Watchdog.

This morning I was just about to get my car out, and there was a car parked right outside my gates.
Eventually half an hour later, I tracked down the driver, and yes you guessed, it was a woman.
Now I don’t wish to get involved in the women vs. men drivers argument, women are just as good as men except for their failure to understand the meaning of the word courtesy, but I will save that for another time, although I must admit that their lack of courtesy is probably responsible for their terrible bad manners when it comes to parking.
Women drivers seem to think that they have a God given right to park anywhere they want, regardless of the problems that they cause for anyone else, driver, pedestrian, or resident alike. They just leave their car where it stops, even in a car park a woman can manage to take up three parking spaces to park a mini, regardless of the fact that there are no more spaces left. To hell with anyone else who wishes to park there, then they complain bitterly if they are given a parking ticket for their bad behaviour.
The people I feel sorry for are those living close to schools, cars are parked right up to their gates, and to make matters worse the women drivers don’t just drop off their children whom the have driven the quarter of a mile from home, but they then stand around in groups gossiping for the next hour.
Pedestrians have to gamble with death trying to cross the road, or walking in the road because the pavement is full of cars.
Have you ever had a woman parked outside your gate and asked her to move it? The reply would make even Jamie Oliver sound tame.
Ask a man to move and he is likely to say “ Sorry mate “ and move with no further ado, but he most probably wouldn’t park it there in the first place.
Then there are the Weight watchers evenings usually held in school halls or other such venues, once again you cannot move for cars, if they could get them inside the building I think that they would, have these women never thought that if they walked the few hundred yards from home, they wouldn’t need to waste their money on Weight watchers.
So ladies how about giving just a little bit of thought to other road users, pedestrians, and residents, the next time you think about leaving your car where it happens to stop.
Do you know a woman who parks with consideration? Use the contact form to let me know about her.

Warning

The congratulations you won a holiday telephone scam is back

How it works

Your telephone rings, and you answer, A recorded message informs you that you or someone in your household has entered a competition and won. You are then asked to press a number on your telephone to claim your prize this can be any number.

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES PRESS ANY BUTTON ON YOUR TELEPHONE.

If you do you will be connected to a premium rate number costing anything over £1.00 per minute, and you will run up a huge bill without knowing about it until your next telephone bill arrives.

As for the holiday and the competition they never existed.If you receive one of these calls HANG UP

Always remember

If something sounds too good to be true IT IS!

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About Watchdog

Watchdog has been writing for several local newspapers in this area for over 30 years. the first Watchdog column appeared in the now long extinct Leigh & District Weekly News when the BDL awards became a must to read. The identity of Watchdog has through the years been a closely guarded secret, no one even knows if the Watchdog is a man, or a woman.