On Saturday I attended a workshop at the Boston Public Library. The workshop started at 9:30 am and I didn’t leave myself enough time to take the subway in so I chose to drive my car. Parking can be difficult (understatement) in Boston. My A plan was to search for on street metered parking, B plan was to park in a lot. I arrived with 15 minutes to spare so onward with plan A. During my quest I noticed a hand painted billboard at the entrance to Prudential Center Parking boldly informing everyone
$16 Park All Day
As I sort of expected plan A was a no go, all spaces were taken. Enter plan B. I parked at Prudential Center Parking and got to the workshop on time. I figured even if they charge me for a half day $8 will be OK. Three hours later, workshop is over, I hand the cashier my ticket, in the card reader it goes and he turns to me smiling and says, $35.00 please. I immediately had an out-of-body WTF moment of shock like when you realize you’ve just been sucker-punched, hard. Regaining my voice I asked what about the sign out front, $16 all day? You need a stamp, he said, again with the smile. At that point I knew that I was trapped. I surrendered my $35.00 got my receipt and grumbled all the way home. So, as a result a lesson was learned. I will not park at Prudential Center Parking again.
