believe if you wish
Outside Bristol Zoo is the car park, with spaces for 150 cars and 8 coaches. It has been manned 6 days a week for 23 years by the same charming and very polite car park attendant with the ticket machine. The charges are £1. per car and £5. per coach.

On Monday 1 June, he did not turn up for work. Bristol Zoo management phoned Bristol City Council to ask them to send a replacement parking attendant.

The Council said "That car park is your responsibility." The Zoo said "The attendant was employed by the City Council... wasn't he?" The Council said "What attendant?"

Foot note: Gone missing from his home is a man who has been taking daily the car park fees amounting to about £400. per day for the last 23 years...!

Total sum just short £2.9 mill !!

But my connectinos with the authorities is not that realiable so it seems.

Nice story but sadly not true:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/carpark.asp

Where does your Bristol Trading Standards 'contact' fit into this cock and bull story? lol.

good question seems like they dont even know what theyre talking about!! that's councils for ya!!