Traffic wardens – last chance for redemption

If ever there was a “just doin’ my job, mate” moment, surely this was it. As I took part in a charity fun run for MS (from which my mother died a few years back), the traffic wardens were sneaking around, and slapped me with a $77 fine. It’s rare enough to get ticketed on a motorbike, but on a Sunday morning too? Like everyone in Australia, however, by 9.36am on a Sunday, traffic wardens have already got a full day’s work done.

I’m sure they have a heart somewhere, though, so I thought I’d sent them a little note with my payment. And I paid by cheque, too, rather than credit card or ePay. Just to make them earn it.

Looking forward to your donations, my friends. It’ll bring our fundraising team within $50 (€31.50) of our goal.

Text reads:

Enclosed you’ll find my payment for a parking fine, handed out while I took part in a charity fundraiser for MS in Hyde Park.

I believe this is a unique opportunity to illustrate what kind, generous people traffic wardens really are, and shed the stereotype of being a cold, heartless bunch of bastards.

Simply log on and make a small donation, say, $77 (the price of the fine).

Ball’s in your court, lads.

http://sydney.mswalk.org.au/?Irish+madness