I tried to pay...

a parking ticket i got in july today, (i procrastinate more than most people) again. i went to pay it about a month ago and was steered to building after building. i finally found someone who would take it, but then a few days later i got it back in the mail saying i turned it into the wrong place. so today i finally got around to trying to pay it again. when the ticket was sent back to me in the mail ther was a sheet of paper that gave me a building to go to, to pay. i went there. i gave the ticket to a lady and she said i needed to bring it somewhere else. i instantly got pissed because that's exactly what happened to me last time i tried to pay it. i showed her the slip that said it was in fact to her, where i was supposed to bring it. apparently she didn't believe it so she sent me to another building i had already been to. i just took the ticket and went there again. when i got there it was the county judicial building. a security guard and a metal detector met me at the entrance.
"i can't let you in the building with that cell phone." the guard said.
"alright"
so i put my phone and ipod on a ledge outside the door. then i preceded to go back and forth through the fricken' metal detector four or five times.
"all this to pay a parking ticket" i said.
"don't get a ticket next time" the guard said.
I was this close --- to headbutting the bastard. what a prick.
anyway, i went up to the front counter and gave a lady my ticket.
"oh, you need to go to city hall to pay this" she said.
"no," i told her "i've been there already. twice. and i've been to three other places. i was told to pay it here. take my check."
"let's see" she said "how much is it for?"
"thirty bucks," i said.
"thirty bucks. we dont' even need thirty bucks" she said under her breath.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! THEN GIVE ME THE DAMN TICKET. I NEED THE THIRTY BUCKS!!
now, honestly, who would say that?
"well let me check again," she said.
"ok"
she typed on the keyboard for a minute then said.
"well, it looks like you actually owe thirty TWO dollars. do you have another two dollars on you?"
now, here's where i lost it. she just told said they don't even want to take the thirty bucks and now she's bitching about TWO FUCKING DOLLARS!!! i can't even think it anymore. it just makes me mad. so anyway, i took back the ticket and left. it might be another few months before i try to pay that damn thing again. to hell with paying parking tickets in this damn city.

on a lighter note, i bought some boxed wine two nights ago and it's delicious. i really like boxed wine. god bless boxed wine.