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Now, not even You can queue for Granny

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Dear Alan

I wonder if the people of the metro are aware that our illustrious director of licensing and traffic services has now compounded their woes at this establishment by issuing a decree that no person may queue for another within the building. Not even you for your child or granny or vice versa.

Even the legitimate enterprises like Q4ME and others have been banned meaning that your time spent there could easily extend to a full day out of the market place with all the frustrations of multiple queues.

Being that this is a public building I have been advised that this action by Mr. Hamilton Totoyi is technically illegal or unconstitutional and I am investigating this.

The chaos outside however as written about by Alan Straton in his columns continues unabated with car guards and assorted thugs selling queue position and frequently jumping the line if they are paid enough.

Intimidation by these people if you complain is the order of the day.

Frank Atkinson

Read about my experiences here: Queue Jumping in Korsten leads to Gun and Knife threat

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  1. An emailed comment: Greetings Alan. Surely it would not be out of line for the residents of
    P.E. to insist that the municipality take any and all steps necessary to
    remove undesirables from their premises. They must have a security
    division who presumably work together with the SAPS daily. The
    municipality must be made to accept, through the mayors office or even
    the courts if necessary, that they have a responsibility to maintain
    safe access to their offices. By banning businesses that have been in
    operation for decades they are simply sidestepping their
    responsibilities. I wonder whether Q4Me would have been banned if it was
    a BEE company?