traffic wardens
Made a painfully hungover rush to car. Two minutes late. Same smug twat who ticketed me yesterday - there is no worse start to the day - despite a valid ticket was gearing up to do it again.

I said loudly into my phone "maybe if he got a real job he could have a nice car himself instead of just touching the wipers of other people's".

Then felt horribly ashamed but fortunately he had fucked off and hadn't heard me!

But seriously. To do the rounds and make a note of when people's permits expire to the minute... No. The point is to stop people parking somewhere obstructive, not to harass innocent driverd with valid permits!

And breathe..... God I feel like shit today, hope everyone else is doing better....
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:04, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Maybe leave a note for him next to your valid permit?
telling him that you're a Very Important Lawyer type.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:08, Reply)

Most of the traffic wardens are from Nigeria.
and if you give them any information about yourself, they empty your bank account.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:09, Reply)

Hahaha
Very pleased to see it is also British Racism Week.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:14, Reply)

I thought every week
Was British Racism Week?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:15, Reply)

It fucking is in my house.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:25, Reply)

I accidentaly sat on a Daliy Mail, and absorbed it.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:15, Reply)

The car park behind my old flat was permit only and the little card permit they gave us
had to be displayed next to the tax disc, but twice mine fell off the dash and landed on the passenger seat. It was still clearly visible, but they clamped me anyway and it cost £80 each time plus the £3 processing fee for my payment! *seethe*
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:11, Reply)

Traffic warden cocks
I saw a couple of them standing subjecting a row of cars in my old street each to incredibly close scrutiny one day; they spend about 5 minutes looking at each car, then moved on to the next. Good use of there time that was, about 45 minutes to do one street.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:15, Reply)

they patrol the street outside my office religiously
and they hang around until people are 1 minute past their ticket and immediately put it into the machine even if the person is running back to their car.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:17, Reply)

They can be utterly unreasonable
To the point of utter cockdom. Mind you, I'll never forget the look on one warden's face as he went down a line of expensive cars (two ferraris, two porsches and a bentley) and ticketed each one.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:20, Reply)

I do enjoy it when they ticket people who take the piss
for example last year there was a brand new Ferrari parked on double yellows outside the entrance to a club on a Saturday night. It had a disabled badge in the window, but it was blocking an entrance and it was dangerous so they ticketed it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:24, Reply)

last time I got a parking ticket
it was because my pay and display one had blown over when I shut the door and I hadn't noticed. The traffic warden walked past and looked at it when I was walking away (had got about 5 metres from my car) and he didn't say anything, he waited for me to leave then ticketed me.

The fucking cunt.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:16, Reply)

I have received two parking tickets.
The first was my own fault, as I forgot to display my temporary permit. The buggers are quick in Ealing.

The second time, I went on holiday and they changed the parking restrictions around my car, which they then ticketed. My on-time appeal was mysteriously lost in the post.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 11:48, Reply)

How does one find a job as a traffic warden?
Sounds like fun!
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Tue 28 Sep 2010, 9:32, Reply)