If every traffic warden was put on a spaceship and fired into the sun, nobody in the world would bat an eye. One particular traffic warden has been served an extra helping of hate recently he appears to issue parking tickets to cars caught amid the tragic wildfire in LA.
The video, released on X, shows a traffic warden using the emergency wildfire situation to rack up their numbers. The predatory practice of parking tickets doesn't rest for any reason. A parking violation is a parking violation, whether the car is a blazing inferno or not.
The man, leaning from his little vehicle, appears to place a parking ticket on the car's windshield. In the background, billowing smoke from the wildfire covers the sky, which does little to deter the traffic warden.
I don't know what he expects people to do about their vehicles. Across the city people have been evacuated, often leaving their cars abandoned on the roads. Bulldozers have had to be used to clear paths for emergency vehicles. It's not like people are able to return to their cars to move them.
Internet Baffled By Traffic Wardens Wildfire Vigilance
Plenty of people online are confused by the actions of this over-eager traffic warden, mere miles from the LA wildfire. Amid mass evacuations, and a state of emergency, this one guy is still hitting the streets, ticketing cars. But why?
But, as some have pointed out, these kinds of jobs are essentially paid on commission, working like mercenaries. This traffic warden has a family to feed, and even in the face of a wildfire, needs to earn a living. He can't take a day off when he isn't getting paid for it.
"He is honestly just doing what brings him and his family food on the table but the system should have told that we are not issuing parking tickets until fire is resolved," a commenter highlights.
One tone-deaf dullard on X comments, "There's a no parking order in place so that all of the emergency vehicles can get where they need to go. First they issue a ticket, and if it isn't moved within a few hours, they tow it. This is a good thing." Clearly she isn't aware of the inferno burning houses to ash just miles away. I am sure the people in the houses aren't about to come running back to move their cars anytime soon.
