Car Park & Traffic

 In this time of economic distress it's advisable to avoid any unnecessary fines, ranging from littering the streets to the illegal parking fines. Many people understand this, yet time and time again I hear people act like spoilt children when they are caught with a clamp for being foolish and parking in a spot that they shouldn't have, railing at poor traffic wardens who are simply doing their jobs as traffic wardens. In fact, in the small town of Water foot in the UK, all traffic wardens have been banned from entering a fish and chip shop simply because of their profession. I've never understood the reason behind such discriminatory behavior and thus, find myself strongly opposed to it, because deep down, I have an undying respect for the ticket issuers, the wheel clamp, and the car park managers who run them.

As a result of their unequivocal enthusiasm for their work, they have earned this respect. It takes a truly strong person to keep working at something when it seems that the entire world hates you for it. Sometimes some of the calmest and best executed examples of wit I have ever seen comes from these people, as they smoothly shrug off insult after insult before hammering home the underlying truth that the motorist was in the wrong. The fact that the motorists are also wrong may also be one of the reasons I respect traffic wardens for, because when one person thinks that the rest of the world should bend to make life convenient for them, its good to see an enforcer of the rules slam them back into reality. Even after witnessing the consequences, some of us still park wherever we please in the vain hope that the warning lights will deter traffic wardens.

After looking into it a little, on privately owned car parks traffic wardens are hired and called out to the car park and Traffic, meaning that their job is similar to that of a plumber, and yet plumbers are never demonized for doing a good job, quite the opposite in fact. I think that it is time that we stop avoiding parking in car parks because they do an excellent job of keeping streets clear, so we ought to stop looking at traffic wardens and wheel clamps with scorn and just park in car parks.