The Attendant | Short film about a man beating the system 

3 lives, in 11 minutes, with a beautiful ending. My thanks to the author, cast, and crew, for bringing it to light .

Based on a true story from the carpark attendant at Bristol Zoo. He just disappeared one day and all was revealed - he was there for over 30 years I believe. Legend!

There is ZERO fat on this little gem. Not one extra line or scene. It's tight, sweet, and it has warmth. I like it a lot. 🥰 *I know of an Army PFC during his second tour of Afghanistan who told the sergeant who asked him why he was standing outside the mess tent, that he'd been posted there in order to count the number of soldiers who ate at each meal. He said this because he'd seen many of the others in his group get sent off to dig with engineering units, and he just sort of ''wandered off'' before they could assign him to a labor detail. The sergeant got him a little counter-clicker, and told him to ''keep up the good work.'' It was a made-up job, and he did it for 15 months, AND he was told to ''train'' the next guy when his time was up. He NEVER had to turn in the count, and had no supervisor: easiest time anyone ever did in that war. 😅

Made me smile to see genuine goodness in people at a time when there isn’t much to be found.

I loved the little chime & grin from husband in the last frame to bookend the movie. The acting was awesome; as was the scripting & plot.

11min with a plot, a beginning and an ending, way better than most 2hrs films. Excellent acting. Great filming. Thanks a million (from Paris, France) !

I love these shorts. I get more out of these flicks than an overrated Hollywood movie.

Just found this while browsing through RU-vid, an absolute masterpiece. All the actors were superb and it made my day. Thanks.

Crying my eyeballs out. Sadly with awful inflation caused by government, this is the reality of many families. Wish there was more Frankies in this world. Gorgeous film. Well done everybody. Thank you! :)

Back over 25 years ago, a story went around that the car park attendant at Bristol zoo did just this. No-one ever questioned who he worked for; just gave him a few quid and went to look at the animals....it was actually a free zoo carpark!

Wow, really cool story, well-executed in this film. "I don't need any help. This is MY car park!" Priceless.

The smile and wave at the end from a very relieved and happy man! Brought a tear to my eye. Cracking film!

Meeting the bank manager with his "Now Panic & Freak Out" mug when you're behind with the mortgage ...

I absolutely STILL love this short film...💙🌎

Oh, the money that Cathy and her husband are about to make. And so the con continues... Well-written masterpiece.

I cried at the end of this. So much more of my own life started making sense. I think it was Marlin Munroe that said," If i did everything by the rule book i wouldn't be where i am now. "

Incredible kindness in a very real world we are all going through. And giving us all hope 'Something always turns up'. Absolutely loved it. Thank you team. Great job! Well done!

So clever, makes me want to open my own "car park".

Ahhhh, we definitely need more films like this!!!!! It's about time we had some positive feel good!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I think this is based on a report about e a car park attendant based at the little hut at the entrance of a car park for years and took entrance fee every day. Was very friendly and got to know the regular workers that used it. It turned out that he had set up himself unofficially and the car park was supposed to be free and unmanned. Genius! :-)

Thank you, for a great example of how we, human beings, can beat the system. It's time.

Lawd, I think I've watched this a dozen times now, and I still laugh and weep throughout! Great film.

Thought he was giving it away easy, but it ends more elegantly. Great film! Kudos!

This one was an absolute delight! Most of us feel the stressors of life and wish someone kind would just give us a leg up.

What a lovely short film. It was overflowing with realism. The actors were amazing. They were all believable! The married couple that was going through a financial crisis were so sweet. I appreciated how the husband expressed his feelings. He was honest with how he felt because he was not able to secure a position. The wife always made him remember what was important and that one day he would secure a position. Sometimes when couples have a financial crisis they forget to be kind to one another. Six months is a long time to be unemployed. The bank lends money and needs to receive it back. I am so happy that the man without a job was able to secured the attendant's job when he retired. The wife was sweet and very hopeful. 'HOPE CHANGES EVERYTHING'-i am sure many people can relate to this story! Hold on!

The end with Cathy's husband smiling and waving at his first customer 😂😊❤

What a lovely tale and brilliantly acted....... the humanity shines through.

I read my son Fionn and the angry giant yesterday, a Irish folk tale about how the giant causeway was built, and today I see this in my newsfeed

Why are these short Irish films always so bloody superb?

Really simple and beautiful. It touches the heart and that's what a film should do

A great movie showing how humanity and kindness still exist. great lesson

I loved this film. It was so captivating and I just couldn't stop watching. Better than the usual crap on TV.

I needed this one today. Nothing bad in my life, but it cheered me right up!

Enjoyable seeing Mr Dunbar in this delightful and beautifully directed short. Didn’t want it to end!

"something always turns up" fabulous film and acting

He "owned the car park", and made tons of money because "it was the busiest car park of all". He did them a solid on his way out. (Comment of Warren Hymes). May I add this: he did them a solid, and....has a GOOD HEART. PS, the suspence of this short film is fabulous. For someone with some ' intuition' I kinda knew from the very beginning it's plot and still having fun watching the supurb acting and timing. And as a result even giving people some sense of Hope.

Best short film I've seen for years. And Adrian Dunbar is a great actor.

Just watched again after about a year. Same smiles and great appreciation for the story, acting, production!

Beautiful film and story. Big Thank You to everyone involved 😄

This is still my favourite short of all the ones on the channel. Just a winner.

A hi-vis coat can go a long way! Great storyline.

Something always turns up. What my dad always said...and his dad said to him. And they were both right.

That was a wonderful story ! Thank you so much to the writer/director, actors, producers ...everyone !

Smiling wide real big time at the very end. Its not what I thought would happen - at all. Nope. Brilliant. Well played. I got played with the acting and the words from the script and the story line. Superbly written and superbly acted by everyone in the team. Thank you. A little on the naughty side. But you get that sometimes, and sometimes its without malice.

This happened on my own land. Parking was free, but out of sight from my business. I noticed a well-known local character talking to people in the car park. He used to tout for traders in the area. Well, I'd sern him do it outside the Post Office andvthe butcher's too, and outside all the pubs, so I had no objection, he was always cheerful and people need guidance. I kept seeing him in the car park, always talking to people, giving them directions, and helping them to find a parking space. He knew everyone locally and always had a cheery smile. Then I realised what he was really up to... charging for parking wherever it was free. When I caught him with his ticket roll, he said he was selling the tickets for a raffle, but a customer said he was charging for parking. The wily old boy's reply was "I do it for all the businesses, organising their parking. I've always done it, and nobody's said anything about it before". True. He'd been doing it for years on busy days, working the first car park until it was full, then the next and the next, 50p a car, then back to the first as spaces emptied and new people drove in. Inside each car park, between the cars, keeping a watchful eye out for the owners, and never charging villagers, he'd squirrel away enough for a pub crawl every night. We shared a good knowledge of Anglo-Saxon vernacular language, it turned out. We still said a cheery "Good morning" when we met in the Post Office though.

This is amazing 🎉 What a story! Great job of the filming crew and actors! 😍🙏🏻

Very good. I love how at 3'08" the message on the bank manager's coffee mug says "Now Panic and Freak Out". Who hasn't had that nerve racking experience?

Watched it two times, easy and nice athmosphere. Thanks for the good mood❤

Provides better service and is more honest than any Politician who you would ever hope to meet.

A truly remarkable piece. It should be viewed by millions. Thank you.

Top-ten short films I’ve ever seen. I’ve always wondered why short films aren’t better. This one is a great model for what they should all be. Thank you very much for sharing. Subscribed.

This made me smile, so thank you to whoever made the film, very clever!

The all time BEST SHOW FILM EVER!! My understanding was the attendant was the owner of the most successful car park. That is why when Cathy was calling around to the other car parks telling them there was a need for a new parking attendant they ALL told her they did not own that car park. Because he was the sole employee he had no overhead and saved his money for decades so that he could retire rich at age 50. He was NOT a drug dealer. The bag consisted of coins from the car park. At the end he gave Cathy's husband his job and possibly the company. ( The clues were given when Cathy looked inside the locker and began to reminisce some of the things he had told her, such as "this is my car park" she thought initially that he meant that symbolically as in he took pride in working that car park, however, later after reminiscing his words, she realized it meant it litterally.)

Wonderful film. Love the Irish and their indomitable spirit! 😄👏🏻👏🏻

This is brilliant. I loved it, and with the big plus of having real accents, unlike all those shorts with American and English actors. This is human, humorous, alive, real life, the hypocrite at the bank blaming HO, " my hands are tied". Don't ever get a mortgage. Mortgage comes from two French words. Mort meaning Death, and Gage meaning Grip. Mortgage = Death Grip.

Loved it! ❤️ Short, sweet and to the point! A feel-good story with a satisfying twist. Well done! Great acting! 👍

Hoorah! What a superb tale and awesome performances that made me smile. Thank you to everyone involved. 😊

Totally Brilliant in all respects! Everyone involved in front and behind the cameras should be congratulated on a wonderful film.

Cool short. All the clues were there but who would have guessed what it meant ? I certainly didn't!

Awesome! Kathy owns the largest carpark. What a great script and great acting.

This put a tear in my eye. Just lovely.

Yesssch! Reminds me of Boudewijn Buch telling a story about his father. People thought he was crazy because in spring and summer he always , dressed like the guy in this film , volunteerly managed the traffic to the Beach of Scheveningen ( the Hague,the Netherlands). Not that anyone ever asked him to do so , he just did it. To park a car it was and sometimes still is a bloody hell because of waiting in the sun, kids in the back start to be annoying and so on. He just let the Dutch cars pass unless it became too obvious then he stopped one , made a small chat and let the jammed traffic slowly drive further. Too obvious yes. He only stopped cars with a German licence plate and somehow gave them a ticket for some lousy reason like no seatbelts and minor things like that. Actually he was the reason of the traffic jam , making a lot of cash. At the end of the day he always brought it to the Army of Salvation , the Red Cross , an Orphanage or to some families he knew they were very poor. When someone asked where the money did come frome he said laughing; The Germans love to pay back for what they did to us in the war.

Adore A. Dunbar's work. Awesome.

Clever and heart-warming, not to say so totally Irish! Thanks.

Loved it. Thank you to the producers, writer(s), players and all involved 🙂

Nicely written...patient with everything always turns something up never give up on any struggle joy will always come thereafter.

This is better as all blockbusters the last years. Frankie is a role model to the greedy tyrants of billionaires, suffering of a severe God complex, having brought so much harm over mankind since 2020.

YES!!These short films have everything! Please do not stop making them!

That made me chuckle. Seeing Pat’s wave and a smile. 😂I’m sure that scenario did happen somewhere else. Good luck to “Frankie”.

Did a similar thing many years ago, not quite so profitable but our Motorcycle club used to go to the Black Horse pub in Climping, Sussex every Easter weekend and a mate would dress up as a parking attendant and charge two quid to park at the beach carpark (which was free all year round) No-one ever complained and we all got happily pissed and drunk the pub dry! Happy days.

Excellent short film. Well done on all levels. I think I remember this actually happening in a big city in the US a bunch of years ago. Probably is happening right now in a bunch of places. It's an excellent con if u can get away with it.

Haha based on a true story about a bloody legend of a bloke who did it. So good. Very well done all involved 👍

Happened in the middle of London I believe. I remember reading about it 25-30 years ago, every one thought it to be a council carpark and the attendant was very well dressed and polite to all in the 20 plus years he ran it.

What a lovely story! Just goes to show what a bit of initiative can do.

How wonderful, thank you so much for sharing that absolute gem of a heart-warmer!

Oh my. This literally gave me chills. What a glorious film!

Love love this! Cause something always turns up if you don't wanna see Netflix, Twitter or something else. Love these short films!

Pure Gold.... 11mins of perfection.... simple and wonderful.

My sister shared this with me (Thanks Katie). Really, really lovely little film. I do worry about how he's going to get on in retirement. Hope he's not lonely.

Such an Amazing story.. Everyone should Watch This! 10/10..ThankYou.. 🎬👏👍

This is MY carpark.. Halfway in im beginning to think this mans skimming for 20 years or it is actually his carp park €€€

Good movie! My late grandmother came to the U.S. from County Donegal, in the early 1920s, so that was an extra treat.

Lovely film... Adrian Dunbar is so understated and natural.

That was a lovely little film... charming, funny and compelling - not bad for 11 minutes! Brilliant stuff.

That coffee cup though *Now panic and freak out*

love this, that part was made for Adrian Dunbar, great wee film made me smile 👍🏼thank you

This movie made me cry tears of joy. Thank you because I am so tired of crying tears of pain. Beautiful movie.

My Dad lost his job for almost 2 years. I never knew, but we were 2 months away from being evicted from our home when he found another job. Mom told me when we were clearing out the house, she was preparing to move to a retirement apartment complex. As a U.S. WW II vet, he had a 2 year extension on the mortgage if her couldn't pay. That's what saved us initially. He lost his job because he refused to do something illegal his employer ordered him to do.

Very cute story. It’s nice to see something nice for a change. Kudos to you and your crew!

He took enough and not all ,that's why he is my hero

The best film I've seen in a long time. Thank you!

I knew the story but it is so beautifully delivered here. Thanks!

Note that nowhere does he actually say that he owned the land where the car park was ... It was just that no-one else claimed the land either !

Sunday morning beautiful. Uplifting,gentle,humorous,caring,and warming. Just like all the Irish people I've ever met.

What a lovely film and as my family are from the Rosses it's even better to see a wee bit of Donegal

Left me with a smile on my face.

Such a lovely story and acting was fantastic.

very clever short flim-- shame are'nt more people around like this.....

I've heard the story before but this was done so beautifully. Brilliant!

This is FANTASTIC filmmaking! Well written and acted, bravo to everyone involved.