Slight thread drift, but another of my dear friends was summoned to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital (when it used to be in the city centre) because her elderly, terribly ill husband had taken a turn for the worse and was actually dying. She drove into the car park and there wasn't a space, so she left the car on the end of a row, causing no obstruction. Just as she was locking the car, the Attendant came up and told her she couldn't park there. In a dreadful state she explained it was an emergency, her husband was about to pass away, but he actually said in a very aggressive tone "I don't care about that, you'll have to move your car!" Can you imagine? She quite rightly told him where to go and rushed into the building. her husband died fifteen minutes later. She got a ticket, but I wrote on her behalf explaining the situation and they waived the fine. Awful experience.