Annoyances XI - Hatred of traffic wardens

I could understand if an individual was ticketing people undeservedly, targeting vulnerable people, or something like that.

Ok, several parking regulations are daft, and it costs far too much to park in the city centre (I mean, it's not like they would want to encourage you to go in there, is it?).

But the thing is, they don't dictate parking regulations, and there needs to be someone going around penalising those who fail to abide by the regulations to act as a deterrent, otherwise carnage would ensue, and people would just park anywhere.

They are just doing their job, a job someone needs to do, so why all the abuse?

Considering the widespread disregard for parking restrictions, personally i'd say there isn't enough of them. Just because the double yellow lines are outside a Tesco, doesn't mean you can park there. Sorry.