1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: This is gem Nation with. 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 2: I was reading the paper on Saturday. I was reading 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:10,560 Speaker 2: this story Sydney's parking rangers are harassed and bullied to 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 2: increase the number of fines they issue. 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 3: According to an outgoing member of staff, this lady has 6 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 3: spilt the tea. She said, there is no regard for 7 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 3: the rangers in the city of Sydney. I find that odd. 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 3: Why there's there no regard. It's strange. 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: They don't be on a track and they're just earning 10 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: a living. You've set your face to hatred. 11 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 2: You'd have a ticket tat parade for them. The worker 12 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 2: said she witness staff spy on rangers doing their rounds. 13 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: So those rangers when they got their little camera taking 14 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 2: a picture of your card and they hide behind a bush, 15 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 2: there's someone taking a picture of them, taking a picture. 16 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: And then Google Earth is getting a shot of them. 17 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: It's like Aska doll. 18 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 2: The thing here is rangers are constantly being micromanaged over 19 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 2: the number of pins that's fines they bring in, regardless 20 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 2: if it's ten, twenty or thirty. It's the whole quota thing. 21 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 2: Because would there be a ranger that comes back. Nope, 22 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: Everyone in Sydney parked perfectly today. I've got nothing to report. 23 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: I'll see you later. Over the years, rangers have been 24 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,639 Speaker 2: sent out in all extreme conditions such as bush fire, smoke, 25 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 2: dust storms, severe torrential. 26 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 3: Rain, and COVID lockdowns. Well, you get to stay at home, 27 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 3: don't go out, and. 28 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: They get in trouble. They're just humans like you and me, 29 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: trying to earn a living. 30 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 3: Well, maybe they could get another job. 31 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 2: Remember that, do something else. 32 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: You remember that time it was my birthday. I got 33 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: a flat tire on my birthday. 34 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 3: If I took you to the guy and we fixed 35 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:34,559 Speaker 3: the tire, we. 36 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: Went up to the shop together, I drove, I bought 37 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: you in ice cream. 38 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 3: Remember remember well, because you remember what happened. 39 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: You went to one tire place and because you've got 40 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,119 Speaker 2: those run flat tires, and the guy said, oh, it's 41 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 2: going to be five hundred dollars. And I said, mate, 42 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: you can plug that tire. And then he went, yeah, 43 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 2: actually you can. And then we plugged the tire and 44 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 2: wanted to cost us twenty five dollars. 45 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: But I remember we got back to my car and 46 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: they were riding a ticket. I thought I'd parked in it. 47 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 3: It was a parking space. Yeah, this is the thing. 48 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: So that this was my birthday. I had a flat tire. 49 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: I had an irate you in the passenger sitting next 50 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: to me eating an ice cream eating ice cream. You 51 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: wound your window down and I was trying to wind 52 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: it up. 53 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 2: Sketch some feedback saying hey, I said, I said, great job. 54 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: No, you called them a ball bag and you're abusing 55 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: them outside my I thought, what a beautiful birthday I'm having. 56 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,839 Speaker 2: It's not like you paved in a clearway zoner anything. 57 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 2: There was a deserted Suberman street. There was no reason. 58 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: Of course, I don't want to say, hey, come and 59 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: find me. But I know that humans doing a job, but. 60 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 3: Maybe they could go for a job. 61 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 2: Because I was reading the job section on Saturday. Become 62 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 2: a speed camera officer. I should this is in the paper. 63 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: I should do. I should get you to live that 64 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: life for a week, and I think it you'd have. 65 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 3: A lot heart. 66 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: I'll see you have a lot more sympathy. 67 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 2: Become a speed camera officer calling all truck, taxi, bus 68 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 2: and uber drivers, ex police are as, ex pilots. Are 69 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 2: you interested in contributing to reducing the red tar? 70 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,119 Speaker 3: Well, that's me. I'd like that to drop down a bit. 71 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 3: Are you looking for. 72 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 2: A career change, Yes, you are now that you went 73 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 2: to Celebrity Apprentice with me. Are you an excellent driver 74 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 2: with a clean driver history. Well, yes, I've actually got 75 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 2: thirteen points on my license. Well' get twelve points, but 76 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 2: I'm so good I've got one extra point. Oh, I 77 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 2: know there's a problem. 78 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: Here we go. 79 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 3: I've got mates. Yeah, I can't do it. 80 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: Look I've got a come on, just say sometimes it 81 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: goes your way. What about what happened to me on Monday? 82 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: We were going into the hotel park Height on the 83 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: Rocks to interview Bas Luhrman and the very attractive Austin 84 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: Butler who plays Elvis. We were getting the first interviews 85 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: at ten o'clock and we're at North Ryde for us 86 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: to leave here at about ten past nine when our 87 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: show's finished and we're ready to go and get there 88 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: for ten o'clock. Thought, I'm going to have to leave 89 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: now now, for we haven't gone in there for ages, 90 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: because we haven't done these junkets for ages. No stars 91 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: because of COVID have been coming here. So I went 92 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: the way I normally go. I went across the bridge 93 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,839 Speaker 1: turn left and then turn left into George Street where 94 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: there's some light rails. Shenanigans. There's now a light rail. 95 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 3: So that wasn't there last one. 96 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: So I avoided the light rail and stuck to the 97 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 1: left hand lane, and there was a sign that said 98 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: head up here. I thought, if I head up there, 99 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: let me just tell the story. And you said, I 100 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 1: don't know, so I turned. I didn't. I thought if 101 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: I turned left, i'bilas. So I kept going and then 102 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: it just said, well stop. I had to turn around 103 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: and retrace my steps. But I couldn't retrace my steps 104 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: because suddenly there were bollards in the way. I couldn't 105 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,359 Speaker 1: come back a round to where I needed to be, 106 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: so it was forcing me to turn left away from 107 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: the rocks. I thought, look, you know what, I'll go 108 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: to the Four Seasons. Leave my car there, get an uber, 109 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: and I'll deal with it later. Couldn't get into the 110 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: Four Seasons. There was a bollard. I thought, I'd go 111 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: to the Intercontinent. I'll leave my car there. You're rubbing 112 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: your face. Imagine how I felt. I was phoning you. 113 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: I was phoning Millia executive producer, saying, Mama getting further away. 114 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: I'm looking at the time, it's quarter to ten and 115 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: weight and is very punk to get bads. I had 116 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: the hots for Austin and I had to get there, 117 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: so anyway. Finally I just thought, abandon ye all home 118 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: and I went down a side street they were setting 119 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: up for Vivid. There were loading zones everywhere I parked 120 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: my car, and I said, I accept my fate, and 121 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: I called an uber, and I knew enough to take 122 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: a photo of where I'd got called the uber from, 123 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: because I thought, all I need now is to forget 124 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: where I've parked my car, And I got an uber 125 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: to the hotel business as usual at the end, got 126 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: a cab who stuffed it up and took me back 127 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 1: across the bridge and then had to turn around from 128 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: there go back again to ride part and I didn't 129 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: have a ticketment. So some days it goes your way 130 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: parking rulet in this city, Brendan. 131 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 2: Maybe that's why we have saved you cam operators. Maybe 132 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 2: they're not such a bad thing for people like you. 133 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 2: Although you do pack your car like you've stolen it. 134 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: Thank you. 135 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 3: I see that is a content like it's been abandoned. 136 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: The tires were smoking when I got back. 137 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 3: Did you get your other car back that you lost, Remember. 138 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: That I have abandoned that as well. 139 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 3: I'll just get another one.