Just wondering why?...

Linda from Papanui

I'm just wondering why, one of my neighbours has just called parking enforcement to tell them that the reggo was out on my car after it was parked on the road for 4 mins today rather than on my drive (literally 4 mins, I pulled off so my husband could take his van off the drive).

I'm wondering why that neighbour didn't just knock on my door to tell me or leave a note in my mail box? To help me out rather than hurt me with a $200 infringement notice that I received.

I'm just wondering if that neighbour knows that I am an independent midwife and that $200 is 14 weeks of antenatal care for one woman (yes really, that what midwives get paid). I'm wondering if they know that I am continuously on call for 100 hrs per week so I didn't see that my reggo was out - I'm usually pretty good but hadn't received a notice as it turns out my car was accidentally registered by the powers that be to no. 29 not 26 Rayburn which is where I live.

I'm wondering if that neighbour knows that I'm the neighbour that diligently picks up litter on the street when I walk my dog, that drives the Council mad with Snap, Send, Solve to move abandoned trolleys, empty overflowing bins, remove dumped mattresses and clear the leaves when the drains can't cope so that our street and neighbourhood continues to looks nice.

I'm wondering if they know that I'm the neighbour that will move your bins in off the street if they've been left out more than a day in case you're away so it doesn't leave you exposed to potential crime. I'll put your paper in a little further so you don't have to be out on the street in your P.J's. especially if its raining.

I'm just wondering if that neighbour knows it really matters to me that they didn't take the time to be a good neighbour to me.

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