Canada Takes Parking Violations Seriously

My job requires a lot of different tasks, but today, I am nailing things to telephone poles. I am in a sort of upscale area of a major Canadian city, carrying a hammer, a bunch of nails, and the things I am hammering. I walk from pole to pole along the sidewalk. I also have an orange vest.

As I begin to hammer something into a pole, I hear from the street:

Person: “Hey, man, are you giving me a ticket?”

I turn to face the guy and just hold out one hand holding a hammer and my other holding a bunch of nails.

Person: *Laughing* “Never mind.”

Can you imagine? Yes, in this city we skip the ticket and just put a nail through your windshield.