Driver fined £100 for eating McDonald’s in Starbucks car park next door

It was Bob Spink’s costliest McDonald’s ever (Image: Media Wales)

A driver is fuming after being fined for consuming a McDonald’s meal in a neighbouring automotive park regardless of by no means leaving his car.

Bob Spink, 50, was shocked to obtain a letter by his door issuing him with a £100 fantastic for utilizing a parking bay exterior a Starbucks for 16 minutes.

‘We had solely purchased a £12 order from McDonald’s and the automotive park was fully full so we parked in Starbucks to eat as there was loads of house,’ he stated.

‘It simply appears like legalised theft, I haven’t finished something improper legally.’

Bob had visited the quick meals department in Fabian Manner, Swansea, along with his girlfriend however they have been unable to discover a parking house exterior.

So as a substitute they opted for the bays close by, simply exterior Starbucks.

Bob, who's from Tub however lately moved to Brynmill, has vowed to ‘not go anyplace close to a Starbucks ever once more’ and ‘had not realised these penalties have been a factor’.

‘I used to be baffled by it, now we have simply moved right here and it’s one thing you may’t ignore because it solely will get worse and will increase the price,’ he added.

The 50-year-old was shocked to obtain a letter by his door issuing him with a £100 fantastic (Image: Media Wales)

The letter Bob obtained issuing him with the fantastic (Image: Media Wales)

‘I shared it [online] within the hope of constructing individuals conscious and avoid the chain.

‘We hadn’t even left the automotive, the premise of a carpark is to ask individuals in and it simply appears like a con and I don’t perceive what they're attempting to realize and it doesn’t look nice for the chain to make use of a parking enforcement with such techniques.’

The letter he obtained informed him if he paid the fantastic inside 14 days it will be diminished to £60, so he did this to keep away from having the pay the bigger quantity.

Individuals commented on his Fb submit saying: ‘It’s stunning they're allowed to do that,’ whereas others stated it was a ‘lesson learnt the exhausting method’.

Starbucks makes use of Nationwide Parking Enforcement Ltd at its department in Fabian Manner.

Starbucks famous the parking offence discover was the accountability of that firm and declined to remark additional.

Nationwide Parking Enforcement Ltd has been contacted for remark by Metro.co.uk.

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