I have no sympathy for this one. While I take a dim view of parking companies and their tendency to engage in sharp practice, this one is self-inflicted.
A man who was slapped with a £100 fine for eating too slowly at KFC has told of the sense of ‘betrayal’ he felt after walking into the ‘trap’.
It’s not a fine, it’s a charge for overstaying. Big difference.
Gordon Teh, 51, described the ‘shock’ he suffered at the hands of the popular chicken chain who ruffled his feathers when all he had wanted was to enjoy a nice meal out with his daughter.
This comes after left the premises only to discover a parking ticket on his car windscreen – with the shocking turn of events seeing him charged for overstaying the 60-minute parking limit by around 17 minutes.
So he stayed for an hour and seventeen minutes. It’s called fast food for a reason.
The father insisted he had been completely unaware of the time limit and added that an hour was definitely not enough time in a restaurant.
There will have been signs. There are always signs. And an hour or more for a KFC? Really? Was he having Hors d’oeuvre, dessert, cheese and wine with it?
KFC has since reached out and ‘tried to make things right’ yet this has not left Mr Teh any less stunned and traumatised.
Speaking to the Glasgow Times, Mr Teh of Bearsden in Scotland, said: ‘It was supposed to be a great day, but I had a shocking experience that left me outraged.
Maybe read the signs next time, eh?
Yes, there are always signs and this shit for brains had his picture taken standing next to one!
This guy is far from alone. NotAlwaysRight.com has numerous stories about people’s inability to read signs no matter how big and how numerous. They often then say, you should have signs up and then turn pissy when the signs are pointed out to them because it made them look stupid.
This is mind boggling … he took over an hour to eat a KFC and said that the fine for overstaying “spoiled a great day”.
How pathetic and shallow your life must be to consider and visit to KFC to be a “great day” and to, presumably, savour each mouthful for that long that the meal would be as cold as charity by the time you finished it? The stuff isn’t that appetising in the first place, even when hot and fresh.
What else does he consider would make a great day? Making lampshades? Taking part in a spelling bee? AS one of my friends put it, I’ve never known a man more in need of a blowjob in all my life.
Methinks that there is more to the story etc. …
A succulent chicken meal!
I love how these knobs are always ‘traumatised’
’…all he had wanted was to enjoy a nice meal out with his daughter.’
Then take her to a restaurant!
Based on the last parking tale, why isn’t everyone clamouring to give them 17 minutes leeway on exiting the car park?
The same reasonable test applies. The driver is the one being unreasonable in this instance.
“enjoy a nice meal out with his daughter”
At a KFC? Not to mention at any other fast food joint. ‘Nice’ is a very curious use of language. The gentleman in question must have very low aspirations.
It is possible the chap was caught parking in KFC’s car park while he and daughter went elsewhere for their ‘nice meal’
Possibly across the road to McDonald’s?
My grandson is a very slow eater. Takes him forever to eat a KFC. Several times I’ve been there over a hour and sso I usually carry a book. It’s much worse when there is a play area inside. I’ve been at Burger King or McDonalds for hours while they eat and play.
The UK has turned over the last 30 years into a money grabbing shithole.