The Ticket

Two weeks ago in the midst of dealing with some lows in the wedding planning department my dad called me at work on a Thursday to ask me if I had gotten a ticket. Surprised I responded no. And then he preceded to inform me that he was holding a notice in his hand that I had a $60 parking ticket. And because of my failure to respond the first time they had added overage charges and if I didn't respond would be sent to collections on the 24th of this month. 

Now that's a lot to take in over the phone as my brain is frantically flipping through all the times that I might have possibly gotten a ticket and either didn't know about it or had forgotten. Very mad and confused I instantly walked into our HR department and asked to see my time card for January. I had apparently gotten this 'ticket' on the 19th of January at 12:00. A Wednesday. A day when I was working.

I got home that night with my signed time card in hand ready to prove my innocence. Still not happy, I went to bed knowing I couldn't do anything about it until the next day. I prayed that night asking God to give me a nice person who would be understanding and believe me. 

Friday rolled around and I made the dreaded phone call. I was finally able to talk to a live person instead of their automated system. The conversation went about as follows:

"Do you drive a Mitsubishi blah blah blah."
ME: "No"
"Ticket number blah blah blah."
ME: "Yeah."
"License plate number blah blah blah."
ME: "Yeah."
"Hmm well that's weird." 
ME: "There has to be some mistake because I was working that day. And my car was with me."

Both confused, she told me to hold as she ran my plate through DOL. She returned to confirm that my plate number did match an Audi (my car) and NOT a Mitsubishi. Things got even better though when she told me that according to the picture it was in fact a Mitsubishi. At that moment I thanked God for fact that there was a picture of the other car from the violation. 

Super nice lady: "They've already taken action and there is a court date set for the 24th of March."
ME: "So I'm not liable?" 
Super nice lady: "No you're not liable because they've already taken action. Try not worry about it enjoy your weekend. I understand though that would worry me too."

I thanked her like crazy and she told me to check back after the court date to make sure everything was cleared up on my side. I was so thankful and grateful that everything worked out and God answered my prayer on that one. I was ready for a fight but my prayer was enough. 

And there you have my my crazy ticket story...