An Edinburgh traffic warden has been caught on camera launching a tirade of verbal abuse at a "disgusted" driver in a row over parking.
The video, which was taken on Wednesday, December 7, from a dashboard camera inside a car, shows the parking attendant bawling at the member of the public who was parked at St Andrew Square in the city centre.
The argument escalated when the attendant pointed out that the driver was wrongly parked. The driver, Daniel, posted the video on social media, complaining to the City of Edinburgh Council about the shocking outburst, according to EdinburghLive.
He posted: “So this lovely Edinburgh parking attendant think it’s acceptable to swear and abuse members of the public when they get in their vehicle. Yes, I was parked in an area I wasn’t meant to be parked in. When asked for a supervisor this is the reaction you get.”
In the video, Daniel can be heard saying: “Radio your supervisor, pal.” To which you can hear the parking attendant reply by saying “F*** off.”
The exchanges continue and by the end of the video, the parking attendant has told Daniel to “f*** off” three more times, leaving him "stunned".
Daniel, who was dropping a friend off Waverley train station at the time of the incident, said: “I felt shocked and disgusted that the parking attendance would speak to a member of the public like that. I was parked in a taxi rank dropping someone off near to the building fire at St Andrew Square as I couldn’t get near the other side of St Andrew Square.”
Council bosses confirmed that they are now investigating the matter with their parking contractors. Councillor Scott Arthur, Transport and Environment Convener, said: “This behaviour does not meet the standards expected of the city’s parking attendants. We have raised this incident with our parking contractor, NSL, who are investigating the matter.”
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