Midnight Mission: How Tufts Art Students Turned Parking Tickets into Positive Vibes
In the dead of night, a squad of Tufts art students hit Boston's streets, their mission: to flip the script on the dreaded parking ticket game.
Picture this: you’re approaching your car, spotting that notorious orange envelope, your heart sinks, expecting a nasty fine. But wait, it’s a curveball from Serigne and his crew! Instead of a fine, you’re hit with uplifting vibes like “you are kind” and “I believe in you.” Talk about a mood flip!
From midnight to dawn, they blitzed through Boston neighborhoods — Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill, Medford, Somerville, you name it, leaving their mark. The idea? Jolt people with something jarring like a ticket, then hit them with a wave of good feels.
They blasted their project on LeBlanc’s Instagram, half-expecting a few DMs since they cleverly included LeBlanc’s social handle on the tickets. But boom, the internet exploded — Instagram blew up with comments, Reddit debated it, and local media were all over it. It was a hit, mostly.
There were haters, sure. Some folks on Reddit grumbled about the fake tickets, saying it’s a tease in a city where parking is a battlefield. A few even threw shade at the “please send cash” joke on the tickets. But Serigne shrugged it off, saying the snarky comments just fueled their fire to spread some joy in these tough times.
Their motto? “We just wanted to spread positivity.” And that, they did, in the most unexpected, edgy way possible.
