I feel like a Karen for being upset with the Ashburn metro station
I'm just going to put it out there that my complaint isn't about the dollar amount, it's about the principle of the matter, and I'm just going to paste the complaint I submitted to the metro page:
'Parking fees on July 4th should have been free because it's a federal holiday. The gates were wide open to accept cars on July 4th, there should have been an equal understanding that these parked cars are coming back late from independence Day festivities, and the parking fees should have been waived. If it's advertised all over the metro pages that transit is free and federal holidays have free parking, it should have been upheld. It was a rude shock when we were exiting the garage and suddenly had to pay and many drivers were very upset.'
This is the first time I've ever submitted a complaint of any form, and it's eating me alive. But I feel like it was false advertisement
Edit: we got to the station at 8:30pm, and because of the fireworks delay and the crowds, got back at 3am