Aussies divided over driver's plea to parking inspectors in Sydney suburb
Aussies are divided after a hospitality worker said she shouldn't receive a parking ticket because she works up to 60 hours a week.
A photo of a handwritten note the woman had left on her dashboard for rangers was shared to a community Facebook page on Saturday.
'Hi, I work in Manly and get fined daily. I work in hospo doing 12hr days 5x a week,' the note read.
'I'm not staying long to intentionally take up spaces.
'Please help a girl out.'
But the local who snapped the photo wasn't convinced.
'Is this a good enough reason to get out of a parking fine?' he asked the group.
'Just because she's a GAL.'
Aussies were quick to share their thoughts on the woman's justification.
'Notes like that would cause me to write two fines,' one said.
'Sorry but as a former ranger this is an invite...' a second wrote.
A third shared: 'Got nothing to do with being a gal'.
'Should catch the bus,' a fourth commented.
But others were more sympathetic.
'It's a difficult one. First all the essential workers are advised to move out of the northern beaches to where they can afford to buy/rent, live to their means and then they get fined when commuting to work,' one said.
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