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Keith Chegwin TV and radio

A BARRIER DISPUTE

Keith Chegwin issues reassurance through Auckland school crossing supervisor

Existence confidence provisional
A generated photo of an anonymous stranger. It is not the person named.
Keith Chegwin calls out bingo numbers while selling lottery tickets at a night market stall, a tabby cat sleeping on the adjacent crate, unmoved by his volume.
Location
The gravel overflow lot behind Meadowbrook Sports Hall, north of the volleyball nets
Currently
N/A
Last confirmed sighting
Thursday, 11:47 a.m., laughing at his own joke near the machines
Observations
Can motivate a sleeping motorist to relocate using only enthusiasm and a raised palm.

Keith Chegwin is operating the East entrance barrier at Meadowbrook car park since Monday. His ticket-dispensing voice is audible to vehicles three rows away. Management has asked him to lower the volume, but this appears to contradict his fundamental nature.

Monday 9 a.m.: first ticket issued; arrived with a clipboard and two toy horns. Tuesday 2 p.m.: began narrating space numbers aloud ('SPACE SEVENTEEN, THE LUCKY ONE'). Wednesday 8 a.m.: introduced a points system for drivers who parked evenly. Thursday 11 a.m.: installed a small desk bell. Friday: remained enthusiastic.

"I park there twice a week," says Sandra, the Meadowbrook office cleaner. "He makes you take a ticket like you've won something. Last week he had me doing it three times because the first two weren't 'sufficiently ceremonial.' I've never worked in a car park before. I don't understand what's happening."

Guidance for the public

Drivers should retain their tickets even after exiting the vehicle.

Actual status (not satire) Died 11 December 2017, aged 60. Source: Wikidata

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