Panoramic Window View of Downtown Los Angeles on January 10th 2019, Vol. 24: First visit for new year and LADOT gets to take my munnies away.
It's my first time here for 2019. I parked in the alley the same way we always do, and I got a ticket. It's gonna cost $68.
Driving your own vehicle for work is just a bad idea in LA.
After this paragraph, stop reading, skim through the pretty stuff, and then tell your employer that you want a work vehicle. Tell your employer that you deserve a work vehicle and that you are fully capable of continuing the same responsibility you've already been practicing. Rally your coworkers and talk about your hourly rates. Rally together to get vehicles for those with travel expenses.
Obviously, a grateful employer would say to you, "Yes! That is a great idea. I'm sorry! I've been such a dildo... you shouldn't need to ask! What is this world coming too? You wouldn't even be on the road if it wasn't for these tasks. Lets make this a more equitable relationship. Why should you pay for reasonable uncontrollable damages to the work vehicle? Let's just give you an appropriate vehicle and create a tracking system. Transparency is best and I'm already good at practicing intermittent transparency in other aspect of our industry. Thanks for the idea."
My day's short story begins:
I'm was asked to run an errand to the fashion district. I chose to leave at a good time so that traffic would not be too bad. Car keys, hat, and SoCalSteemit sticker are ready for action!
Maybe my lucky @SoCalSteemit sticker helped with traffic conditions?!
I took my a street path and stumbled upon a radar gun and a motorcycle police officer or two. They were issuing traffic tickets. I guess they know of many people take these side-streets to get to work in Downtown LA. The sight of police in this area seems a little peculiar/different, but I'm not usually though here at this time of the day so I don't think much of it. I also dgaf because I'm not speeding. I drive on. Check out the US Bank Tower. It's an icon.
Eventually, I arrive and I park in the alley in the same way that my boss and I have been doing for years. My elevator takes a while to arrive, so I take this panoramic shot below:
I like how I used the opening of the garage as a frame. Gotta look for more photo opportunities like this. (Dark inside edge with a sunny subject in back.)
The elevator ride takes too long. I use the bathroom and make the delivery. That sounded funny but it's not a peepee-kaka joke.
Delivery is done. All is well, conversation is fun, but all the small delays make me nervous for my car parked in the alley. Tangents nip at my heals, but I make my way to our famous window/door.
I open it and look down at the alley. Nope, not a LADOT (meter maid/tax man/mob) on bike in sight. Looks clear, I can probably relax a little... I'll make a zombie hand GIF!
That was scary, but all is well. Time for the money shot:
After taking my signature, multi-million dollar panoramic picture, I jump in the elevator. Seriously, I do that. Jump up and down in the elevator while it's moving, it's fun.
Speaking of random... take look at these other shots and crops n stuff:
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Time to go...
It all probably looked like a movie. My face and emotion was authentic. Imagine a scene in a mobster move where the camera is focused on the drier's face. We see the driver's face go from normal happy guy to "oh carp, there is a bomb in my boot?"
I was staring at a weird envelope with a red ticket sticking out. I shouted "WHAT THE F#CK!" to make my tender little bass player hand transform into the Incredible Hulk's hand. It rips the ticket from the windshield and birds on the roof tops take flight...
The End
Parking sucks in DTLA.
Why would I spend my money in this place? It's complicated if you not a tourist. I've ranted on about the parking situation before. It's costs $300 a month for a business owners employees to park in the lot you see in the images above. Maybe I should be happy people are willing to charge members of the fashion industry.
Yes, my hazard lights were on. LADOT doesn't care and hazard light don't really make anyone exempt from the laws. I knew that though. I think the normal security guards that know me have put in a good word for me previous times the ticket guy rode by in the past. Today there was a new security guard that I have never seen before. He doesn't know me yet. It's also the first of the year. Maybe that's why I saw the motorcycle police.
NEXT:
"Panoramic Window View of Downtown Los Angeles on January 16th 2019, Vol 25: It’s raining and the DTLA bubble seems smaller."
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I didn't know Marc was on Steemit! That's good to see.
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Lol, some people get all rankled when i jump up and down in the elevator.
I call it my elevator dance, but they called it lunacy.
Jury is still out, i guess.
Ah ha! I knew I wasn’t alone.
I call it fun! I’m always curious to feel the different bounce/slack in the various elevators I’ve “danced” in.
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Lol, i figure the odds of exceeding any safety margins are low.
They make those things with flex for a reason.
Doesn't stop the wussies from crying, though.
True, they usually make elevators capable of holding lots of weight. (Service elevators can hold more weight.) Tell those wussies and their little micro-expressions of betrayal that an alarm would sound if the weight limit was exceeded. Say, “Don’t worry, an alarm will tell you if we’re falling!”
It’s most scary for me when the elevator only holds 4-5 people, looks like it’s from the 80’s, and resides in a building from the 50’s.
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I once was in a building that had two man elevators with no doors, just hop in, hop off.
I didn't dance in that one,...
I'd bet it is still there, but good luck getting to it without showing some papers.
Yikes, that sounds scary as it is. I could probably be convinced to jump up and down in that one though.
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This is one, but the one i rode was from the 30s.
Those look kinda nice. I’ll jump in one.
Maybe they started putting doors in the elevators because of people jumping in and out.
Nice image.
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