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Can you fix my parking ticket? 你可以幫我銷單嗎?




I’ve only received one parking ticket once. I was in Xi-Meng-Ting, having a dinner date with my new graduate school classmates for the fist time. I remember that I couldn’t find a parking space because everywhere was so packed. Then, I saw an array of scooters parking in front of the restaurant, so I joined them, just naturally. Of course it’s an illegal parking space. So I got my first parking ticket.

Today, I learned an expression: Fix a parking ticket, which means to cancel the ticket so that you don’t need to pay it or get any violation record. 

I should have fought against my parking ticket, for I wasn’t the only one parking there, and…and no more excuse, I just broke the law 😂😂😂.

However, I found that there’s even an app for this! “Fixed”, the easiest way to fight a parking ticket!



Well, guess it doesn’t work here in Taiwan, though. But the point is, I learned a new expression: fix a parking ticket! Wish I’ll never get another one, so that I won’t have to worry about how to “fix” it in the future!




#Jill Yang

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