car with a woman. That in itself would've have stopped me from
pointing out his mistake. But as he and the woman were getting out
of the car they were having some rather pointed words with each
other, and I got the feeling that they didn't want to me interrupted,
especially by someone telling them they had done something wrong.
They walked over to Stuckos, I continued down the street, and that
was the last I saw of them.
Now, I have no idea why they were
having pointed words with each other. I have no idea if, when they
walked out of Stuckos, there was a parking ticket on their car. And
I have no idea how a parking ticket would've impacted on upon the
mood they were both in when they left the car. Like I said, I didn't
want to interrupt that “mood” and make it worse by telling them
they had made a mistake. But then, maybe if I had, I would've spared
that “mood” from becoming even worse when they left the
restaurant to find a parking ticket on their car.
See why I'm still wondering if I
should've said something?
I really don't like getting involved
with other people's business; after all, I enjoy my privacy as much
as anyone else, and do appreciate it when others keep to themselves.
But as I mentioned, I would like to know if I had done something that
could lead to a ticket or some other bout of trouble, no matter what
mood I was in. After all, even if you're bummed about something,
you'll probably be even more bummed if you walk out to find a parking
ticket on your car.
You know, people are always joking that
they see me (and Loraine) walking everywhere, commenting about how we
must get a lot of exercise that way. It's true; we do. But as you
see, walking everyone can also bring up a situation or two you'd
never get yourself into by staying off the sidewalk.
Ah, the things that happen on streets
of Marquette, I tell ya!
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