Blimey. Sounds like a good job I moved to the other side of the tracks. I used to live above what is now Doopo Doopo and the parking situation there was stupid. Get those cars off the road (and off the pavement) and into the marked bays further up.

Small businesses need to be sensible about it, too. So many times I've heard 'Well you can't park outside my shop within two metres of my door so my business is failing' as an excuse to mask a substandard business model or deny sad economic reality.