tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post5477750428249431458..comments2024-03-28T21:53:53.990+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: Tzaddikim Feeding The MetersRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-76818162629744431732012-08-22T17:37:45.660+03:002012-08-22T17:37:45.660+03:00i don't even know what that is...i don't even know what that is...Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-76465237651557152112012-08-22T17:13:53.277+03:002012-08-22T17:13:53.277+03:00It's an episode of Dharma & Greg (1st seas...It's an episode of Dharma & Greg (1st season)Pragmaticianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724757238921859366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-38907269101492684942012-08-22T10:13:31.412+03:002012-08-22T10:13:31.412+03:00Google to death?
I found these in the first page o...Google to death?<br />I found these in the first page of my first search:<br /><br />http://www.ehow.com/info_8724151_can-other-peoples-parking-meter.html<br />http://theexpiredmeter.com/2010/01/oregon-man-arrested-for-feeding-strangers-parking-meters/<br />http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/14/1453.asp<br /><br />I think something that makes this worse is that he was doing it right ahead of the meter maid in already expired meters. In other words, his concern was to prevent people from paying tickets that for a crime they had already committed i.e. leaving there car at the meter beyond the amount of time they had paid. Which causes the city to lose revenue, and removes a deterrent against repeat offenses. <br />If he would see people's meter just about to expire and decided to pay for them, that is a different story, although in some places in the US at least that is illegal.<br /><br />Good intentions, but he didn't consider the harm he was doing to the public.anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-14390022574952026662012-08-22T08:58:15.945+03:002012-08-22T08:58:15.945+03:00just like a chairman of the Board can be a woman.....just like a chairman of the Board can be a woman...its simply become a generic termdavid a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12394358328154167719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-65960999488256805662012-08-22T01:26:29.280+03:002012-08-22T01:26:29.280+03:00This may be a tad pedantic, but how can a meter ma...This may be a tad pedantic, but how can a meter <i>maid</i> be male?Darth Zeidahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885872955106929227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-11851058656298855192012-08-21T22:44:41.236+03:002012-08-21T22:44:41.236+03:00what about it?what about it?Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-46623962792886495712012-08-21T22:42:04.959+03:002012-08-21T22:42:04.959+03:00http://moshemoshel72.blogspot.com/2012/08/rav-elya...http://moshemoshel72.blogspot.com/2012/08/rav-elyashiv-ztl.htmlmoshehttp://moshemoshel72.blogspot.com/2012/08/rav-elyashiv-ztl.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-11864479137703171882012-08-21T19:12:03.408+03:002012-08-21T19:12:03.408+03:00I wonder how much money he spent feeding the meter...I wonder how much money he spent feeding the meters to screw the cityRafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-1815990332650390212012-08-21T19:09:47.393+03:002012-08-21T19:09:47.393+03:00Check out this comment I got on my blog:
Chipper ...Check out this comment I got on my blog:<br /><br /><i>Chipper has left a new comment on your post "From Facebook: The Two Tzadikkim":<br /><br />I remember reading a story, at least a decade ago, in the New York Times about a New Yorker who was angry at the city government, possibly over a parking ticket, who found a way to get even. He figured out that the city would lose substantial revenue if he went around putting coins in meters, as the city could not write tickets for overtime parking, which is where the money is.<br /><br />It turned out that the fellow was costing the City of New York millions of dollars over the course of a year or so, and, of course, the meter maids in the affected area were falling woefully behind their quotas. The police were called in to investigate, and they found a way to prosecute the man. He was convicted and I think he even served time, but I'm not sure about that.<br /><br />If I had more time I'd Google it to death and provide links. But you'll have to do that yourself.<br /></i><br /><br />I'll look into this tomorrow :)<br /><br />Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-53116887232098969252012-08-21T17:30:47.029+03:002012-08-21T17:30:47.029+03:00I think that the most serious halachic problem is ...I think that the most serious halachic problem is of the meter-maid himself: he is getting paid to give tickets, not to help people avoid them.dlzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269900740743979382noreply@blogger.com