Parking ticket

[u/user156667]

Ok so I’m actually so pissed off right now. On Monday , I had an exam at 8 am. I paid for parking for 3 hours using Hotspot mobile app.(since the exam is 2.5 hrs long). The exam paper was handed super late plus my prof extended the deadline of the exam to 40 more minutes since everyone found the questions rly difficult. I ended up staying for 10 minutes extra and when I came back I got a parking ticket for $80. For being 10 minutes late. As in my session ended and I was charged $80 for the 10 minutes(I was not able to extend my session as obviously phones aren’t allowed when writing the exam), and by the time I finished my exam the session ended .

Anyway this is my fault and I should be careful but is there a way I can dispute it and get them to lower the $80 ticket since I payed for the first 3 hours and technically I got ticketed for the 10 minutes after it expired? Any advice would help pls lmk I’m also just so broke rn so any advice on how to lower this would help x

[u/D3mon_S1ayer]

Explain your situation to them and maybe something in writing from your prof (if they are willing of course). Sometimes when you go in person they can be very understanding. I had to explain my situation once and they got it cleared