Parking ticket in Berkeley

Wow, the meter maids are on the ball in downtown Berkeley. I got my 1st parking ticket there. Literally seconds after my meter expired (I thought I had until 2:45 but the ticket was issued at 2:44? wow.. more like 2:44 and 59 seconds!). Bad, bad luck.

Good news: I scored some Miss Sixty jeans for $10, and Matt got J Crew slacks for $12 and dress shoes for $20. And he's splitting the cost of the ticket (which was $30, so I'm only out $15), since we were both too lazy to run back to the meter and guard the car when the clock was ticking down.

But seriously, did the guy see our meter at 1 minute and just sit there waiting for it to expire?