Talk:Parking enforcement officer

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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,

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)[reply]

• 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

First traffic wardens came about in the 1960 ^[1] 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^[2] on private land largely became regulated in 2012^[3] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.103.59.111 (talk) 21:48, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]