I had a job interview this morning. I parked directly outside the premises,read the little sign attached to the lampost that said i could have a maximum stay of 1 hour, pumped enough cash into the meter to cover an hours parking. The interview started a lot later than expected, so i had to come out again and put more money into the meter, therefore now going over the maximum stay of an hour. I removed the old ticket, and placed the new meter ticket in its place.
After the interview had finished, i found a ticket from a warden on the windscreen, it claimed that i had stayed beyond the allowed time. Fair enough, as i had. The thing that gets me is that there were roughly 10 bays on my side of the road, 3 of which were taken (including one by my car). If its a case where all bays were taken, then i wouldn't have made this thread as i'd see their point, others needed to park, i'd overstayed my allowed time, so i got fined, simple. But the fact that there were clearly other empty bays is whats getting me pi**ed. I just find it so anal its unbelivable, add to the fact i only put in enough money to cover my car for an additional 20 minutes.
Anyway, has anyone been in this situation before and managed to get out of paying as i find £50 a bit much just for going over the allotted time!?
After the interview had finished, i found a ticket from a warden on the windscreen, it claimed that i had stayed beyond the allowed time. Fair enough, as i had. The thing that gets me is that there were roughly 10 bays on my side of the road, 3 of which were taken (including one by my car). If its a case where all bays were taken, then i wouldn't have made this thread as i'd see their point, others needed to park, i'd overstayed my allowed time, so i got fined, simple. But the fact that there were clearly other empty bays is whats getting me pi**ed. I just find it so anal its unbelivable, add to the fact i only put in enough money to cover my car for an additional 20 minutes.
Anyway, has anyone been in this situation before and managed to get out of paying as i find £50 a bit much just for going over the allotted time!?