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echodot@feddit.uk 2 days agoI’ve never understood how it can even be legal for hospitals to have parking fees for patients. It’s not like you became ill simply to take advantage of the parking situation so why are they charging people?
I had to go to hospital because of a seven tendon. Which I thought would probably be a quick fix but they were complications so it took forever and I had to get my girlfriend who had known for about 2 weeks at this point to move the car too long to stay. I did not consider ever the possibility that the parking people would just be reasonable
Because assholes exist. If they don’t do it like this then some opportunistic pieces of shit will constantly occupy lots. Making the parking cost the same as everywhere else (or even cost more if allowed) is the only way to keep the parking spaces available for those who need them.
They can then waive the fee/fines on a case-to-case basis like what happened with OP.
You want to keep parking spaces available for people visiting the hospital and it’s more convenient to have short term parking close to the doors. Without fining you’d have hard time enforcing any of that
So why do patients have to pay the fee, why doesn’t the hospital have some system where they go oh yeah, this person with this registration plate has been admitted, leave them alone?
Why is it on the patient who may very well have a lot more going on than simple pain to arrange matters.
Because if I had overstayed my 3-hour limit I would have absolutely been charged. They use the excuse of needing to keep spaces open as an excuse to charge people. It’s nothing more than exploitative.
It sounds like the hospital did handle it. I don’t think it’s an excuse that they want those places to remain for those actually visiting quickly.
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 2 days ago
In the case of my local hospital, they do it because there are apartment complexes nearby and the residents used to abuse the hospital’s parking spot when they couldn’t find a spot in their residence.