A delivery driver has lashed out after leaving his van for two minutes to drop off a parcel before returning to find a massive fine left on his windshield.
Umair Khan was slapped with the $283 fine while making a delivery at Mosman, on Sydney‘s north shore, and leaving his van parked in a driveway on Friday.
Mr Khan vented his frustration on Facebook about the ‘rude’ and ‘overzealous’ council worker with hundreds of kind-hearted locals offering to pay his fine.
A frustrated delivery driver (pictured beside his van) who works in one of Australia’s wealthiest suburbs has vented his frustration at the costly difficulties of delivering parcel there
Umair Khan has taken to the Mosman Living Facebook page, which details life in the north shore Sydney suburb of the same name, to complain about a $283 fine (pictured)
A lot of the residents know Mr Khan personally, as he has operated in the area for eight years, first in Neutral Bay next door, and in Mosman since 2017.
His complaint stems from a recent delivery, which he said said took just two minutes to complete, but which has ended up costing him vastly more than it was worth.
Mr Khan wrote that he loves delivering parcels to what he called ‘the beautiful suburb’ and works hard to get things right.
He said he always tries his best to minimise leaving a card which would mean people then had to go to the post office themselves for the parcel.
‘But guess what,’ he wrote, ‘This is what we get $283 fine for delivering one parcel in less than 2 minutes.’
He said it is irritating when he gets fined just for doing his job. ‘I just got frustrated when I see this and wanted to say that not every post man is same.
‘Some really work hard and care about customers and their parcels. Some also feel happy when they see customers happy face after getting parcels.’
Mr Khan also revealed the details of the specific incident that led to him getting such a large fine.
‘I was delivering to harbour nursing home and stopped for 1 minute and in fact I was there when council lady clicked the picture as you can see me as well but she was just so rude and replied to go to COURT.’
The driver admitted that he was technically breaking a traffic law, but he just wanted to get the package delivered.
‘I know I am wrong as per road rule 198, but trust me if I took that parcel to post office I would receive a long complaint from nursing home,’ he wrote.
His plea for understanding and a little leniency to someone just trying to do his job led to a huge outpouring of support on the social media site.
One supporter said Mr Khan is ‘a legend and always delivered my parcels with care to my home in Mosman’.
The woman added that he even knew where she worked locally and ‘would pop into my work to drop in if I wasn’t home’.
The driver’s impassioned post about a ‘rude’ and ‘overzealous’ council worker hit a nerve with locals, who left hundreds of comments in support of him. His van is pictured
Another wrote that what happened to the delivery driver is, ‘Another example of Australia’s gross overzealous policing.
‘Good for you being committed to doing your service job well. Shame on Australian governance.’
The poster said after his recent travels in Europe where there is ‘very little policing of speed limits (and) parking’, he finds Australia to be, ‘Just an over compliant, over regulated, blame others, nanny state.’
Some supporters offered to help Mr Khan pay his fine, with one posting ‘$10 each and we can cover it. Who’s in?’
Another said they were ‘happy to chip in too. You take pride in your work and are always friendly when I see you around Mosman. Please let us help.’
With friends and supporters coming out in droves to back him, Mr Khan will undoubtedly keep doing his job as best he can in Sydney’s leafy north shore.
And Mosman Council might find it has a lot more complaints than usual to deal with in the coming days and weeks.
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