I am a karma kicker

Yesterday afternoon Chris and I went to the New Mexico State Fair. We didn't feel like paying seven dollars for parking, so we bypassed the parking lot and looked for free parking on the street nearby. We saw a spot almost immediately, wedged in between two very large pickup trucks along side a dead end street. On one side of the street was a surface parking lot, the other was an auto body shop and a few other car related industrial shops. As we pulled into the open space along the curb, I noticed a white sign saying that this section of the curb was reserved for the auto body shop only and that all other cars would be towed.

I pointed this out and suggested we park elsewhere because it would stink to be towed. A long discussion ensued... did you know that it is not possible for a business to reserve the curb? The curb is a public space and you can't block it off for private use. It would be like me putting a sign in front of our house telling people not to park there and towing anyone who did. That wouldn't go over well.

That said, neither of us really felt like tempting fate and having to argue legalities after we left the fair with an auto body shop who had already towed our car away. So we circled around and found another spot. As we were getting out of the car, Chris told me that parking in the second spot was just better karma. He explained that if I hadn't pointed out the 'no parking' sign, he would have parked there. He saw the sign and decided to ignore it, but since I brought it up, it would be bad karma to park there. I am apparently a karma kicker...