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Dear University Parking Swamee: Please accept my apology for my disgraceful behavior this afternoon. I came into your office to pick up my parking pass for the new academic year. In my hot little hand I carried a check for two hundred and seventy dollars, an amount equal to the thirty dollar monthly fee multiplied by the nine school months, and the exact amount I was told I would owe by the Law School Parking Liaison. Yes, she actually calls herself that. No, I'm pretty sure she's not kidding. So you'll have to forgive me for my reaction when you told me "that will be $480." Because $480 is more than TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS MORE than I was expecting to pay. When you explained to me that the price for a month of parking had been raised to $40 a month, I accepted that, but was still confused, see, since 40 x 9 = $360, not $480. When you explained to me that because the law school had "reserved the spot in my name I would have to pay for the full twelve months" even though I am GRADUATING in June, I exasperatedly asked you to repeat that because seriously, what? Because I reserved a parking space, (as all law students are required to do if they want a parking pass,) I have to pay for three extra months? What? So when I told you that I was no longer able to afford a parking pass because OH MY GOD ARE YOU SERIOUS ALMOST FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO PARK?, and you sucked your teeth and sighed audibly and told me in an irritated tone that I should not have come in there if I was just going to "flake out" and "waste your time," I admit it- I rolled my eyes at you, sighed loudly, and walked away in a sort of defiant manner, muttering under my breath words like "ridiculous" and "rip off" and "bitchy-ass annoying customer-service deficient assholes." That was rude of me. Please accept my apologies. Sincerely, pseudo