I'm staying in Epsom at the moment (until Tuesday when the good weather will undoubtedly appear
) at the far end of the high street-ish...
Between us and the shops is a mahoosive car park... it is always at least half empty because it is soooo far away from the shops (well a few minutes walk). As you get closer to town the car parks obviously get fuller and fullerer...
Unsurprisingly, the dozen or so
spaccer disabled persons who hold a blue parking badge parking places are
always empty... I've never seen a
spaccer disabled persons who hold a blue parking badge parked there. It makes sense, there are
spaccer disabled persons who hold a blue parking badge places right in the middle of the town (and they can park on yellow lines anyway?
) so why would you park at the end of town and wheel/hobble yourself all the way in...?
This week the
spaccer disabled persons who hold a blue parking badge places were all blocked with traffic cones... I assumed that they were going to be removed and leave more parking places for normal people...
But no... On Friday the council burnt off all the yellow markings starting at early o'clock and by the end of the day had re-painted them making the
spaccer disabled persons who hold a blue parking badge places even bigger than before and taking up more of the car park...
I presume they had a surplus in the burny-off re-painty budget this year and needed to get it spent lest they'd lose it for next year...?
Given the current financial crisis, the person that could
not spot that this was a completely daft waste of money should be
hanged sacked immediately....