Park. Which rhymes with Snark.

[captainsblog]

Any regular reader of this space knows that round round get around I GET AROUND.

At one time or another, I've appeared in person in more than half of the 62 counties of this state, and in "foreign" lands from Newark to Orlando to even London (the latter unadmitted to the Bar).  I've acquired an uncanny knack for finding my way to most of these venues, more or less on time, often with no idea beyond what area code the courthouse is in.  My preference is on-street parking, metered or not; public ramps, above or below ground, come in a close second; and private car parks bring up (and shove up, financially) the rear. 

Yet one, and only one, is the center of Park Snark for the entire universe, and I've no idea why.  It's a fairly new-build, inexpensive and centrally located above-ground ramp in downtown Rochester, relatively convenient to both state and federal court and other offices.  Six stories in height, with elevators at two of the diagonal corners, its informational and warning notices attract LULZ like no other structure in the universe.

Some examples from earlier visits (I now know to expect such things, and have the phone camera at the ready):

A warning from your Friendly Local Police Officer Station



And this one, in place of the usual city-required notice that "elevator inspection certificate is on file in the office"


So. Back there today, I discovered that the two lifts closest to my destination were out of service. One of them has been more or less permanently disabled for close to a year, resulting in this September snark on the outer door of that one:


Did anybody answer, that asked. By today, apparently they had, because both in that corner were now out of service with repair promised. So when I returned to my car via one of the two at the other corner, the scribes had been busy again:



Nice to have bright lights while walking the stairs. And on the tape, How about elevator replacement.

The ? is assumed on that one, I assume.

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Lest you think this-all is confined to the garage itself, behold the sight on the way over TO the far-corner lift, at the onetime Mickey D's, and for the past decades a succession of cheap Chinese restaurants at the unconstitutional corner of Church and State:



I figure "parking," "pranking" and "fracking" have an equal chance of being what they intended in this particular neighborhood.

Comments

[thediva-laments.livejournal.com]

I have another question? How do you do take out with a buffet? Do you just take home as much as you can and then come back for more? Isn't the point of the buffet that you eat as much as you can at the restaurant and then roll home fat and happy and bloated?

Or are they advertising that they have a Lunch Buffet AND that they do dine in as well as take out.

Be specific, people.

This was great by the way, glad you had the phone with you.