Another "I'm an Idiot" moment

So there other day a work colleague and I decided to eat at the City Bites downtown for lunch. I guess City Bites is a pretty popular lunch spot b/c the place was packed. I was driving and we could just not find a parking space. I went around the block 2 or 3 times looking for a spot to park or waiting for someone to leave. Neither happened. Finally I saw what appeared to be some parking spots. Upon further examination I found that the parking spots were reserved for the workers of the building next door and there was a sign that clearly stated that people that parked there and did not work there would be towed. I reasoned that we would get our order to go and we would be in and out within 5 mins. Sure enough we got out in a short amount of time I arrived back at the parking lot to see a giant orange sticker that had been stuck to the side of my truck. My colleague said it looked a lot like the sticker that they use to mark vehicle for tower to come take the vehicle. After hearing that I hightailed it out of the parking lot as quick as I could. After I was a reasonable distance away I called the number on the sticker and tried to explain my predicament and why i chose to park there. The person said they understood and more or less told me not to do it again and they would forget about the tow truck. That was nice and all, but I still had a huge sticker on the side of my truck. After about 10 gallons of Windex I finally got the sticker off :)

Point of the story: They put those violators will be towed signs up for a reason. Good to know for next time :)