Parking in the Grove

Today I tried to get coffee at Starbuck's again, on Grand Ave. and again, I could not figure out the Grove parking, so I just said screw it and left. It isn't that there is no parking, the spots are just not clearly marked and I always end up with a ticket because I am somewhere I shouldn't be.

Ever since the meters were removed it is impossible to figure out the parking situation. It seems that when I do find a spot it is either a loading zone or it is limited to certain hours or for some reason, I am not able to stay there. I think that if there is a paid receipt in the window, then people should be given some sort of consideration since obviously they paid and attempted to navigate the stupid parking do's and don'ts.

I wish someone would actually mark the spots so they are easily understood. I am sure many merchants are losing lots of impulse buy business. I was going to stop in one of the stores near Starbuck's, too. They lost business, too. All because I didn't want to get a parking ticket if I had chosen the wrong spot by mistake.

Put the freakin' meters back. Then at least you had a fighting chance of knowing where you could park.