A Manchester Airport worker says he's quit his job in disgust over the way it is being run. Ray Ellis, 54, said he has resigned in protest over what he called 'chaotic operations' - and said he fears for the security of passengers.
16.03.2022 - 09:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A dad woke up to find a stranger had parked a car in the driveway of his home near Manchester Airport. Zekarias Haile, 51, who lives with his wife and two children in Woodhouse Park, Wythenshawe, said he had to wait four days for the driver to return.
He believes the rogue vehicle belonged to a holidaymaker flying out from the nearby hub, where parking is at a premium. Zekarias told the Manchester Evening News : "Someone, without my permission, had put the car there and they didn’t care.”
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It was Thursday morning last week when Zekarias stepped outside to find the grey Range Rover in question plonked in the driveway at the side of his home. But his initial surprise simmered up to a slow-boiling anger at the audacity of the mystery perpetrator, especially when it was still on his property four days later. The perfect amount of time for a short getaway to warmer climes.
Zekarias, a lecturer in Engineering at Wakefield College, told the Manchester Evening News : “I just went out and it was there.
“Then it was there Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. On Monday morning when we woke up it was gone.”
Zekarias called the police, who said it was not a criminal offence and there was nothing they could do as his car, which he’d parked on the road, was not being blocked in. The unwanted vehicle, however, had restricted easy access to the garden and, crucially, to their bins.
Zekarias added: “I was very angry but I resisted doing anything to the car - just. I definitely didn’t feel all right about it. We couldn’t access our garden and we couldn’t take out our bins."
The family have been living in Wythenshawe for 14 years and are aware
A Manchester Airport worker says he's quit his job in disgust over the way it is being run. Ray Ellis, 54, said he has resigned in protest over what he called 'chaotic operations' - and said he fears for the security of passengers.
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