Dad gets £100 parking fine after going to McDonald’s twice in one day

Spencer Barclay, 52, has requested ‘what number of different individuals have been unfairly handled for going for a cheerful meal?’ (Image: Trinity Mirror)

A livid dad claims he was slammed with a £100 parking wonderful after visiting McDonald’s twice in sooner or later.

Spencer Barclay, 52, visited the fast-food chain in Gateshead earlier than work on June 24.

After grabbing a espresso, he says he drove to his job at Metropolitan Home and left his car all day of their free automotive park.

When he completed at 5pm, he stopped by the identical McDonald’s on the Metro Retail Park to purchase a Comfortable Meal for his son, 6.

However the software program guide was surprised to later obtain a letter accusing him of parking up on the restaurant for eight hours and 43 minutes.

The cameras had captured photographs of his Ford Galaxy arriving at 8.25am and leaving at 5.09pm.

He has blasted the wonderful as ‘completely disgusting’ and claims it’s ‘complete extortion’.

Demanding to see footage that proves he was parked there all day, Spencer has requested: ‘What number of different individuals have been unfairly handled for going for a cheerful meal?’

The offended dad has slammed the ‘disgusting’ wonderful (Image: NCJ Media)

’It’s simply blatantly designed to attempt to get cash out of individuals – it’s extortion! This may clearly occur to anyone’, he mentioned.

‘I feel they have a digicam that pictures you however the digicam is a snap shot in time. 

‘It pictures you coming in and leaving and that’s wonderful however what if you happen to go to twice? In case you go to McDonald’s twice in a day you will get £100 wonderful – that may’t be proper!’

He's but to obtain a reply from the parking firm after placing in a grievance – however says he would reasonably go to court docket than pay.

‘You’ve acquired to be an entire moron if you happen to park in that automotive park and stroll to work the place there’s a free automotive park’, he mentioned.

‘My first thought was “how can I show it”. We've acquired to place in a system that’s truthful – this isn’t truthful, it’s complete extortion.’

A spokesperson for McDonald’s has apologised for Spencer’s expertise, however  mentioned they'll’t assist him.

‘We're sorry to listen to about this buyer’s expertise. The automotive park at our Metro Retail Park restaurant is run by a third-party supplier and we have now made them conscious of this subject. 

‘We perceive that if the client contacts the supplier instantly, their case will probably be thought-about below the appeals course of.’

Metro has contacted UK Parking Management for remark.

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