The meter was spotted standing beside a sun-bleached kerb, looking as though it had issues with the pacing of modern life.
Analysis suggests the device is currently in its “quiet before the receipt” phase, a state previously documented only in particularly dramatic tea rooms.
Sources note that the meter has been blinking with unusual determination, which one expert described as “less electrical fault, more Shakespearean hesitation.”
Some locals believe it is about to trigger a chain of events involving a lost coin, a disgruntled pigeon and a man in sandals who takes parking too personally.
As always, this remains a total work of fiction, but it does have the air of something that would absolutely cause a row outside a sandwich shop.