martyh

I had an incident yesterday in the street where i was working concerning myself a stroppy family and a disabled parking bay
Basicly the street is used as a overflow carpark for newcastle general so cars are parked both sides of the street from 8oclock onwards ,i had a door to fit in the street i arrived at about 2 oclock and the only available space was a disabled parking bay about 30yrds from the house so i parked up and started work ,about 1/2 hour later the ocupior of the house where the bay is turned up and started shouting and screaming that i was parked in his bay ,i politely told him it wasn't his bay and anyone could park there as the disabled bays are only advisory,by this time the son ,wife and daughter had got out of the car and were shouting and screaming that it was their bay put there for the mother (the gobbiest one)and they were going to get my van clamped or towed if i didn't move it ,they phoned the police and the parking control who turned up and told them exactly what i told them,their faces were a picture .If they had asked politely and in a calm manner then i would have considered moving if there was another space but shouting and bawling at me gets people nowhere