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This happened Wednesday
Visitor parking was reserved for an event my entire shift & half of the second shift. On Tuesday "Nancy" & "Missy" called me to let me know that no-one could park in Visitor parking unless they were here for the reserved event. This included students, visitors, & faculy/staff members. The full sign was turned on before my shift began, & I placed the big white sign stating Visitor parking closed for a special event in front of the Visitor parking booth.
Male student with an attitude arrives driving *an expensive car*
Here is what happened.
me: "Hi how may I help you?"
male student *already has an attitude*: "Yes...I need to park."
me: "Unfortunately the sign you just drive past states the garage is closed for an event, & so I have no available spots."
male student: "what!!?"
I repeat myself, & I point to the sign. He turns his head to look at it.
male student: "I am a student. I have a parking permit, but the student lots are too far. If I park at the metered lot my car will get squashed. I have an expensive car. So where do I park?"
me:"Unfortunately all I can do is to direct you to the other lots around the campus. Either the public pay lots or the student lots."
male student *still has an attitude*: "But the student lots are too far, & my car is expensive."
me: "Unfortunately that is all I can do."
male student: "I parked at the student lots before, but there is no security watching over the lot & the cars. My car is expensive, & I do not want anything to happen to it. There is no-one watching the student parking lots."
me: "Unfortunately I have no control over what goes on around here."
male student: "So who is over the student lots. This is rediculous. Visitor parking should not be reserved."
me: "The parking office is over the parking lots & the parking garages."
male student: "Well...I need to speak to them because this is rediculous. They should not reserve the garage."
I write down their direct phone number on a post-it-note, & I give it to him.
I tell him "I will raise the gate for you to go to the left & exit."
He looks shocked, but he leaves.
Hmmm. I wonder what he does when he goes grocery shopping, goes to the mall, or anywhere else with an open parking lot that has no security guard watching over the lot & the cars.
Visitor parking was reserved for an event my entire shift & half of the second shift. On Tuesday "Nancy" & "Missy" called me to let me know that no-one could park in Visitor parking unless they were here for the reserved event. This included students, visitors, & faculy/staff members. The full sign was turned on before my shift began, & I placed the big white sign stating Visitor parking closed for a special event in front of the Visitor parking booth.
Male student with an attitude arrives driving *an expensive car*
Here is what happened.
me: "Hi how may I help you?"
male student *already has an attitude*: "Yes...I need to park."
me: "Unfortunately the sign you just drive past states the garage is closed for an event, & so I have no available spots."
male student: "what!!?"
I repeat myself, & I point to the sign. He turns his head to look at it.
male student: "I am a student. I have a parking permit, but the student lots are too far. If I park at the metered lot my car will get squashed. I have an expensive car. So where do I park?"
me:"Unfortunately all I can do is to direct you to the other lots around the campus. Either the public pay lots or the student lots."
male student *still has an attitude*: "But the student lots are too far, & my car is expensive."
me: "Unfortunately that is all I can do."
male student: "I parked at the student lots before, but there is no security watching over the lot & the cars. My car is expensive, & I do not want anything to happen to it. There is no-one watching the student parking lots."
me: "Unfortunately I have no control over what goes on around here."
male student: "So who is over the student lots. This is rediculous. Visitor parking should not be reserved."
me: "The parking office is over the parking lots & the parking garages."
male student: "Well...I need to speak to them because this is rediculous. They should not reserve the garage."
I write down their direct phone number on a post-it-note, & I give it to him.
I tell him "I will raise the gate for you to go to the left & exit."
He looks shocked, but he leaves.
Hmmm. I wonder what he does when he goes grocery shopping, goes to the mall, or anywhere else with an open parking lot that has no security guard watching over the lot & the cars.
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