Richard Flynn :: no comment

I was in a newsagent this afternoon on the Rue de la Servette, a four-lane (+two tram lines) road in Geneva. A lady had got in to the shop just before me; she asked the shop-keeper where there was a parking meter in the vicinity. The lady behind the counter told this woman that although the signs had been put up and the ground prepared for them, the meters hadn’t yet been installed. Nevertheless, she went on, the customer should be vigilant because the lack of machines is not seen as a valid reason for not displaying a parking permit, and the wardens—who, she said, are known to pass regularly—are still liable to issue parking tickets!

All of this was reported slightly apologetically (in a don’t-blame-me-it’s-not-my-fault tone) but seemingly neither of them would consider the possibility of challenging such a ridiculous situation. I for one welcome our new parking-warden bureaucrat overlords.