'I got £1,000s in parking fines but got ultimate revenge'

A man who claimed he's plagued by parking tickets "cooked up" an elaborate scheme to take "revenge" on the people who slapped him with the fines. Julian Morgans, who reportedly receives so many parking fines he could "wallpaper" his house with them, shared his journey on an episode of the podcast, 'What It Was Like'.

In a 2024 instalment, titled 'How I Got Revenge for My Parking Fines', Julian discussed his frustrations with the systemand highlighted the plight of an intern on the podcast, who explained how she had once racked up a staggering total of just under 24,000 AU$ (about £11,734) in parking fines.

Despite the pair's repeated breaches in contravention of the rules, Julian said he felt "vindicated" by the story and claimed that it illustrated his point that parking fines have "real-world consequences" for people who may not have the "resources".

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He said: "I've cooked up a plot. I'm gonna get revenge, okay? For people like you, for people like me, for people who keep getting stung with parking fines. I'm just gonna go and get some revenge."

Julian informed her that he would return with the results in one month. Next, the podcast segued to Julian introducing what he called a special edition of the show involving his revenge mission..

He undertook this task for two reasons, claiming parking fines "target vulnerable people" and because "modern life is annoying enough" without local governmentsputting "more annoying s**t", such as parking fines, in his way.

Julian said: "I'm gonna get a job as a parking inspector, and then I'm gonna spend a day on their clock, as in the local council's clock, doing absolutely nothing, and then I'm gonna quit. And I figure that that will cost them around 800 dollars (about £391)."

Explaining why this figure was significant, Julian claimed there was a Melbournecouncil that fines people for minor contraventions, such as being a minute late or if your tyre is slightly out of the allowed zone.

He believed he lost about 800 dollars to this council that year alone. So, to fulfil his mission, he created a CV, started applying for jobsand was able to secure an interview.

After leaving the chat thinking he wouldn't get the job, Julian noticed a missed call on his phone around one week later. He dialled it back and discovered that he'd landed the job, but he admitted that he then felt nervous about the whole thing.

Fast-forward to his first day in the role, and Julian was brought into a room with other recruits. They were asked to introduce themselves and given instructions via video, including how to deal with conflict (24 minutes).

Donning his uniform, Julian then set off to start "chalking tyres and writing up tickets", but, of course, as per his mission, he was actually presented with an opportunity to waste time on the job.

He said: "Naturally, I went to the pub dressed in my very cool parking inspector uniform. I drank some beers, I played some pool by myself, I even played a round of Buck Hunter, and basically, I just sat there and got a bit p****d and wasted a few hours on their dime."

Once a few hours had elapsed, Julian returned to his car and called his boss to quit. He then played a recording of the conversation, and surprisingly, his boss was extremely amicable when he told him he no longer wanted the job.

Julian could even be heard saying it was "very nice" of him as he pointed out that he'd wasted his boss' time. In response, the boss pointed out that it was better that he quit at that point instead of allowing it to drag on further and then wished Julian the best.

Summing up the experience with his intern, Julian noted that he had envisioned the "perfect" ending to his podcast where his supervisor was a "real d**k about it", but he actually "flipped the whole thing on its head by being lovely."

He added that the ultimate issue with parking tickets isn't the inspectors but actually the system in which they work.