A man who went through a McDonald's drive-thru to get his dinner has been slapped with a fine for allegedly spending 14 hours in the car park. Ben Mulhall popped to his local chain for a McChicken Sandwich, and the next day his wife used the same car to get a breakfast meal.
The 32-year-old says the cameras have made a mistake and not captured him leaving the first time or the car arriving again. He is appealing to the company that manages the car park, Leicestershire Live reports.
Ben said: "I know sometimes you have to wait for your food but I definitely didn't wait that long. I was amused when I got the letter.
"I wasn't angry or annoyed, I just like exposing incompetence. The cameras must have just missed me leaving and the car coming back in. My wife sometimes likes a McDonald's breakfast on her way back from a night shift and I think that's what they've caught the next day."
The parking ticket shows a picture of his car entering the car park at 5.56pm on September 30 and leaving the car park at 8.22am on October 1, and calculates he'd been in the car park for 14 hours and 25 minutes. The fine is £100, discounted to £50 if paid in 14 days.
Ben has CCTV footage taken from outside his house that shows him binning a McDonald's bag at home at 6.29pm. He said: "I have lodged an appeal with the parking company," Ben said. "I doubt I'll hear back for days though."
Ben added that he does not intend to pay the parking ticket while he waits to hear back about his appeal.
