I hope all the traffic wardens out there are enjoying their power trips. It takes a truly unique individual to take on this task and enjoy it – but they all seem to.
Perhaps they get brownie points from their boss for the amount of tickets they issue – but they don’t get any from me this week!
My daughter is a social care worker, this means she visits elderly and infirm clients and helps them to bathe, wash, dress, cook their meals and in some cases enjoy a little company for the short time she is there. The pay is dreadful for the hours and sheer love and effort she puts in, but, she gets a great deal of satisfaction from it all and, like I have said before I am very proud of her.
Last Thursday she pulled up outside the office of her company, on a little side street in a small village. No yellow lines and there was already another carer’s car parked there.
She intended to be there for only one minute, just to pick up her rota which was ready and waiting for her.
But when she went inside her manager informed her that someone had rung in sick and she needed her to take on some more calls. Her manager was writing them down as she spoke.
Then another member of staff informed my daughter that a traffic warden was taking photos of her car, my daughter rushed out and explained what she was doing and why she had been delayed – he couldn’t care less, just took more photos and issued a parking ticket – she had been there for five minutes!
He didn’t even look at the other car which had been there longer – he didn’t care that she was trying to look after people who are unable to care for themselves – few things make me really angry but this is one of them.
My daughter is challenging the ticket – it will probably get her nowhere and she will have to pay the extortionate fee that she can ill afford.
I agree that she has probably learnt a lesson and will not park there again – lets just hope that if ever that man gets ill and needs care he is not allocated to my daughter – he might get more than he bargained for!
I think you must be right about the ‘power trip and brownie points’ Kate. What a pathetic man! I feel so sorry this happened to your daughter – but at least (thanks to dedicated study and hard work) she can be proud of her own job! Good luck to her.
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I firmly believe that they get a “ticket target” to hit each day, and off they go to get anyone who may bend the rules a bit. Put a uniform on some people and they really do get an exaggerated opinion of themselves and what they are doing. Unfortunately, like you say, it is likely that a challenge will fall on deaf ears.
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Excuse my langauge… there are wankers in all roles and walks of life… often, they decide to put a uniform to make up for a very small panis … (I don’t wear a uniform btw)
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bollocks … or a PENIS as well !!!! my bloody fat fingers !!!
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Geri – Thank you, she is lovely lady and her clients think the world of her! Pathetic is a good word to describe these people! x
Cortes – Well I trust he is proud of his actions, my daughter’s uniform says it all but his was obviously more powerful. I wrote the letter challenging the fine so we will see – I may get the local paper to report on it if they do not change it. I’ll let you know!
Moon – my thoughts exactly but I’m too much of a lady to put it into those words – maybe panis is a good word for part of the anatomy of a traffic warden!!
Well, I would hate to defend a traffic warden, but nothing annoys me more than cars parked on the side of the road, blocking a lane of traffic during rush hour. So, the question is, do these people not have enough intelligence to determine which cars are causing trouble and need to be moved versus those that are not bothering any one at all?
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I don’t know what credentials are needed to become a traffic warden – I shouldn’t think it takes a lot of intelligence though…… I just feel that the only people who apply for job are the sort who like to pick on people …. especially the ones who won’t fight back!!! Don’t get me wrong I hate it when badly parked cars stop me from driving but this was just so senseless!!!
I can understnd your frustration. Seems like they are waiting to pounce.
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