To be or not to be.. A CEO (Traffic Warden)

Coupon-mad

No - I'd rather you stay away from it.

The_ICT_Engineer wrote: »

It's all done by CCTV round here, First thing you know about it, Is when the fine drops through the letterbox with a nice picture of your car.

Yep and then you appeal it and appeal again, go to adjucation and most people then win (those who bother). Same with tickets on your windscreen, normally the Council muck up the process or the wording or the contravention evidence somewhere along the line.

So what's the point of a CEO at all? Cannot stand them. Maybe I am biased living in Brighton, the worst place for ticketing after London I believe.

skivenov

A job's a job at the end of the day and anything's better than nothing. If you weren't doing it, someone else would be, so I say go for it.

TrickyWicky

I have no opinion.

Coupon-mad wrote: »

Maybe I am biased living in Brighton, the worst place for ticketing after London I believe.

Sheesh I do feel for you now. Brighton is known for being ticket mad - we've all heard of that place and how the staff are pushed for every ticket possible. I've heard about one of the large PPCs and their car park prices too. Someone once told me they charge £12 in one of them for one hour :eek:

Not hard to see why you dislike CEOs now you've revealed your area - it has a reputation in parking enforcement circles too you know.

adonis

Sorry but I keep thinking CEO means this,
Definition of 'Chief Executive Officer - CEO'

The highest ranking executive in a company whose main responsibilities include developing and implementing high-level strategies, making major corporate decisions, managing the overall operations and resources of a company, and acting as the main point of communication between the board of directors and the corporate operations. The CEO will often have a position on the board, and in some cases is even the chair.



I'm sure the pay's better.

TrickyWicky

I have no opinion.

You have no idea how much banter went around in CEO circles when we went from PAs to CEOs. There were many temptations to park our cars in the CEOs reserved space

Anyway, shocking result, I honestly expected most folk to say stay away from the job to be honest yet 76% have actually voted that I should do it again! Thats has actually shocked me a lot and I'd like to thank everyone who took part for their time and vote.

The ironry being that it's actually higher than 76% because I had to vote for the no opinion option just purely so I could see the results so technically thats actually 79% voted that I should do it.

Again, thanks to all who took part.

real1314

There are 2 reasons we do actually need parking enforcement:-

1. To keep roads flowing - parking in the wrong place affects too many people

2. To manage the use of parking facilities to allow all to have opportunity to use them (within reason) to carry out their daily lives.

(there might be some other reasons but I think these are a reasonable summary).

Where parking enforcement falls down is when it misses the true purpose and sees itself as either i) an enforcement body without knowing why or ii) a revenue generator.

What it needs are people who understand its purpose. :cool:

bluetownbarry

I'd sooner me and my family starve than have to do this form of legalised robbery. As you said,

I left parking years ago and decided I never wanted anything to do with it again. It's an aggressive nasty little industry that just wants to rob the motorist at any expense and walks all over its own workers

Listen to your conscience. I'm old enough to remember when traffic wardens were controlled by the police and had no 'targets' to meet. I bet you know of areas that are never patrolled by 'CEOs' yet easy targets are always patrolled.

There will always be better & sometimes better paid alternatives to this kind of 'job'.

The way I see it you have two options, leave your self respect & sense of decency at home each day or hate yourself every godforsaken day you exist in this role.

Gilbert2

Coupon-mad wrote: »

I cannot contemplate being paid to fine people because they dared to overstay by 2 minutes, or were legitimately unloading but you didn't see them, etc.

But if someone was 'legitimately' unloading then they wouldn't get fined in the first place, surely?

Anyway OP, I think you should go for it.

I've no time for the selfish motorists who illegally park that may cause chaos for everybody else in the mistaken belief they are more important than everybody else so are allowed to do it.

It is complete and utter rubbish that traffic enforcement is just a revenue generator. How come I, and many others, don't contribute to this revenue?

That's correct, I don't illegally park.

Traffic enforcement is vital.

Gilbert2

bluetownbarry wrote: »

I'd sooner me and my family starve than have to do this form of legalised robbery. .

Sorry, just do not believe this.

You would prefer to die? And your loved ones too?

FATBALLZ

Although I've no respect for the role that Traffic Warden has morphed into over the years, I'd do it rather than be unemployed. But I'd also be looking for a more morally respectable job until I found one.