My entire adult life, I’ve heard various people tell me that I need to score my tabs after putting them on “so no one can steal them”. I’ve known many people like myself that find this idea absurd, and don’t bother with scoring. How did this idea become mainstream advice?


I almost got my car towed because I left for work at 8am in a spot that had no parking after 7am with tabs that were over a year due. The only reason I didn’t get towed was because I got to the car while the meter maid was still entering info before the truck took it. It was already there and just waiting for authorization
You were almost certainly getting towed regardless of your registration status. It takes maybe five minutes to slap a parking ticket on a car. Typical response time for towing is typically north of 30 minutes unless there’s some type of “it’s dangerous” involved.
That truck was there when they started their round. Probably because they were having problems with people overstaying. (Or they’re dicks.)