A few of my memories from working in the parking biz: 1. We were bidding smart parking meters to a city in California who insisted that, per the ADA, they shou

A few of my memories from working in the parking biz: 1. We were bidding smart parking meters to a city in California who insisted that, per the ADA, they should be accessible to the blind. We suggested to them that blind folks tend to not park or drive cars very often. 2. Seeing damage photos from a customer's parking meter where somebody had inserted dynamite up the coin/ticket return tray. The explosion buckled the body of the machine, but incredibly the reinforcement and the lock held. The [paper] money inside got destroyed, though. 3. The angry customer reaction when a co-worker's "Get bent, loser" dummy/debug message accidentally found its way into production. 4. Having to certify the accuracy of a parking meter's onboard clock because it printed a boat launch ticket that was used as evidence in the case of a guy who killed his pregnant wife and dumped her in the SF Bay.