You'd think, wouldn't you, that at the very start of term the Parking Office would have more than two people working in it - and having to juggle dealing with a long, long line of people like myself who wanted to buy parking permits (or who had far more complicated issues), and field phone calls from people who are driving a rental car this week - not the car that they have a permit for - and so on? But no. The car park itself has become crazily complicated if you just want to buy a day pass (which of course I had to do, in order to park and buy a permit) - one must text a number, then get sent a mini-form in which to insert one's plate number, and then feed them one's credit card details, and at the end of that find that one's been charged a $.50 "convenience fee."
At least someone had the thoughtfulness to place a toy car on top of their computer for one to speculate about. It seems to be a simulacrum of a customized stock car - and the writing reads "Cranston Fire." But is that a reference to the Cranston Fire that threatened Idyllwild in 2018? Or is it somehow a homage to Cranston Fire Department? - though that's situated in a little town just south of Providence, RI, and therefore seems unlikely. Other theories welcome ...
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