Yes, really:
A PARKING attendant sprang into action when a man collapsed outside Altrincham General Hospital - by trying to slap a ticket on the victim's car.I think this is sort of thing is also symbolic of American society, which is too bad. I'm no expert on the trends or strategies of law enforcement, but it seems for various reasons they have increasingly favored a zero-tolerance attitude over commonsense.
The diligent warden came upon the scene after the man, who is diabetic, had keeled over in a car outside the hospital entrance.
Nurses ran out to help the man after his driver had dashed into the hospital to ask for assistance, and an ambulance was called.
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But the intrepid meter maid spotted that the driver had pulled up in an ambulance bay - and was not about to show any leeway.
Undeterred by the frantic activity going on around her, the parking attendant repeatedly tried to issue a parking ticket.
She ignored protests and explanations as she pressed on - and even continued to issue a ticket after the ambulance arrived and the paramedics took over the care of the patient, according to a shocked observer.
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Sounds like someone was really desperate to make her quota...
I hate these kinds of quotas. Every police department denies having them, but it sure would explain them making criminals out of good people.
They deny quotas, but all of the police I've talked to claim that those who don't seem to hand out a certain amount of tickets hear about it. It's one of those unwritten things that is more-or-less accepted.
The hospital in question is in the United Kingdom. The term "parking warden" should have been a clue.
This story has NOTHING to do with any symbol of American society, in any way. It didn't happen here.
I am fully aware it was in Britain. I said it also is symbolic of American society, as in that sort of thing happens here. I say based on my experience, and from the various stories I discuss on this blog. It wouldn't surprise me at all had this happened in America.
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