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"$160 for a parking ticket! I"m calling city hall about this. There must be some mistake." Nick thought
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. "Yes, sir, there is a mistake," said the man at the city hall, "
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I"m afraid the mistake"s
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. This ticket was for $20. However, the fine doubles every 30 days. It has been 90 days, so the
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is now $160. You will have to pay that." Nick had the $20 and he
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to pay the fine. But for some reason the ticket had gotten
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in his pile of papers and unopened letters.
Nick had always been a
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person. In the past six months, he had
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to pay his electricity bill,
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his jacket at the cleaner"s too
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and had to pay for the "storage". A job application form he had filled out was never
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because it, too, was in one of his piles. "Get organized, man," his brother advised. "Plan what you
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do, do it, and then
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to be sure you"ve done it right."
Nick got a calendar with enough
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to write on. He marked important
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and times as reminders. "Nice job," said his brother. "Now
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you do what you"re supposed to do
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you"re supposed to." "That shouldn"t be too
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with my calendar here," said Nick. "And read the small print on it
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you get a ticket," added his brother. "Or
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still, don"t get another."