Parking
A guy had been unemployed for several months and unable to find a job. After numerous applications, he was finally invited to a downtown business for a job interview. Upon arriving downtown, he was unable to find a parking spot near the building where he needed to go. Thinking that someone parked along the curb near the building where he needed to go would surely be leaving soon, he circled the block. After 20 minutes of pure frustration in not finding a parking spot he decided to park at a red curb, rather than be late for his interview. Prior to leaving his car, he wrote this note and placed it on the windshield: Dear Officer, I have been driving around this block for twenty minutes. If I don't do this it means my job. FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS!!! The man proceeded into the building where the interview went really well. Upon returning to his car, he noticed a parking ticket on the windshield. Next to the ticket was a note that read: Dear Sir, I have been driving around this block for twenty years. If I don't do this it means my job. LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION !!!
Originally published November 14, 2002.
