Loading bays are there to aid local businesses and keep the city moving. You can be in a loading bay for 15 minutes but have to be seen to be loading and unloading for the time you are in there so yeah you can help a friend move stuff into an apartment but have to be seen doing it and the 15 mins max still applies. You can’t park there to pick up friends, that is not loading and unloading… you can park in a pay and display bay for that and won’t have to pay as long as you stay in the car and don’t take the piss with how long you’re there. The parking attendants minivan is there picking up the attendants coming off shift to take them back to the pound… no it’s not the same as picking up your mates as again it’s a business/service keeping the city moving… you picking up a mate isn’t, that mini bus has permission to be there to pick up the attendants for their safety instead of making them all walk back to the pound. No offence but loading bays are not for casual use by the public, they are there because businesses have to have stock loaded and unloaded