To have told a little white lie?

[Celticliving]

Pulled up at the shop on the way to work this morning. Into a parking space. Of which there were many. No charge.

A woman pulled up in her BMW X3 gas guzzler, parked on the yellow lines and went into the shop, leaving her engine running (which is brave of her in London).

I went in a few moments after her. Bumped into her at the bakery shelf and told her the parking warden was coming round the corner.

Never seen someone move so fast.

Why would you do that? Pointless.

I’d have taken her car key into her & said ‘you left these in the car’

That's a good idea. Stops her car being nicked then.

Because she was illegally parked AND had the engine running.

I’ve done it before, just stood next to their car holding their keys, cars are nicked so easily nowadays you’d be mad to leave one running

Wish I was brave enough!

I wanted to say "Sorry to bother you but I think you left your engine on by mistake". But ran with the parking warden idea.

YANBU
But I'd have preferred her car to get nicked 😂 I'm just like that

If you'd left it she might have got a real ticket or her car nicked though, so was your motive to prevent this? Or were you trying to get her to move?

So let her car get stolen then 🤷🏻‍♀️

Not all heroes wear capes! Well done OP.

Nah I was just being petty

I live for shithousery like this. 😆

And you wanted a pat on the back for that or…?

Nobody does this.

And sometimes I despair at the lack of respect from people regarding others and regarding the planet.

But I guess my thread has proved my own point, that we can't all expect people to behave in the way we think they ought.

Well obviously they do!

Nice!

I'd have asked her to switch off the engine

Love the petty op however I am disappointed in this story! I thought there was going to be only one loaf of bread left on the bakery shelf and she was reaching for it and that's why you told her about the warden 😂

I missed a trick there!

I just gave her a MN thanks which is the pat on the back equivalent on this occasion. 😁

Whereabouts in London are you that you can drive to a shop and find plenty of parking outside???

Misses point of thread/sceptical

West London..

Due to this little thing called 'parking restrictions' there are plenty of parking spaces at certain times of the day.