TWO TICKETS TO FREEDOM!

  TUESDAY, APRIL 10TH., 2018
  TWO TICKETS TO FREEDOM!

    And so, at a time we're told Malls
are failing all over the country, the
Marketplace at Steamtown, formally
the Steamtown Mall, has added a new
feature.
     Paid parking!
     Now to be fair it is, in reality, the
City Parking Authority, which controls
the huge garage built beneath and
around the mall.
      How the buyer of the mall missed
that is beyond me. Maybe he gets a
free spot?
      To be further fair if you make a
purchase inside the mall you can have
your parking fee eliminated.
       Here's how that works, A machine
issues you a ticket when you pull into
the parking garage.
        When you've made your purchase
you show that ticket to the clerk who
then hands you a second ticket.
         When you're pulling out of the
parking garage you insert your original
ticket in a machine to be scanned. After
it's checked your ticket the dollar amount
you owe shows up on a screen. You
then insert the second ticket (the one
the clerk gave you). That ticket is then
scanned and, if everything works the
way it's suppose to, a "Thank you logo"
will show up on the screen and the gate
will go up allowing you to leave.
         I don't even what to think about
what happens, or doesn't, if you happen
to put the tickets in the machine in the
wrong order!
         I noticed a lot more available
parking spaces available in the
garage when I got there. I wonder
if the new "Pay to Park" could be a
factor?
         I do know if you don't get that
second ticket you'd better be prepared
to pay and to get into the right lane
to do so. One exit lane is for credit
only.
         Hope you get in and out if you're
going and that all your NEWS is good!