Here’s a little story: Yesterday I locked my bike to a pole near a bike parking lot. In fact, it was literally in the parking lot, but not on one of the paid lock machines. I did this because my bike doesn’t have a kick stand, and none of the free spaces had something I could lean the bike against. I left the bike there overnight because I had to carry a bunch of bags home from the city, so I took a bus instead. When I came to pick up my bike today, the bike police had left me an extra present:
I want to say that I have thought of all kinds of devious machinations by which to retaliate against these… these… these bike bike police. And some of them are really good, too. I had 30 minutes to think of nasty plans while I carried my bicycle home over my shoulder. But in the end, I would like to be able to park my very distinctive bike safely in the vicinity of Koshien stadium, so instead, I will write a sincere letter of apology to the bike police, and I will not park my bike illegally in their parking lot again, and I will not seek revenge. Also I will find a means to get this lock off my chain as immediately as possible.