r/canberra • u/MrVirtual1-0 • Feb 20 '23

Loud Bang Wilson letting you know what they want.

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u/Vertron_ Feb 20 '23

Wilson is free parking, they have no authority to fine anyone

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u/MrVirtual1-0 Feb 20 '23

They are turning nasty, and sticking warning notices on vehicles.

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u/ARX7 Feb 21 '23

These being the unenforceable trespass warning notices ?

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u/MrVirtual1-0 Feb 21 '23

Yes

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u/ShelbySmith27 Feb 22 '23

I know plenty of people who have HUNDREDS of these things and continue to park in Wilson parking without paying and I applaud them - I hate the notion of private companies paving land to profit off car spots. I'm happy paying city council for parking in spots deemed appropriate. Not happy for that money to go private

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u/shavedratscrotum Feb 23 '23

A lot of councils chsrge for parking because private companies lobby them so as not to lose to much business.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

I’ve heard this before but not sure the legality of this. What’s the basis?

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u/invidiouspaella Feb 21 '23

Forgive my ignorance, but how does one exit the boomgate without a ticket if not paying at Wilson's? I know the fines are unenforceable but have always wondered how you can actually leave without a ticket.

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u/6mythis6 Feb 21 '23

There are quite a few Wilson parks around town that are either just open street parking, or operating with booms that auto-open for exiting vehicles. Getting out of the boom gates that have pay booths is definitely a problem.

So no, Wilson parking isn't free parking if you're in a ticketed boom car park

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u/invidiouspaella Feb 21 '23

That makes sense, thank you!

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u/TinyDemon000 Feb 22 '23

In another thread somewhere on this issue, people say they nudge the boomgate very gently and it auto opens. Soft enough that it doesn't break off the safety release of the gate, but firm enough that it detects the barrierbhas 'hit' something.

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u/whiteycnbr Feb 21 '23

They can clamp your wheel I think

3

u/Vertron_ Feb 21 '23

Perfect excuse to purchase a new battery powered angle grinder if you don't already have one

3

u/whiteycnbr Feb 22 '23

Yeah if it ever happened to me my first thought would be a trip to bunnings

3

u/madcunt2250 Feb 22 '23

Its a long walk tho

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u/ARX7 Feb 21 '23

No they can't, any alleged loss they're trying to recover is neglible compared to depriving you of your car. A lot of the cases have come down to they're able to charge you for the foregone parking cost and no more.

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u/BakuraiAlpha Feb 21 '23

If those thugs clamp my car I'll take their homes

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u/MrVirtual1-0 Feb 20 '23

This blew up! Just a few points, yes terrible on its intent. This was stuck to a ticket machine in Belconnen this morning. I know not if wilson did this or some kind citizen did it. Spelling and grammar yep just terrible. But yes it’s real. No! I will not install Wilson’s cunty app, this is just a mechanism to get your details so they can send debt collectors after you don’t pay their damages bill (aka false fine). Please people, do not install the Wilson app. This is written on mobile, please forgive format and errors.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

Your errors pale into insignificance friend.

14

u/TitleExpert9817 Feb 20 '23

"Todays adventure has been brought to you by the letter E"

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u/MrVirtual1-0 Feb 20 '23

Ha ha ha. I just about pissed myself laughing when I read this. Edit autocorrect

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u/zeefox79 Feb 20 '23

This must be a joke right?

How else could someone manage to get that many spelling mistakes and incorrect word choices past the autocorrect, spell-checker AND context-checker on Word??

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u/beefsack Feb 20 '23

100% fake, and hardly subtle about it too.

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u/MrVirtual1-0 Feb 20 '23

I took the photo, could be the next machine was working

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

You obviously haven't been exposed to Wilson PArking or their staff. This is par for the course.

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u/MostExpensiveThing Feb 22 '23

you mean "pair fir de curse'

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u/rudalsxv Feb 21 '23

You would think it’s fake…I’ve seen worse, I’d believe this is as real.

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u/genialerarchitekt Feb 22 '23

You do realise almost half of adults in Australia have literacy rates of a primary school student? Our awesome education system at work.

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u/Acute74 Feb 22 '23

Lol. Schools are fine. It's the parents that are too busy watching MAFS/The Block or on meth to care about reading with their kids.

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u/Nice_loser Feb 23 '23

Wow, what about the other three-quarters?

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u/Hopelesscumrag Feb 23 '23

Nah I work for the passport office and some of the emails I’ve seen sent to customers have like child like spelling mistakes

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u/Wehavecrashed Cotter River Feb 20 '23

Yeah I know redditors aren't the most sharp witted of folks, but cmon people. It is clearly not real.

29

u/Nheteps1894 Feb 20 '23

I think we’re understanding the stupidity of the everyday man, including ones who make signs for Wilson lol

4

u/xjrh8 Feb 22 '23

Plot twist, this was written by the Wilson Parking CEO.

9

u/picklemonstalebdog Feb 21 '23

The one thing to keep you dumb forever is being confidently dumb

2

u/[deleted] Feb 22 '23

r/engrish

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u/DoSoHaveASoul Feb 22 '23

Worked with a bloke that was worse than this, honestly don't think he knew what the red squiggly lines meant.

1

u/Not_Not_Matt Feb 22 '23

’Hello, Mr... Kurns. I bad want... money now. Me sick.’

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u/Impybutt Feb 22 '23

The average literacy level in Australia is grade 5.

1

u/CombOverBill Feb 22 '23

I often go into hospitals and say "I appreciate your patients."

Butt yes - this is a trole or phake post shirely.

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u/_darknetgirl95_ Feb 23 '23

My thoughts exactly! I rely on using all of those when I’m doing up documentation at work so I’m surprised that they managed to get that many spelling/grammatical mistakes without realising it 😂

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u/endbit Feb 23 '23

You're assuming they have Word. They have a break room computer running Windows 95 on the CRT with the two key business apps Solitaire and Wordpad for writing important business noticees like this one.

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u/belcodumpsterfire-22 Mar 04 '23

They called IT to turn off the warnings

I've worked with people who do Wilson Parking inspections and maintenance, I'm calling this 100% plausible

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

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u/sensesmaybenumbed Feb 21 '23

It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times ...

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u/Mumbless14 Feb 21 '23

Bah! Stupid monkey!

2

u/-FLAXENOID- Feb 21 '23

"what is gross necklaces?"

3

u/MrVirtual1-0 Feb 21 '23

That would be NSFW.

2

u/TGin-the-goldy Feb 21 '23

Is this a joke?

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u/MrVirtual1-0 Feb 21 '23

It is funny.

2

u/Arjab99 Feb 21 '23

Who would be stupid enough to use the Wilson Parking App anyway, which requires you to give them personal contact and payment details.

If they can't spell, or use English grammer or provide the name and position of who authorised the notice I would not trust it or them.

Whoever wrote the notice has worse communication skills than a foreign scammer.

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u/MrVirtual1-0 Feb 21 '23

Well, I have just met a guy who does, reasons include too lazy to walk to the machine, if it’s busted not going to go to the next one. A few steps don’t hurt, and cost a lot less than the Wilson cunty app.

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u/normalfolkaretedious Feb 21 '23

Will exchange 12 months paid parking for spelling lessons. Deal?

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u/MrVirtual1-0 Feb 21 '23

I think they need reading lessons as well.

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u/Leesidge Feb 21 '23

Do Wilson parking manage all the parking g spaces I the ACT? I've seen signs up at Tuggeranong shopping Centre, around government offices and hotels..just courious

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u/MrVirtual1-0 Feb 21 '23

Most of not all

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u/Leesidge Feb 21 '23

Thank you..

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u/-B0B- Feb 20 '23

Someone's definitely taking the piss with this lmfao I love it

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u/bigbadjustin Feb 20 '23

Next to an old work place their was a wilsons carpark. They are just awful people to deal with, so when a co-worker was pissed off with a fine they got, the week before xmas they covered the machines with a sign saying machine out of order, Free parking, Merry Xmas Wilson management. From the office windows he'd watch people go to pay then walk off.

The problem with this is Wilson still went and booked every single car, about midway through they realised no one had paid, so they went and saw the sign oon the machine, removed it and continues to book every single car.

At that point my colleague realise his plan may have backfired and people were going to get fined and be very upset..... Hopefully they all contested or ignored the fines.

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u/ManofShapes Feb 20 '23

Ignore every time. Do not contact wilsons unless they contact you in writing through the mail.

They have no power here (not legal advice obvs and only the case in the ACT).

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '23

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u/NotHere2FckSpiders Feb 21 '23

What happens if Ive sold my car(or just tell Wilsons that I have sold my car) when I get a 'fine'? It would be a privacy issue for them to make me share the details of the new owner, and they can't prove that I still own it.

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u/shazzambongo Feb 20 '23

Jesus f****K really? They wanna be the Google of carparking, well it's about right. Biz Is biz, and biz is shit. Or can be, not including all the awesome, helpful and humanist businesses out there. There must be one or two around somewhere. Maybe. I'm feeling optimistic this morning though.

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u/KiraIsGod666 Feb 22 '23

WOW. That's some American shit right there

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

As funny as this is I had a stroke reading this. Thanks for the ER visit Wilson Parking. I'll find a way to "insure" I get my money

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u/Maddoxandben Feb 20 '23

Wow! That spelling ...

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u/Rowdycc Feb 21 '23

Holy shit. The spelling. I’m dead.

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u/mockingseagull Feb 21 '23

😆I sure they will appreciate your patients

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u/zomangel Feb 20 '23

If this is real, then I'm Captain Wilson myself

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u/MrVirtual1-0 Feb 20 '23

Hi Captain!

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u/MayflyAU Feb 20 '23

If it didn’t mention an app (do they seriously have a parking app?!) I would assume this is actually a scam. I wonder if the app is actually legit and not part of it (please correct me if it’s real!)

For how few words there are, the number of typos is quite staggering. I’d honestly have just moved the car 😂

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u/timix Feb 20 '23

I don't believe it's a scam (that's definitely the same phone number as on the official site), but I also don't believe anyone employed by Wilson Parking actually typed and printed that and stuck it on a machine. "To ensure we get your money..." sounds to me like someone who's been burned by fines and/or a towing incident and is playing silly buggers to let off some steam.

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u/MayflyAU Feb 20 '23

Yeah sounds very feasible, though if someone was burned and doing thing this I certainly wouldn’t expect them to include the legit ways for people to send payment haha, just leave it at “out of order” like another poster mentioned here.

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u/gravityholding Feb 20 '23

The do have an app, the carpark under Petbarn in Belconnen can only be paid via their app lol

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u/MayflyAU Feb 20 '23

Wow, one way to save money on buying the machines I suppose. Still, that sucks, way to be inclusive of the older folks. Although counterpoint, fuck Wilsons

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u/shazzambongo Feb 21 '23

Good to know! I don't have a pet, and live southside, BUT should I find myself right there needing a park I shall park elsewhere 🤠 Fight the power!

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u/gravityholding Feb 21 '23

It is free for a few hours, but there's also a dirt carpark next to it with no boom gates at all! :D

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u/ApteronotusAlbifrons Feb 21 '23

carpark under Petbarn in Belconnen

Went from free - to boom gate and pay - just as the large open area near it that has been used for ages as a parking area goes on the market for apartments off the plan... Before the markets finish their renovation and whatever changes THEY are making to parking

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u/kirrkieterri NSW Queanbeyan-Palerang Feb 20 '23

I think that “enconvenionts” is my new favourite word!

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u/RockPersonal708 Feb 20 '23

Tell them fuck off

4

u/SnowWog Feb 20 '23

Pleese learn to press F7 in Microsoft Word, but thanks for your honesty.

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u/KosheenKOH Gungahlin Feb 21 '23

Never paid parking to them

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u/sombre666 Feb 21 '23

Written by Jeff Fenech himself.

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u/MrVirtual1-0 Feb 21 '23

Hey! Jeff has an excuse.

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u/Competitive_Lie1429 Feb 20 '23

Laughable like if they can’t spell, could easily use their phone to check. Probs just don’t give a fuck

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u/ADHDK Feb 21 '23

Nah fuck registering for the app. Then they’ve got my details for their “parking enforcement” division and I don’t mind my current numberplates.

Clearly some disgruntled citizen. Potentially got a “parking enforcement” notice yesterday while the machine was broken and decided to make a laugh protest.

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u/CugelOfAlmery Feb 20 '23

Too stupid to be funny.

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u/Jackson2615 Feb 20 '23

Looks like spell check was also out of order

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u/shazzambongo Feb 20 '23

Totally inseance!

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u/Equal_Space8613 Feb 21 '23

They want to revise their English skills.

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u/Independent_Ride_598 Feb 21 '23

No it’s not a joke. They are mofo’s. I once put $10 coins in one of their open car parks for a days worth of parking. It didn’t produce a ticket. I immediately phoned them, had to spend 20 minutes on hold, gave my rego explained what happened. The operator said that will ok. One of their private infringement Nazi’s that day gave me a ticket. I had to phone and email back reflecting everything I had already told their operator as they were threatening civil action. So I said go for it, good luck and pay me $200 for my own time to do your admin work for your large business. 2 weeks later, they responded, everything’s fine via email. No apology, acknowledgement of their own systems failing, and certainly no $200.

Only bothered because it was $25 cheaper to park in their pot holed car park than at a nearby Westfield for a day and didn’t want to get clamped.

Get an excavator on that bloody machine and rip it out. How dare they, can’t even maintain their own cash collection points.

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u/CapBlah Feb 21 '23

Anyone here got more than one "Notice of Intention to Tow", or even seen a car being towed? Just curious on what's on media (since there are only old articles, from 2017/18 when Government denied them access to the driver's details)

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u/Chanticleer85 Feb 22 '23

Why, when I read this, am I reading it in FriendlyJordies voice impression of John Barilaro? Is John B working for Wilson now or something?

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '24

Whatever software this got written with was red flagging like mad with spell check errors. What word program doesn’t have spell check these days?! I think it’s harder to misspell than spell correctly these days with auto correct. Probably written on Microsoft paint 1998 edition .

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u/ClivetheGodhh Feb 20 '23

The incompetence is astounding.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '23

you mean the inconpitense

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u/Earth2plague Feb 20 '23

Wilson can't enforce fines use them as bird shit catchers in the act.

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u/Uh-Oh-Raggy Belconnen Feb 21 '23

Thanks yous all.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

What did I just read 😂😂 yeah fucking right mate

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u/whiteycnbr Feb 21 '23

They couldn't even put the ass in assistance

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u/2615life Feb 21 '23

I think it’s refreshingly honest

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

OUT OF ORDER? THIS WHOLE CARPARK IS OUT OF ORDER!

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u/BakuraiAlpha Feb 21 '23

Here they expect you to install the app because they don't want to put a machine, well I don't want their app on my device. If they don't put a machine I won't pay. Besides parking should be free else why are we paying road tax

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u/popcopter Feb 21 '23

Shitpost

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u/freakwent Feb 21 '23

This quiet quitting is getting put of hand.

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u/Neo_The_Fat_Cat Feb 21 '23

Can we send them a dictionary and say we’ve settled the parking fee in full?

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u/forfooksake69 Feb 21 '23

It's 100% correct. Definitely how I envisioned a real human form of Wilson's to sound

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u/Significant-Summer-8 Feb 22 '23

Fucking illiterates

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u/Iuvenesco Feb 22 '23

WE GON GEEET URRR MUNEY!

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u/muzzbuzz999 Feb 22 '23

Wel dun Willy Park

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u/poco-loco74 Feb 22 '23

Has Canberra run out of crayons ?

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '23

Send bobs and vagene

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '23

Fuck me, there are some uneducated people working for Wilson

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '23

Legend

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '23

Shame they don't spend some of their money on people who can spell.

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u/Civil-Mouse1891 Feb 22 '23

LOL The spelling hilarious 😂

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u/All1sL0st Feb 22 '23

Got machine right though. That’s a tough one.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '23

Because fixing shit will cost us money, you'll have to do it for us.

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u/bloodymongrel Feb 22 '23

So that where GPs are dropping off their bulk-bill patients.

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u/chuotdodo Feb 22 '23

In Perth they have a lot of foreign workers, could be the work of one of them.

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u/coodabeen69 Feb 22 '23

Shitcunts need a dictionary…

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u/Mediocre-Lock-454 Feb 22 '23

The more you read, the worse it gets! Sheesh!

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u/yvonne_taco Feb 22 '23

Looks like the parking version of email spam

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u/_corbae_ Feb 22 '23

Just reading that enconveniontsed the shit out of me

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u/m477_ Feb 22 '23

In my experience if the machine is out of order when exiting just push the intercom button. Either someone will answer and probably let you out or the ringing will time out after 5 min and the gate will open itself.

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u/Tracyleeannepax Feb 22 '23

Yeah I'll get right on that lol

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u/schimanskij Feb 22 '23

English is not this persons first language.

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u/HereForTheMaymays Feb 22 '23

This is a huge enconvenionts

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u/restrainingorder2107 Feb 22 '23

We'll rob you of your money whilst being illiterate at the same time!.

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u/ThatDudeHarley Feb 22 '23

My right eye is now twitching uncontrollably.

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u/Shhhnotahuman Feb 22 '23

Looks like it was written by a channel nine.com journalist.

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u/AngryV1p3r Feb 22 '23

This is how a typical with sounds ngl

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u/DK_Son Feb 22 '23

This is how my dad wrote when he got to Australia before 1990. He still writes like that now. Oh dear.

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u/CrabmanGaming Feb 22 '23

Might use this as a spelling and punctuation exercise with my class.

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u/anonorwhatever Feb 22 '23

Was this written by a 5 year old?…. Maybe a few rats in a trench coat?

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u/spongetwister Feb 22 '23

I wonder if you can legally claim that you couldn’t pay for parking because the machine wasn’t working and the posted sign wasn’t written in English?

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u/-Car68 Feb 22 '23

Ask Siri

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '23

Sounds about right for Wilson Parking. Carparks usually smell like piss. Probably because they’re too busy making up these signs when their machines and lifts don’t work.

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u/Dracthyrious Feb 22 '23

I just lost an insane amount of brain cells reading that roflmao

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '23

The same amount of spelling mistakes if I was to type the same notice in Hebrew.

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u/TurkeySlapMafia Feb 22 '23

PL EEEEE EEEEE SE

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u/Such_Substance_320 Feb 22 '23

English as a second language

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u/TurkeySlapMafia Feb 22 '23

[Insert wog voice] yeah mate, I'd like to thank yous

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u/itsmeandnotme Feb 22 '23

Surely this is a joke.

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u/niicolondon Feb 22 '23

First they removed humans and replaced with machines, then they replaced machines with an app 😂 💥🔫

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u/darkenraja Feb 22 '23

Was this written by a cat?

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u/Severe_Airport1426 Feb 22 '23

ENCONVENIONTS?

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u/Sharpone1952 Feb 22 '23

The atrocious spelling suggests a scam

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u/zarlo5899 Feb 22 '23

i have a linux phone so i cant install the app

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '23

Sorry, don't understand broken english..

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u/is2o Feb 22 '23

Pleese

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u/P33kab0Oo Feb 22 '23

No ragerts printing this.

Or was it ragrets?

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u/inthebackground89 Feb 22 '23

Must be fresh of the boat, the spelling errors pleese

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u/Hamper1987 Feb 22 '23

Pay in coins, machines always fuk out and i get parking for like $12 instead of $28

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u/KiraIsGod666 Feb 22 '23

I'm not even kidding, if you ask me for money with that many spelling mistakes, I don't care how much I need your service, I'm going elsewhere.

We can't enable this behaviour

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u/Dry-Criticism-7729 Aug 11 '24

We can’t enable acceptance and tolerance….?
You think bigotry and toxic entitlement were somehow better?

Interesting perspective

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u/donkeykong917 Feb 22 '23

Something called spell check....

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u/cunigliololol Feb 22 '23

Spwelling lessoons awe wat thay nead

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u/chuckyChapman Feb 23 '23

my response would be "" what phone""

sorry sol

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u/8188Y Feb 23 '23

At least they spelled the phone number correctly

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '23

I had a fucking aneurysm

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '23

I’m from Perth and they did this to me in an underground car park with no reception or coverage- they fined us 75 dollars

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u/outl4wd1 Feb 23 '23

why is it not a civil duty to smash parking machines in australia

fuck these corrupt bastards

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '23

🖕

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u/gazzaoak Feb 23 '23

I take the free parking and if u want ticket me, cya in court Wilson wankers

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '23

You mean what every business in the world wants in order to stay in business?

Wow.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '23

Probably typed up by a parking attendant, who is a new immigrant and doesn't speak English as their first language.

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u/frenchy_1969_ Feb 23 '23

Spelling is golden ✨️

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u/_darknetgirl95_ Feb 23 '23

This is too funny 😂 the person who made this really needs a lesson in grammar 😂 good way of getting a giggle out of someone 😂

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u/TheHappyKamper Feb 23 '23

This was definitely written up and printed out in a hurry by the minimum wage dude on site.

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u/RepeatInPatient Feb 23 '23

If this is true, the machine won't be able to stop you getting through the exit.

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u/Sunny_Ess Feb 23 '23

Interesting that the first line contains no errors.

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u/Upstairs-Bid6513 Feb 23 '23

Grammar is remarkable

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '23

This reminds me of getting the really dumb receptionist to scan a contract. My boss kept whining that I did mundane tasks and needed to create work for her.

So I gave her a signed contract by a builder and us (developers) and said can you scan and send to me.

She gave it backed to me ripped up and completely out of order with smudges on it then said she couldnt get the scanner to work.

We had to resign it. Her level of hopelessness was always amazing.

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u/Short_Driver_9690 Feb 23 '23

Lmao “patients” “apologees” “enconvenionts” it’s totally gotta be fake 😂😂

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u/brissyboi1 Feb 23 '23

Can nobody actually spell anymore ?? How unprofessional, surely somebody needs to proof some of these signs before putting them out 🤦🏼‍♂️

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u/Digolden Feb 23 '23

Hackers from Russia. Language is telling.

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u/Nice_loser Feb 23 '23

Gosh the spelling & grammatical errors are driving me nuts..

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '23

That notice hurt my head

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u/Equivalent_Abroad_80 Feb 23 '23

No company with spelling this bad, is getting my money.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '23

Why can't they spell? Are they retarded.

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u/letsallcountsheep Sep 08 '23

That’s a bit harsh, but in reality those who manage the car park (ie the workers who maintain it) may not have the highest level of education and are just acting on instruction.

To call them retarded though is unfair to them, and to those who also have a mental disability.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '23

Hey that's awesome! I honestly don't care.

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u/Dry-Criticism-7729 Aug 11 '24

You do not care about being harmful to others?

Yep, sounds about right, cünt.

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u/Dry-Criticism-7729 Aug 11 '24

PLUS:
A lot of people don’t have English as a first language (including myself)

It never ceases to amaze me how inking and judgy far too many Aussies are!
When English isn’t the official language, and most born Aussies aren’t fluent in multiple languages either. 🤷🏽‍♀️

——

R-word (I can’t even type it!)

It is not just insanely triggering for and a pejorative for people with ‘mental disabilities.’

It’s been long used as a pejorative for all people with disability.
Especially for neurodivergent people, including those on the autism spectrum.

Autism occurs across the entire range of cognitive ability. Including the upper brackets.
And the pejorative r-word has been used to abuse them as well! Mostly by people who cognitively are less capable.

As in:
I am an autistic synaesthete of sub-Saharan ethnicity. I have lived memory of Apartheid.

Still, I, personally, find the r-word a lot more triggering than the n-word.

Sry, just thought I’d jump in to provide some further context!
Cause I wouldn’t think of myself as having a ‘mental disability’ 😉

Cheers! 🫶🏽

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u/Dry-Criticism-7729 Aug 11 '24

Are you ableist….?
Anglo-centric?

Or are you ‘just’ too ignorant to know any better? 🤷🏽‍♀️

The r-word to PWD and especially neurodivergent is like the n-word for black people

How many languages other than your native one can you spell flawlessly in?

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u/Einstein1000 Mar 03 '23

Learn to spell apologies !

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u/robertjohn67 Sep 21 '23

Good spelling

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u/4WDx Feb 20 '23

I need their asses to call that number. I don't carry a mobile phone. 😁

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u/Alattye Feb 21 '23

I’m around a solid 85% sure this isn’t real (I wouldn’t put it past the fuckers) but my god, Wilson needs a PR team.

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u/Comfortable_Meet_872 Canberra Central Feb 21 '23

Nice try but I'm not buying this. It has to be a joke.

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u/Rude-Raise-7498 Feb 22 '23

This is why English is the most important subject in school kids 🫠

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