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Canadian Bureaucrats Don't "Think Different"

Posted by kdawson on from the sense-of-design dept.

owlgorithm writes "Apple's new store in Montreal has three parking meters on the street in front of it. The city is in the middle of a campaign to reduce downtown parking. In Apple's ever-conscientious attempt to improve design, they offered to reimburse the city for the parking meters and their revenue if the city would remove them. Answer: Non — because 'We've never done it before, so we can't.'"

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  1. they should hire a "genius" to feed the meters by netsavior · · Score: 5, Funny

    he could also stand there looking all sullen and geek chic.

  2. Re:I don't quite get it.. by Dr+Caleb · · Score: 4, Funny
    So, a corporation is offering to pay money to change the law. Hmmm. I guess it's only a by-law, nothing wrong with that, is there?

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  3. More Expensive than they Think. by Erris · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now that it's published, they had better hope they never get their way. Bill Gates will pay someone to park some nasty clunker right in front and do various offensive and repulsive things. If you don't believe me, just look at the posts around here.

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  4. Re:I don't quite get it.. by Decado · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would have been much funnier if the city had agreed to remove the parking meters, taken the 35k and put 3 much larger and more obtrusive No Parking signs there instead.

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  5. Hrm... by JacobO · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not sure you should judge Canadians by the actions of the Québécois. They are distinct, after all, and should be laughed at as a separate group.

  6. Re:I don't quite get it.. by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would have been much funnier if the city had agreed to remove the parking meters, taken the 35k and put 3 much larger and more obtrusive No Parking signs there instead. Or perhaps one of those 3-ft tall walls with the words 'NO PARKING' stencil-sprayed on it in big 18 inch letters... :)

    Oh, sorry, this is Canada..91.5 cm wall, 45.5 cm letters.

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  7. Re:You know it's a Slow newsday when ... by Achromatic1978 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Microsoft recently powered on their 100,000th /production/ /server/. Let alone test environments, and desktops.

    Posted anonymously.

  8. Re:I don't quite get it.. by NoStrings · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't that make it a buy-law?

  9. Re:Translated Article Text by multipartmixed · · Score: 4, Funny

    > Not bad for Babelfish.

    Pretty good, exactly. Sounds just like a Quebecker trying to speak english!

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