After a snowstorm

Spent a couple of decadent hours watching Parking Wars on TV.  I don't mean to sit that long in front of the TV but the show is very addictive.  It's a reality show made up of vignettes of parking enforcement issuing tickets, booting cars because people haven't paid those tickets, towing cars to the impound, and the owners at the impound lot trying to get their cars back.  I'm a little afraid of why I like the show.  If it's because I learn about the whole system of parking enforcement then that's a good thing.  If it's because I relish seeing people getting punished - well, I'm not sure that's healthy for me.  It may be that it makes me appreciate that around here there is always a parking spot and I don't know the last time I saw a 'meter maid'.