For quite some time, it has been peaceful. No person in white patrolling around the car park at my HDB block I am staying at after a certain timing. It was relatively safe for those who had not bought a season parking ticket, only being caught once in awhile. Until one day, maybe because of this economic crisis the once safe haven that is my block’s car park, is now as dangerous as other car parks around Singapore. Beware! The once feared warrior, the person who could make grown men run for their lives whenever they see them, the car park attendant has arrived! He/she is now ready to catch all the residents who do not display their season parking coupon at night! We knew that this day would come, but we were unprepared for the sneak attacks. Out of a sudden, my father kenna 4 summons/parking offence tickets in 7 days!
The 4 tickets (Taken with my iPhone so that it won't be so clear)Before you think that my father should not be such a cheapskate and should just get the season ticket every month, I would like to attempt to defend him and hope you give him the benefit of the doubt he he. The reason why he doesn’t get a season ticket is because he can’t get one for my block! There are just too many cars and not enough parking lots at my blocks car park (what economic crisis?)! He has tried to apply for a season ticket in the past but they could only give him one at another block which is very far away from my house. It is so inconvenient for him to walk all the way from his car back home every day with his stuff.
So my father decided to experiment. He tried parking at our car park without any season ticket for a few weeks and he realized that it is actually quite safe to park as they d
o not patrol regularly at night and he gets the ticket once in awhile. It was relatively safe until last week when my father found the parking offence slip 4 times in 7 days. The timing of the tickets was around 1.30am to 2am, so he decided to experiment again. This is when our game of hide and seek began heh. Last Wednesday, my father decided to drive the car out of the car park at 1.15 am and come back 1 hour later to see if the car park attendant will still be patrolling. I accompanied him that night and we went to a 24 hour coffee shop nearby for a drink. After some cock talking at the coffee shop, we wasted more time by going to the petrol kiosk to buy some snacks and drinks. In the end, we wasted around 45 minutes and came back at around 2.00am.My father then drove around the car park to see if there are any unfortunate victims of having that dreaded piece of paper under their car’s wiper. We found a few unlucky people while driving around and I went to check the timings of the summons. (Sure to see some angry faces in the morning! He he). The funny thing is we saw the car park attendant while driving around! I think the person also noticed us and she seems to recognize my father’s car! She must have been looking for my father’s car while we were out he he. Easy commission for her I guess.
We had no choice but to drive out of the car park and waste some more time and eventually came back around 2.30am. My father then parked at what he thought was the safest place …. Just beside a car which has just been given the parking offence ticket! While walking back to our block, we noticed that the car park attendant was still there! I seriously think that she was waiting for us ha ha. So we waited at the void deck for awhile till the car park attendant went off, or so we though…..
We went home happy, thinking that we have accomplished our mission of escaping the fine. But ……. The next morning my found a parking offence ticket on under his car wiper. The time of the offence is around 2.45am …..
Lol … all the hard work was for nothing, but at least it was a fun adventure.
Lesson of the day: You Don’t Mess With The Car Park Attendant!
The owner of this car won't care about getting a fine though he he.
P.S: My father has since got the season coupon for the car park far away from our house. I hope that in the future, they will build an extra car park on the empty land beside my block though. There are really too many cars at my block!(Images From: My iPhone, Daily Mail Online, The Inquisitr)