Woman Receives Parking Ticket For $44,500, After Police Officer Accidentally Notes Wrong Date
Everyone makes mistakes - even police officers.
But one woman in Sicily was grateful for the error after receiving a parking ticket initially issued for $44,500, the AFP reports.
It turns out an officer accidentally noted the ticket was issued in 208 instead of 2008. Oops.
Police fessed up to the flub, and the woman's husband took care of the $144 violation, which now seems trivial by comparison.
Word of the Day
Trivial
triv·i·al: \tri-vē-əl\
Origins: Latin trivialis found everywhere, commonplace, from trivium crossroads, from tri- + via way — more at way
First Known Use: 1589
Adjective
1 : commonplace, ordinary
2a : of little worth or importance <a trivial objection> <trivial problems> b : relating to or being the mathematically simplest case; specifically : characterized by having all variables equal to zero <a trivial solution to a linear equation>
3: specific
More Vocuabulary
Flub: n. blunder
Issue: v. to give (something) to someone in an official way
Note: n. to record or preserve in writing
Oops: interj. used typically to express mild apology, surprise, or dismay
Love those Phrasal Verbs
Fess up: Informal. to admit or concede, especially freely
- Would the person who put the wrong paper in the copier please fess up?
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