Summoned from bed

A few days ago my doorbell rang at 7.45 a.m. As I work nights this call was a real nuisance to me and I decided not to answer it and go back to sleep. The bell rang again and again with insistence. This time I got up as I thought it was a matter of some urgency.

To my amazement it was a young man delivering traffic contraventions. I told him I could not go down and sign and to come back tomorrow to which he replied "I will write refused".

Now what kind of attitude is this? As far as I know summons are usually sent by post. They used to be registered in the past but our wise warden company realised that the cost of registered letters would increase their expenses and slow down their revenues. Surprise surprise, I found that the three summons were, after all, deposited in my letter box.

By the way, one of the traffic notices was given at 10.13 a.m. in Alfred Craig Street, Ta' Xbiex, a street I never heard of and at a time that I am always in bed. Secondly, if my English wife had received one of these contraventions, she would not have understood a thing as these notices are written in Maltese only. Wake up whoever is responsible. Enough is enough.