Hey there, it's Scott Detrow coming to you on Black Friday.

Historically the day when the most Americans are outdoing shopping,

which means that the huge parking lots around malls and shopping centers are as full as they get.

So we thought we would take this opportunity to share an encore episode about the hidden costs of all that parking.

This episode originally aired in 2023. It was hosted by my co-host, Juana Summers.

The wrong parking spot can really ruin your day. Amy Kandai and learned the hard way one afternoon last August.

She was picking up her daughter from an appointment in downtown Washington, D.C., got there a little behind schedule.

I said, you know, we will just go back to the car and go home. Sorry, I was late. And then

I began walking and realize all of these garages look the same. That's when Amy realized

she had no idea where she'd parked. She paid cash,

so she didn't have a ticket or receipt. Her phone hadn't loved the location. She did have

one photo of her parked car. I usually do that so that if I get lost when I get back to this garage,

then I'll have an idea of where it is in that garage.

Not thinking that I would lose the actual garage.

So for three hours, Amy and her daughter went from garage to garage checking with parking attendants, looking for her car.

I began to unravel because I feel like a terrible mom. I feel like a terrible human.

And who loses their car?

Eventually, she gave up, had her husband come pick them up.

The next day, she started calling garages, and her husband drove downtown and kept hunting.

Nothing. Amy posted about the ordeal on Facebook. The post got shared and soon she started getting messages, online sleuths from Washington and

all around the world. I mean, when people from Scotland are saying, oh, you know, I'm so worried

about your car, you start to think,

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