Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Jobsworth award contender 2011: Malcolm Dubois of Carleton Parking Management, Ottawa

After a nine hour journey from New York City to visit my 81 year old mother-in-law and arriving late at night I parked in a clearly marked and signed 'visitors bay' close to her home.

This was clearly not enough for the patrol of Carleton Parking Management who decided at 04:12am the following morning to issue a parking violation no less before I woke up with day-break and put an additional notice in the vehicle indicating we were visiting a home there.

A call early the following week with the office manager provided me with a lady who was adamant, based on her computer notes, that there was adequate signage and they were determined to enforce my 'infringement' of the rules - with no potential leniency.

The owner of the business Malcolm Dubois clearly is seeking to run a shoot-first ask questions later policy - if I wished to dispute the issue they informed me I could pay $50 or else pay $75 at small claims court (and therefore either travel back to Ottawa in person or have my 81 year old mother in law attend).

A pathetic entry for the 2011 jobs worth award.

According to the website http://www.wikidomo.com you can reach Malcolm at his home address;

2660 Southvale Cres #217,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
K1B-4W5

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