- After spending 4 hours waiting in the cold rain at the Santa Monica parking operations office across the street to purchase an annual day beach parking permit, I paid for parking at the machine prior to exit however upon exit my ticket was "unreadable" likely b/c it had gotten wet from the rain so I pressed the "assistance" button only to have a dismissive attendant rudely bark at me to pay again as the first payment didn't take. As feared, I was double charged despite my assertions to the attendant that I had already paid & my ticket was likely just unreadable from being rained on. I was initially charged $8.50 at the first pay machine and then charged $10 only minutes later in order to be allowed to exit. These parking operators are crooks and have completely wasted my time as I now left attempting to resolve this double charge.
