Public Parking in Tampa

The purpose of this post it to answer the question posed by xerxes, "What was the funniest thing that happened in Tampa?"

Well, the story goes like this. We were leaving the Imax after watching batman and going back to our car. We walked across the street to the garage where we had parked. A couple of the guys wanted to take the elevator up to the floor where the car was because it was about 1 in the morning and we were all exhausted from a long day. Jase, Joe, and I walked over to the stairs instead. The second we were out of sight, we sprinted up the flight of stairs like there were rabid dogs on our trail. We burst through the doors, spun around the corner past the elevator, and dove behind the concrete wall so that we would be out of sight. We were out of breath and laughing hysterically at the thought of the evil prank we were about to play, but we did our best to quiet down. Joe's conscience got the best of him and he walked towards the car.

We heard the telltale "ding" of the elevator and then the opening of doors. As the unsuspecting feet neared our darkened corner of the garage, the jingle of keys set off a switch in my brain, but it was too late to tell Jase. I had driven and the keys were in MY pocket!!! I watched in astounded and horrified awe as jason raised his arms, mustered up a roar, and flung himself around the corner only to find a lone girl with a can of mace on the other side of the wall.

Jase's mighty roar became a meek gasp of embarrassment just in time to save him from getting a face full of tear gas. The frightened girl hurried off to her car while jason, who was to embarrassed to speak, ran away without so much as uttering an apology. I was left at the scene of the crime because I could not pick myself up from rolling on the concrete floor in laughter. I am quite sure that Joe, who watched the entire debacle from a safe distance, would still deny ever knowing us if he were questioned about it by the Tampa Police.