The Parking Ticket

To Penangites, I am sure you guys know about the booth where it is like the main booth which will allow you to pay any parking fares that you failed to pay because the parking attendant go minum kopi or something and you couldn't find him? The one situated in front of an old folks home at Batu Lancang there. Somewhere near the Lam Wah Ee Hospital. If you know where it is already, it has been taken down already. They already 'robohkan' that little booth and now the only way you can pay your parking tickets is to go all the way to Komtar to pay. I think the place where you pay your summon if you ever got one. Don't lie, don't lie. Don't act innocent. I am sure many drivers got summons. It plays an important role in securing the government's income I think. =P

Anyway, my aunt was complaining how inconvenient it is to pay in Komtar because Komtar has very limited parking spaces. She went to pay her parking tickets just now and she asked the lady there whether there's any other way she can pay easily. Malaysia memang boleh one. She said yes.

L- Lady (not Lau Ee)
A- Aunt (mine)
P- Ping Ping aka me
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A: Ini maciam bayar parking ticket susah lo.
L: Ya kah? Tapi itu booth sudah dirobohkan. Semua pindah sini.
A: Tak boleh bayar tempat lain kah? Susah la mari sini.
L: Boleh. You boleh bayar melalui pos.
A: Macam mana? *looking interested*
L: You boleh pos parking ticket you dengan 30 sen kepada alamat ini. *points* Kemudian mereka akan hantar balik resit.
A: Ooo. Ini lebih senang hor?

*The story is rekaan semata-mata. I was not there but according to what my aunt told me and according to my 19 almost 20 years of experience being around my aunt. I suppose that's how the conversation went. Probably more horrible than what I wrote.*

A: I tell you la. *bla bla bla repeats the whole story.*
P: *smacks forehead* Eh, easy easy go pay at Komtar la. Do so many things just to pay that Rm0.30.
A: But then Komtar some more have to find parking. Some more have to walk up the stairs.
P: Let me tell you the process of the two methods then you tell me which one easier.
By Komtar counter
1. Drives to Komtar
2. Find parking space.
3. Walk up that stairs
4. Pay the bill.
*Pay maybe 80 cents for parking if you walk fast enough and settle within 30 minutes
* Risk : Leg lenguh cause walk up the stairs
Total cost: RM1.50 for fuel, RM0.80 for parking, RM0.30 for that parking ticket

By post
1. Go post office. Buy stamps *sure everytime must buy new one because she always forgets where she keep things*
2. Buy money order as well. *Have to do this every time you want to pay* You can't possibly put in that 20 cent coin and 10 cent coin just like that right?
3. Put the parking ticket in the envelope, stick stamp, put in the money order.
4. Write address and strain your eyes
5. Drive to the nearest red box thingie and post everything.
*Aunties don't do the bayaran at the post office. Somehow they have to go back, take their envelope, slowly write down the address, stick the stamps, and post. My aunt is like that.*
**Risk: The postman lost your whole precious envelope and all your effort goes down the longkang. And then, comes the warning letter, have to do the process again. Suih-suih (malang-malang) kena summon for late payment.
*Total cost: Go post office- RM1.50 (sekali with the time when she want to post the envelope), Stamp-RM0.30, money order- RM0.30, Envelope: RM0.10, Pen ink sekali with the glue: RM0.10 per usage. And also the damage to your heart because you are worried of your RM0.30.
A: But then Komtar has to walk up the stairs leh.
=.=" is there nothing else that matters more than that damn stairs?

Then she told me something lagi smack forehead. She say if scared that the postman lose the receipt, can photocopy one to keep. Like this not add to the sampah at home, add to the money spent, add to the ma huan-ness, add to the total of tree kena potong? I don't care la. I cannot accept the fact that she is even thinking of paying that 30 cents parking ticket through posting. Very cannot la. (Chin cia beh la.) My tagline.