You were supposed to be there five minutes ago. You’re late and you’re still circling the block, scanning for a place to park your car. There has to be a spot somewhere, anywhere out of harm’s way, where the meter maid is not going to get you.
Maybe you’re just not visualizing hard enough. Or, maybe your parking fairy is busy helping another poor soul who is circling the same block trying to beat you to the same parking spot.
Finding parking is a pretty universal pain in the butt. And, given my Icelandic pagan roots, the idea of wishing on a parking fairy doesn’t strike me as altogether odd. Icelanders believe in all kinds of weird things, including elves and fairies. Totally normal.
But, fairies and elves are powerful beings and they may grow tired of all the demands. Take this from the Icelanders who will go to great lengths to avoid pissing off the elves, such as even diverting a road around a rock suspected to be home to a colony of hidden people.
That’s why I much prefer the idea of human parking fairies, like the Miami meter parking fairy. Granted, this is a rarity.
Still, we don’t all have to roller skate around in pink tutus to become benevolent parking fairies. If you live in the city and you have a parking spot that you don’t use or don’t use during the day, you can become a parking fairy by renting it out to a happy soul who is no longer driving in circles.
Note: Caution! Although you may be frustrated – Don’t spit on the meter maids. Especially, if you’re in London.
