A nasty battle is under way on Queensland's Gold Coast over the launch of a new service called Meter Maids Australia. While two rival groups accuse the new maids of being overweight and cashing in on their image, the newcomers are preparing to bust out on the tourist strip. It's a cut-throat business out there.
Competition is healthy.
It makes everyone pull their socks up. The new maids, dressed in platinum bikinis and black cowboy hats, plan to walk the streets of Surfers Paradise feeding parking meters alongside the long-feuding Gold Coast Meter Maids and Surfers Paradise Meter Maids. Not surprisingly, the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise maids are not taking the arrival of the new girls in town lying down. Both rival groups launched fiery attacks yesterday. I'm not happy with it at all.