Warning worth rewording

I attended a funeral Mass at St Gregory’s, in Sliema, and parked my car in the vicinity, placing the parking ‘clock’ on the dashboard as the signs instruct. On my return, I found a note from the local council saying that my car was in contravention of...

I attended a funeral Mass at St Gregory’s, in Sliema, and parked my car in the vicinity, placing the parking ‘clock’ on the dashboard as the signs instruct. On my return, I found a note from the local council saying that my car was in contravention of the Controlled Parking Schemes Regulations and that, on May 1, “the Residential Parking Scheme shall start to be enforced with the applicable fines”.

As I was not in contravention of any so-called ‘Controlled Parking Schemes’, I called the council. The lady on the other end told me not to bother, that even she gets such a note daily, and that they were putting these warnings on every car of non-Sliema residents.

She did not feel the need to re-word the warning!

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