My first parking ticket in DC was when I picked up a friend to take to the airport -- the parking enforcement car was blocking entrance to the alley behind her rowhouse. I parked against the curb and got her and her bag and returned, and the parking enforcement car had moved to double-park me, because they were out of paper to give me a ticket. So they told me I had a ticket that I'd have to look up. I did and contested it. My contest failed because curbside parking for greater than 2 hours on that street is reserved for residents.

It is preposterous.