Sadly GB, I think you,re probably correct in your prognosis. I thought i only read about such things or saw them on the telly.

At one point i really thought he would be attacked.

I blame his parents to a degree.

Standards started to decline when they abolished capital punishment in schools.

I honestly think that traffic wardens often don't help themselves with their own attitude.

When I was on one contract, I spent most mornings just off Oxford Street in London. The traffic wardens were wise to us delivering there and they would be there waiting on the corner for us to arrive. The bit which annoyed me was they did not stick to the law. They would slap a ticket on the truck as soon as you arrived, despite the fact you were allowed 20 mins to unload in that bay.

There was one morning where another person and myself had to save one of the wardens from being attacked because she decided to give a parcel delivery van a ticket for stopping to deliver, the delivery driver was not even there 3minutes. When questioned she claimed he deserved a ticket as his bumper (in her opinion) was an inch over the line at the end of the loading bay. This is the kind of behaviour that will get even the most placid person irritated.