Cynicallife reports she parked on Comm. Ave. in Packard's Corner Thursday, fed the meter and then when she came out, found a $100 ticket for parking in front of a hydrant. Can you find Waldo, um, the hydrant, in the photo above? Obviously, it was clear as day to a passing meter maid. Here's the view from the sidewalk:

She's not a happy camper:

Good job, city of Boston. Why bother digging out a hydrant or even attaching a flag to make it visible to, ohidon'tknow, firefighters ~ much less regular folks like me ~ when you can leave them buried and ticket people for not seeing them instead?

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