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五月二号一大早送儿子去机场。回来在还有两分钟就到家的Saddleback Road被警察拦下。警察说Saddleback是50Km zone,我开65。给了一张speeding ticket,89刀。不幸得是我的保险4月27日到期,新的邮来了,但我忘了换。No Insurance! 172刀。跟警察解释了半天,就是不行。最终还是拿了两张罚单。郁闷。: k7 L7 e8 A4 ]4 ?: D/ d, Y# v/ }+ B
; r% t. Z4 }5 o9 E* M今天去交罚款。下午2点出门去LRT站。It was windy. 虽然有太阳,但不是很暖和。缩着脖子来到车站。做LRT到Churchill Station,沿着通道直接就到了Court。"that gentleman. Security check", somebody called at me. 我突然注意到进Court要过安检。脱了夹克、皮带,钱包,手机,和机场安检差不多。" V0 F1 P. _+ m2 {" ]& _0 {+ o% q
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在Court正门边有一个厅,就在那里交罚金。排了几分钟队,看到Cashier那有一个Sign: "All cell phone must be turned off"。我的手偷偷地在口袋里把手机关成了震动。
/ ?& h1 J1 w( R+ F5 }; c2 b, w"Next", a cashier said. "what can I do for you".
2 \6 X4 z$ j3 E7 q: x"I will pay this", I gave her the speeding ticket, "and I'd like to see someone about this".3 B' U, J2 f' w. K$ C
"Ok. I just send all these to the crown. wait there", she pointed to the seats.
1 `9 Q8 F4 j/ |1 I% e4 }"Ok. thank you", I said.
) q+ }" [& o6 ^& X. w7 t9 R* |! J: L* M刚在那坐一分钟左右。一个门背后伸出一个老者人头,"Wang"。我有些犹豫,不可能这么快吧。"Wang", that old man called again. "Oh, here", I said. 那是一个小房间。7 M7 L# [6 O3 l$ P8 |3 o8 w
"sit down", the man said.# W1 W( \) {7 }. q w I( g8 J
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"mh..., speeding,...no insurance", the man chedked the tickets.
' B8 L$ Z. K4 b* V1 N$ A' F5 h"this, I'm guilty, I will pay this. but this. my insurance just expiried three days, and I have new one, but I forgot to replace it." I said.
# r# T3 z1 n$ N' {" F4 J r1 p5 {"I will cancel this, and go to the cashier to pay the speeding ticket" the old man said, not even look at the new insurance card I showed to him.
: X k* r( E$ U6 m4 {% j4 h8 A"this is the new insurance card" I said.
+ C0 M* L$ H0 S+ C"I'm ok with that. I will cancel this for you." he said.! X8 K" r f( Q) ?
"thank you, thank you very much." 我十分感动。
, a5 L( G% K G( q; e$ [在小房间里呆了最多两分钟。到Cashier那交了89刀后,走出Court。外面风和日丽,阳光明媚,真是一个好天气。 |
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