TIL how to never get a parking ticket in Boston

I was at a coffee shop yesterday on Boylston street hunkered down for a long day of studying. In my procrastination I was looking out onto the street and saw a car pull up and street park around 830 AM. Nothing unusual. Then the driver was fidgeting with something on the drivers seat for a couple minutes and walked away. A little while later I went for a study break walk and went to see what he was doing and I saw he had placed a ‘Boston Fire’ neon jacket over the drivers seat of his jeep. Interesting.

The sign said 2 hour parking and I went back to studying. Around lunchtime (1245 PMish) I noticed the meter maid on the street, and ticketed 2 cars. They walked up to the Boston Fire car, looked in the front seat, and moved on. You can’t pay for consecutive 2 hour chunks on the Park app and he didn’t put in any money in the meter, so if you want to avoid all tickets in Boston just thrift a BFD shirt and put it on your drivers seat.