Replying to Sticking it to the man

What's the most outrageous or ingenious action you've taken when dealing with bureaucratic bullshit or to get out of a dumb fine? I fucking hate stupid fines.

-Long story short, Columbus uses apps for meters in certain areas of town. My wife like an moron changed the letters but somehow forgot to change the numbers on her plate in the app. She was out downtown and got a ticket, but she had paid the meter fee, only under a slightly wrong plate. She got a ticket for not paying a meter but did pay a meter. They denied her appeal, and I tried reading the city code and it doesn't say how they determine this. Appears it's professional judgement based on facts. She submitted proof of everything, but I'll certainly agree if we are going by the book, she's got no case. It's so trivial that if this were me I'd request a hearing and request the officer show up per my rights just as a big fuck you out of principle. You wanna charge me $30, well here's hundreds of dollars in wages and time you gotta spend to have this hearing. (I know taxpayer dollars yadada)

A fantastic example: my buddy got pulled off his bike at a red light by a cop and put face down at gunpoint....in broad daylight. He was zoomin' on the highway but the cop had no proof. He took him to court and got the reckless op down to a speeding ticket.... Fast forward 4 years: he's doing a rotation as a med student in the ED and guess who ends up there cuz he cut himself like a dipshit with a pocket knife? This cop lol. And he got to stitch him up and he said this cop looked so uncomfortable cuz he knew who he was right away.... I should probably add that now he just runs. Not condoning it but still wild turn of events.

Tdlr: we got so many better things to worry about cities still continue to place emphasis on stupid infractions. What's your story?