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The parking inspector tries to give the narrator a ticket when she is overdue in her parking spot. She successfully manages to talk him out of it by commenting about how she has parked in this spot to buy supplies for the refugee women in her fabric painting class—by using her “goodness” to give herself a get-out-of-ticket free card. Little information is given about the parking inspector, but the narrator assumes based on his job and appearance that he too was once an immigrant living at the centre.
Parking Inspector Quotes in White Spirit
The White Spirit quotes below are all either spoken by Parking Inspector or refer to Parking Inspector. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“Look, I’m buying stuff for a class. For a group of refugee women.” I hate trotting that out, and in any case technically it’s a bit of a white lie now, but this is my money we’re talking about, my free time, my goodwill.
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Parking Inspector Character Timeline in White Spirit
The timeline below shows where the character Parking Inspector appears in White Spirit. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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...supplies for the fabric-painting class. On her way out of the store, she sees a parking inspector who is about to give her a ticket. She pleads with him to not do...
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