Am I being Punk'd?

So my Monday started unlike most other Mondays, sleepy and wishing it were Friday already. Work was...work. I left work at 4:15 p.m. to study for a midterm that I started to mentally prepare for at 8 a.m. that morning.

I parked my car on Wabash (parallel to the curb) between Randolph and Washington (as I always do), paid at the paybox and put the little ticket in the front driver's side window. The area that I parked in was north of a fire hydrant which was not marked with yellow paint. However, there were natural breaks in the sidewalk at points that gave you an indication of where and where not to park. I went to class to take my midterm and planned to return to my car within an hour or so.

An hour later, I took the midterm and returned to my car. As I approached the area where I parked my car, I almost passed out. I seriously thought I was being Punk'd. My car was not parallel to the curb where I left it - it was now parked diagonally ON WABASH in the east lane of southbound traffic!!!

I was so shocked that I didn't know what to do. As people walked by and looked and pointed, I was so embarrassed that I just jumped in and took off (which is why I didn't take a pic to post on the blog). Herein lies the issue, because the City of Chicago does not necessarily hire the most competent people, it was evident that the tow truck driver pulled my car out of its parking space to tow it, realized that I was legally parked and left it in the middle of the lane and went about his (or her) business. Unbelievable!

While a large part of me was thankful that my car was still there, seriously it was so ridiculous and unnecessary that I couldn't help but to be annoyed. Shortly after Jamaal and I went to Bar Louie for burgers and drinks and all of this was a faint memory but nonetheless ridiculous!!!!

The moral of the story is, Mondays is 1/2 price food and drinks at Bar Louie so our bill only came to $19!!!! A great end to a Monday.