A couple of doors down from the shop there is a dance school which is pretty well attended, particularly on Saturday mornings. Put it this way, if I'm not in the shop before 9 on a Saturday then parking is nigh impossible. People will park on the pavement right outside the shop, blocking the pavement and the door but seem to move sharpish whenever I start wielding a BMX with stunt pegs and bear trap pedals. Can't think why...
Recently all the bays (1 hour & no return within) and the yellow lines and the bus stop were all repainted. Coincidentally the Police chose that weekend for a blitz. One woman who parked on the pavement, in the bus stop and against the flow of traffic had a ticket written and stuck on the car in less time than it took for her to carry (YES. CARRY!) her precious the thirty feet from the car to the door of the studio. The Constable explained in no uncertain terms that if she wanted to get steamed about it he would have no problem in issuing a FPN for obstruction and at that point she STFU.