This short story is a right of passage tale of the frustrations of British urban life. It is told in the first person of one man's late night parking problems. The setting is Catford, a part of south east London in the summer of 2007.
As short stories go, this one is POOR. I did not develop an empathy for the character as he did not display much street awareness. We can get man on the moon and men trek across hazardous mountains. To spend the night in an urban multi storey car park is NOT a life changing experience.
This short story is a demonstration of one man's grudge against a large nationwide company. It provides LITTLE reading pleasure and is no better than reading a rant on many of the blogs on the internet. The ideal forum for this short story would be on one of the many whistle blower blogs that are still active.
The writing style was your average man in the street which added to it's credibility. But there was NOTHING sharp to this story and it lacked bite. It fell below the standard of many weekly womens' magazines and the author did NOT show promise. As a short.story I consider this a FAIL and shall only vote it 2 stars. I suggest you give it a MISS as there are far better stories out there on the market. As a long standing milestone against NCP, it DOES it's job!
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