Teachable Moments

You park. You put money in a parking meter. You go on your merry way.

You come back an hour later. You find a red and white parking ticket stuck on your windshield, flapping in the wind.

But, but I . . . No buts. Moral of the story: Even though you put money in a parking meter, you'll still get a ticket if you don't put it in the right one. As in, the parking meter that corresponds to the spot where you actually, er, parked.