I am a HUGE fan of putting money into other people’s parking meters around the courthouse in my city. There is no parking garage or unmetered parking and so sadly we constantly have to run out of the courthouse to drop more change into a meter so the meter maid won’t give us the dreaded ticket. It is funny because while I do it I constantly say “Meter Fairy”. I have had to spend some time there recently because my son’s girlfriend has had to go to court 3 times a week and I notice how many meters run out of time. It just gives me a happy feeling knowing that I have managed to buck the system and help just one person! Random acts of kindness are the best!!! 16 months ago
It is a simple act that does not cost much at all. 19 months ago
How I did it: It was actually an accident, but I felt good about doing it afterward. I intended to put money into my meter, but ended up putting change into the meter of the car next to mine. Read how I did it… 2 years ago
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it was in Ithaca, NY and the meter maid was coming down this street. I noticed that almost all of the cars on this hill had no money in their meters. I got up to the meter maid and paid the one in front of her. she smiled, stopped and turned around and said she wouldn’t give tickets to the rest of the street.
:) 3 years ago
What goes around comes around 4 years ago
fill up the parking meter before and right before I leave. 4 years ago
Doing a small anonymous kindness from time to time makes me feel good. Sometimes a nickle is the difference in ticket vs. no ticket. 4 years ago
SO i acomplished this last sunday May 6th. We went to a concert :)
and when we parked by the meters i noticecd the person next to us had just a few minutes left so i dropped in some coins :) 4 years ago
home of the 2 cent minute. Parking meters in downtown charge 25 cents for 12 minutes with a 2 hour max. It feels so good to walk down the street with a few bucks in quarters and keep the meter maids from their ticket quotas. 4 years ago
I love putting change in other peoples meters! what ever it takes to make someones day or help someone out. Sometime when i have alot of extra change i should go on a daylong mission jjust to do that. 5 years ago
yeah i haven’t been around parking meters in a very long time, i need to visit downtown more often 5 years ago
2 be a meter fairy!! 5 years ago
