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DEPARTMENT OF DIRTY TRICKS: Parking violation-style fliers still not cool
You'd think they'd learn. Back in 2005, as reported by City Paper's Nicole Sarrubbo, the developers behind ye Old City Parkominium, in an attempt to drum up interest in their condo-style parking garage, put fliers designed to look like parking violations on the windshields of cars parked in Old City. As you can imagine, people were pissed.
DEPARTMENT OF DIRTY TRICKS: Parking violation-style fliers still not cool
You'd think they'd learn. Back in 2005, as reported by City Paper's Nicole Sarrubbo, the developers behind ye Old City Parkominium, in an attempt to drum up interest in their condo-style parking garage, put fliers designed to look like parking violations on the windshields of cars parked in Old City. As you can imagine, people were pissed.
When Ryan Wexelblatt walked out to his car two Thursday mornings ago, he could not believe what he saw: Every single car on Wood Street had a Philadelphia Parking Authority ticket on its windshield. Confused, he picked the "ticket" off his windshield and opened it. Lo and behold, the "ticket" was really a flier for the Old City "Parkominium," encouraging residents to purchase a space and not let "another ticket ruin your day." Wexelblatt was outraged: "It literally was the most obnoxious thing I had ever seen."
This morning, mild-mannered CP production director Michael Polimeno walked in, as incensed as a mild-mannered production director gets, having found this flier on his window this morning:
Before he realized it was, in fact, not a parking violation but a PRETZEL Violation, Michael said he experienced several stages of disbelief — rage, deep embarrassment, shame — before he realized he'd been the victim of a dubious bait and switch on the part of Philly Pretzel Factory, whose deals were listed on the back of the flier.
"Will I ever forget the name Philly Pretzel Factory?" asked Michael. "No."
He suggested, however, that his lasting memories may not exactly be fond ones.
[...] DEPARTMENT OF DIRTY TRICKS: Parking violation-style fliers still חοt сοοƖ ... [...]
fixed! Looks like our circa-2005 copy desk could have used an idiom cop of it own.
"Low and behold"?! Seriously?!
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