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I have just driven into work and heard an interview with the Director of the Red Cross Blood bank about the some 14,000 Victorians that rushed to donate blood have been issued with Parking Tickets! A usual number of Blood donors on any given day is around 40... Queues were enormous but people stayed and gave their blood to help those that were so horribly injured. Police stepped in and basically told the Parking Officers to take a hike but many had already been issued with tickets.
There is naturally an uproar and I am sure that no one will have to pay these tickets but the point of it all is what on earth were those Parking Officers thinking????
Melbourne City Parking Officers... Giving parking tickets to those donating blood!
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Posted 11 February 2009 - 11:11 AM
How despicable 
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Posted 11 February 2009 - 11:30 AM
That is absolutely awfully mean-glad tjhe police have overuled the parking inspectors. I got a parking ticket recently-due to spending all day in court whilst supporting my neighbour as she got a restraining order against a violent husband. The state dept of collections said "Too bad so sad and pay up". I hope these idiots get their karma one day in fullChris
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Posted 11 February 2009 - 11:39 AM
Obvioussly they have little common sense!!! You would think they would have put two and two together and come up with the right answer. Fools.
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Posted 11 February 2009 - 11:41 AM
speechless at such careless stupidity.....
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Posted 11 February 2009 - 12:25 PM
Not nice at all. I mean I guess they were just "doing their jobs" But commom sense goes a long way.....
Do they still need blood?? I have never donated, but will if they need it.
Do they still need blood?? I have never donated, but will if they need it.
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Posted 11 February 2009 - 01:08 PM
They will need it in Vic for a while as the people with burns will need ongoing blood products. I dont think they send blood from state to state but we always need it here in WA. I dont think any state ever has too much blood. There may be blood products that are made from donations here that may go to Vic though. Not sure.
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