Comments on: Why Denver and I Broke Up

By: I Hate Denver

I Hate Denver — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:42:50 +0000

I hate Denver and am thankfully moving out of here next week. I can't wait. I'm sorry you had to deal with this shithole. I've experienced the same thing with parking tickets in this overrated hell hole. Denver can fuck itself and it's shitty snow and snobby assed people.

By: YABP (Yet Another Boulder Post)

YABP (Yet Another Boulder Post) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:55:26 +0000

[...] probably given my absolute hatred of that city, I correct. “Actually, its [...]

By: D R

D R — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:59:29 +0000

Last night I got knocked out by a Denver meter maid. I got to my car right as the meter expired, I watched it flip to red. I tried to ask the guy what the deal was and he shrugged it off. I threw the ticket back into his Jeep and then he jumped out, got into my face and punched me out. I woke up in an ambulance headed to the emergency room. I have broken teeth and stitches in my lip. We were both charged with assault. I am in the process of looking for an attorney. That's my story.

By: D R

D R — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:59:29 +0000

By: lisamariemary

lisamariemary — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:22:56 +0000

Horrible experience ===> wonderfully hysterical story!! And definitely good point about our having power in our word of mouth spreading of the news, be it good, bad, horrible, or whatever!

By: Lynn @ human, being

Lynn @ human, being — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:02:40 +0000

You'd think this was an episode of Parking Wars.

Denver parking still sends me collections notices for tickets on a car I sold in 1994–the tickets happened after I sold the car. I sent them a notarized copy of the sales receipt, and they say yes, you didn't own the car when the tickets happened. Yet they refuse to take the collection notice off my account. Why? Who the fuck knows.

By: Melissa Hourigan

Melissa Hourigan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:43:26 +0000

tragic experience, amazing story telling… Very entertaining :)

By: Jim "Genuine" Turner

Jim "Genuine" Turner — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:46:51 +0000

It's been a while since I was at a loss for words.

By: Louis Gray

Louis Gray — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:12:03 +0000

That is hilarious. Stop writing this excellent crap so I stop laughing at the office. And next time this happens? I want you to chat with me instead. Good work.

By: Elaine Schoch

Elaine Schoch — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:01:03 +0000

so funny! sorry you had to go through that though…

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:38:32 +0000

Oh man, what a great story. Seriously laughing at my desk. Love it.

By: micah

micah — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:32:27 +0000

The fact that 1) the boot was placed on without merit gives me full
right to expect to be treated correctly. To having done what was asked
of me gives me full right to expect to be treated properly.

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By: Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:15:45 +0000

That sucks, Micah. I think the whole Denver metro area is fucked though. I just got a call today (while on vacation) that the Thornton police department is trying to arrest me for a hit-and-run at Safeway in May. The only problem is that I haven't been to Thornton in years!

Thanks for the story. It's a little easier to deal with this stuff when I know that I'm not the only one feeling the long dick of the law right now.

Good luck!

By: djbriane

djbriane — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:05:53 +0000

I'm not going to argue the fact that Denver Parking sucks (I spent an hour in court with them last week waiting for every drunk driver and no-license case to be heard before I got them to throw out my ticket).

But I think you are making the mistake of treating their PENALTY as a service. If I don't pay my electric bill and it goes so far as they refer it to a collections agency (in your case the Boot company) I'm not going to expect them to bend over backwards to make my life easier.

I do agree with you that a city should treat its residents and visitors as well as a business is expected to treat its customers but I think you are pushing it here (and the 'denver sucks' chant doesn't make me sympathetic).

By: jennyjenjen

jennyjenjen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:43:04 +0000

Good lord this is ridiculous. I mean, I was laughing, but… you have more self-control than I do, because I would've really flipped the shit on this one!