bamber 128 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 than the two City Council's parking attendants I saw this lunchtime? Handing out parking tickets to Blue Badge holders, attending the Armistice Service, who had mistakenly left their cars on that part of Victoria Street which has a No Loading restriction. Nauseating turds both of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Might be the same 2 that gave me a ticket yesterday after finishing another long shift. Parked out the back of the Poacher while I quenched my thirst - unknowingly parking in a Residents Permit area. I've got a Dispensation to park on double yellows, but, as I wasn't working I didn't take the p**s. Serves me right. A small mistake has cost me 15 pints of HP. I'll know better next time! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Surprising that the 'no loading' restriction applies on Sunday...invariably expire Saturday 18.30 and resume Monday 08.00... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 It seems strange to me Rob that they should be handing out tickets on a sunday, what makes it worse, is that some of the people attending the Rememberance Day service may have been elderly and a little confused, but these uniformed scum bags obviously don't care, that, possibly due to the actions of some of these folk, that they are issuing tickets instead of guarding a Concentration Camp, although some of them may well be more suited to the latter job. Perhaps they should be given a transfer to the Kabul District Councils traffic division for a taster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I popped out of the office this lunchtime to check the scene again. There is disabled parking all down the left hand side of Victoria Street except for a short section where there is a No Loading restriction between 10am and 4.30pm seven days a week. If you are not aware of it is very easy to miss. The parking attendants know this and were very keen to hand out tickets to Blue Badge Holders attending the Remembrance Service. The Evening Post have contacted me about this so I hope they will be getting a response from the Head of Parking Services for the city. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 ...It seems strange to me Rob that they should be handing out tickets on sunday... Yes...and if they were 'homing in' on the emotive Remembrance Service it is doubly despicable. Do they usually work on Sunday?... presumably so. Whilst I usually have little sympathy for parking abusers - complete with their irrelevant excuses - this would seem to be an unusual, if not unprecedented, scenario. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russ 2 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Jobsworth attitude isn't it ?! I remember reading of a traffic warden who gave a parking ticket to a hearse.They have no common sense - that's why people have no respect for them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Someone told that these parking attendant rats get a bonus, the one that issues the most tickets in a month wins a prize, possibly a holiday. Can anyone confirm this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I have been told by a warden that this is not the case. She always came and told me if her boss was coming and to move my car , otherwise she left me be (I was working for the RAC at the time (On sales) ) But whether it's changed since 1990 I don't know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 The original traffic wardens were ok but since they changed to parking attendants their attitude has changed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Traffic Wardens? Parking Attendants? Hmmm.... I thought they were "Meter Maids"! Lovely Rita Meter Maid Nothing can come between us... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 They're not all bad, well, perhaps 0.001% of them. I was unloading some site investigation gear out of the back of a van in Bishops Stortford once, on a double yellow line, but I had no choice, it was heavy stuff and I had to heave it over the fence. Next minute 'Lovely Rita' arrives, 'Hmm' she says, 'Would you believe it that the local residents have complained to us about your antics, but I see you have no choice, miserable sods'. She wandered about, came back and said, 'I see that some of these do-gooders have un-taxed vehicles' and promptly called in the police, a car full of coppers arrived and started knocking on doors, I was left alone until I finished, I couldn't stop laughing though, nor could she. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 I parked in a disabled space yesterday a traffic warden shouted at me, "Hey what’s your disability?" "Tourettes! Now f*ck off, you cont!!" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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