• parking

    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Fri Feb 1 07:20:00 2019
    Nancy wrote --
    just like me. She sighed and said she was going to have to do a
    lot of reprogramming. :)

    What, she didn't want a team of concientious parking officers producing
    lots of tickets for her to process...?

    What the women in the office hated was went I wrote paper tickets.
    Each of those had to be manually inputted. (The ticket writer connects
    to the computer and downloads).
    There were times the writers would be down and come in at the end of
    the day with 300+ to be processed.
    I loved paper tickets. I could write one in about 15 seconds (I was
    timed occasionally just out of curiosity). If it were 1 p.m. and
    starting on a busy and/or metered lot, I would put in the date, then 13
    leaving the minutes blank, the lot, my officer number (49), and do this
    for 10-15 tickets then go from car to car for whatever violation.
    If I came across a random violation (HC, no parking, loading zone) I
    could knock that out in about 20 seconds, filling out the ticket as I
    walked from the back to the front since one merely checked and circled
    the violation, writing in make, colour, etc. We didn't do model. A Ford
    four door was a Ford and a four door. No Tarsus, Explorer, etc. A SW
    was a SW, a pickup was a pickup, etc.
    The writers were a bit slower (average about 30 seconds each) since I
    had to go from screen to screen, not jump around. And it had to print
    out and put in an envelope. Paper was filled out, the hard copy put on
    the windshield and I was on my way.

    As I said.... ;) Did you tell her not to worry, the training would
    probably only take with one or two of them....? ;)

    See previous msg. One could never tell.
    Joe

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Tue Feb 5 20:44:00 2019
    Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 02-01-19 07:19 <=-

    just like me. She sighed and said she was going to have to do a
    lot of reprogramming. :)
    What, she didn't want a team of concientious parking officers producing
    lots of tickets for her to process...?

    What the women in the office hated was went I wrote paper tickets.
    Each of those had to be manually inputted. (The ticket writer
    connects to the computer and downloads).
    There were times the writers would be down and come in at the end of
    the day with 300+ to be processed.

    So the ticket writers had their problems, even if they were more
    automatic.... ;)

    I loved paper tickets. I could write one in about 15 seconds (I was
    timed occasionally just out of curiosity). If it were 1 p.m. and
    starting on a busy and/or metered lot, I would put in the date, then
    13 leaving the minutes blank, the lot, my officer number (49), and do
    this for 10-15 tickets then go from car to car for whatever violation.
    If I came across a random violation (HC, no parking, loading zone) I
    could knock that out in about 20 seconds, filling out the ticket as I walked from the back to the front since one merely checked and circled
    the violation, writing in make, colour, etc. We didn't do model. A
    Ford four door was a Ford and a four door. No Taurus, Explorer, etc.
    A SW was a SW, a pickup was a pickup, etc.

    You'd developed your own system to semi-automate the paper tickets.... :)

    The writers were a bit slower (average about 30 seconds each) since
    I had to go from screen to screen, not jump around. And it had to
    print out and put in an envelope. Paper was filled out, the hard copy
    put on the windshield and I was on my way.

    I can see why you'd prefer to do the paper tickets... :)

    ttyl neb

    ... Brains by Tequila, body by the table on the floor

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Wed Feb 6 07:56:34 2019
    Nancy wrote --

    just like me. She sighed and said she was going to have to do a
    lot of reprogramming. :)
    What, she didn't want a team of concientious parking officers
    producing lots of tickets for her to process...?

    It was always a joke about the number of tickets I wrote compared to
    everyone else. If I wrote say, 150 in one day, that was a slow day for
    me, while others who did 150 thought they had a good day.

    the day with 300+ to be processed.

    So the ticket writers had their problems, even if they were more automatic.... ;)

    One couldn't use them in a steady rain. If the writers got wet they
    had problems. And if below 10 degrees they would freeze up. If
    generally cold the batteries ran down and not noticed until a ticket was printing when they would stop. (They have no battery meter on them for
    some reason). It was best to change them on a regular basis during the
    day with a freshly charged battery).

    Paper was filled out, the hard copy put on the windshield and I
    was on my way.

    I can see why you'd prefer to do the paper tickets... :)

    In addition I could have the ticket books in my pockets and violators
    would think I wasn't writing any at that time.
    I could whip one out, write and be gone in a few seconds.
    Joe (Fastest ticket writer in the south).
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Fri Feb 8 21:04:00 2019
    Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 02-06-19 07:56 <=-

    just like me. She sighed and said she was going to have to do a
    lot of reprogramming. :)
    What, she didn't want a team of concientious parking officers
    producing lots of tickets for her to process...?

    It was always a joke about the number of tickets I wrote compared to everyone else. If I wrote say, 150 in one day, that was a slow day
    for me, while others who did 150 thought they had a good day.

    Somehow, I doubt that any of the newbies will approach your ticket
    numbers, then.... ;)

    the day with 300+ to be processed.
    So the ticket writers had their problems, even if they were more automatic.... ;)
    One couldn't use them in a steady rain. If the writers got wet they
    had problems. And if below 10 degrees they would freeze up. If
    generally cold the batteries ran down and not noticed until a ticket
    was printing when they would stop. (They have no battery meter on them for some reason). It was best to change them on a regular basis during the day with a freshly charged battery).

    Technology is only useful just so far.... then it succumbs... ;)

    Paper was filled out, the hard copy put on the windshield and I
    was on my way.
    I can see why you'd prefer to do the paper tickets... :)

    In addition I could have the ticket books in my pockets and
    violators would think I wasn't writing any at that time.
    I could whip one out, write and be gone in a few seconds.
    Joe (Fastest ticket writer in the south).

    Stealth mode, I see... ;)

    ttyl neb

    ... When it comes to being SANE, I'm with the "IN" crowd.

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