Talk:Parking enforcement officer

Rita, the meter maid (unsigned and undated comment (pre-June 2015))

As per the biography of Paul McCartney, Paul says, that he met a girl who DID fine his Aston Martin, and her name was Mater, and Paul commented, that it was a good name for a song, but later chose the name Rita, only because it rhymed well. He denies knowing any real Meter Maid called Rita.

As per the biography of Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now, by Barry Miles.

Parking Nazis

I would like to see something in this article about so called "Parking Nazis" which are parking officers on college campuses throughout the United States. According to a search I did on Yahoo, the term is very common. I know at the University of Utah, Parking nazi is the common term given to the officers. Milonica 22:11, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

• nazi not is "derogatory", it´s a sintetic form of vocabule for the ideology = national socialism =/= international socialism/international capitalism.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.114.196.227 (talk) 14:05, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

I beg to differ: calling someone a "Nazi" in reference to a perceived zealousness in enforcing rules and regulations, is indeed derogatory. I would question that calling a "parking enforcement officer" a "meter maid" is derogatory.Wschart (talk) 19:57, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

In my opinion, Nazi is well-deserved since the alternatives, "communist", "totalitarian" and "socialist" lack the punch (maybe not socialist in the USA though), and Meter Maid reflects a lack of discretion (and the fact that they milk motorists). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jon Shl (talk • contribs) 02:29, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

What about Martin Lomax, the bad guy in The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) who works in enforcement in a car park - for the popular culture section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jon Shl (talk • contribs) 02:38, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

What about the other kind of "meter reader"

Is there an articel on people who read power/gas/water meters? I haven't been able to find it, but it should have a disambig link on this page. 76.117.247.55 (talk) 02:46, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Merger with Parking Enforcement Officer

This article should not be merged as neither "traffic warden" nor "parking enforcement officers" have a consistent international meaning. At the least, both articles require clear separation and identification of nation-specific content.--MBRZ48 (talk) 01:52, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Advent of traffic wardens in the UK

When did traffic wardens arrive? Certainly not with the Road Traffic Act 1988, the plage was well established by 1988. I remember the scum in or about 1970. Froggo Zijgeb (talk) 20:35, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

First traffic wardens came about in the 1960 it should be remembered that they were a Police agency unlike the Local Authority CEO's that patrol today. Additionally 'private' parking wardens (Enforcing parking charges on private land largely became regulated in 2012 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.103.59.111 (talk) 21:48, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

References

Critical negative material in the lead

Placement of critical negative material in the lead re. "nazis", stab proof vests, target-driven fining approaches etc. is NPOV and gives undue weight to a partisan (eg. selfish car-owning) view of these workers. Will change the article and move it to a subsection accordingly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.144.47.95 (talk) 21:00, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Can't find the word "WINDSHIELD" in the article.

There's no mention of the word "Windscreen" or "Windshield Wipers" in an article on Parking Enforcement Officials? Maybe a more specific job description should be provided.70.81.138.34 (talk) 04:31, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

edit * The article does contain the word "windscreen wiper", but only under the Australian subheading — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.81.138.34 (talk) 04:45, 15 January 2016 (UTC)