Parking Inspector.
Yeah I know they're an easy target but...

This happened many years ago. At the time I was working with another bloke making hand-made candles. It was a business I had bought into after the other bloke (I'll call him Dick) had bought the business, its' clients (mostly stall-holders at all of the local markets) and the old Holden 1 tonner HQ off his brother-in-law.
But that's another story for another day.

Anyhoo - every Easter we supplied many of the local churches (including the big churches in the city) with the huge candles that they burn during the whole Easter week. There was no discrimination between faiths - to some we sold these candles at a huge profit (considering it was basically pouring a candle into a large poly pipe), to others we donated them as it was usually at the behest of a local charity.
These candles were usually 1500mm x 120 mm, sometimes bigger, sometimes smaller, sometimes with crosses for different denominations "coloured" into them. We used a slow burning wick as a normal candle can burn as much as an inch an hour. At that size they usually weighed a good 30-40kgs each & as you might imagine are fairly fragile - you're too rough and you end up with a couple of big chunks of wax, a wick in the middle and no candle. We tried 1 year getting a courier to deliver - after many of the churches received broken candles we decided we'd do it ourselves.

So. There we were the last week of March delivering these big candles in the back of our ute to the churches in the city.
We had parked in a "Loading Zone" almost directly in front of St. Georges Cathedral on St. Georges Tce. We wandered inside to find someone to sign for it and tell us where to put it. We found the archbishop. Lovely bloke - he actually baptised me & did my 1st communion.
We headed outside.
To find a parking inspector. Writing a ticket. For our ute.

I tried to head him off - "We're here delivering candles to the church for Easter."
"Once the ticket is written it's done." says he.
Fair call, but..
"This is a registered commercial vehicle that can carry over 1 tonne (so it can legally park in a Loading Zone) & we are on business." says I.
"Too bad, Ive already written out the ticket." says he.
The Anglican Archbishop of Perth then steps in - "These guys are delivering something that the church needs over the next week or so, they appear to have parked legally. I ask you to reconsider..."
"Sorry sir but as I said, I've written the ticket." The priest gets on the blower. And then talks quietly & hurriedly to someone for about 2 min.
"No worries" said my partner during this - we'd just invoice the city for it and write off the ticket.
Literally before the priest has gotten off his phone the Parking guys phone rings.

He answered, "Ahh-hummed" a few times then whipped the ticket out from under the wiper-blade and said to us "There is no problem with you parking here. I'm sorry to have taken you away from your task, my apologies."

tl;dr?
If you're a parking inspector, don't fuck with the church.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 27 Jan 2013, 7:41, 8 replies)

They simply made him an offer he couldn't refuse...
Retract the ticket, or we fuck your kids.
( Ken Oath, Sun 27 Jan 2013, 9:27, closed)

or
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Sun 27 Jan 2013, 11:48, closed)

If you like theocracy so much why don't you fuck off to Iran.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 27 Jan 2013, 14:23, closed)

Or mumsnet?

(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 27 Jan 2013, 22:41, closed)

That isn't a theocracy, you triple-thick loser.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 17:29, closed)

That isn't a theocracy, you treble-thick loser.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 17:29, closed)

That isn't a theocracy, you three-times-thicker than shit loser.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 17:29, closed)

These meds clearly aren't working for you Dr.
I think it's time you stopped self-administering and sought some help.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Mon 28 Jan 2013, 22:36, closed)