Toward A Better Jon Lovitz

Two things we learn — one, the ubiquitous leave-an-old-ticket-on-the-wiper-blade trick doesn’t work and two, traffic agents — at least anecdotally — seem to have a stick-it-to-the-man complex:

So a few weeks back, Mr. Lopez tore himself a fresh piece of packaging paper and wrote out a plea to traffic agents who might not be aware of what he called FedEx policy to leave drivers responsible for certain egregious instances of illegal parking.

The sign reads: “Fedex doesn’t pay for our tickets, we pay for our tickets, so please be considerate!”

“I’m telling you, the sign works,” Mr. Lopez said. “Most of the ticket agents are cool, and respect that we’re out here making a living. They might not have much sympathy for some big corporation, but if they know we’re paying our own tickets, some of them cut us a little slack. Other drivers I know have copied my sign.”