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  • All pay parking does not mean free parking

    This happened on Friday

    Female customer drives up to the visitor parking booth window. I saw her exit the metered lot across the street. Here is what happened.

    me: "Hi how may I help you?"
    female customer: "Hi, I am here to go to Admissions. Can I park here?"
    me: "You can, but it is $5.00 to exit."
    female customer: "Ohh...I'm sorry, but I have no money."
    me: "I'm sorry, but it is all pay parking around here."
    female customer: "So is there any free parking?"
    me: "Well...it it is all pay parking around here then there is no free parking."
    female customer: "Is there any free parking around here? I have no money."
    me: "Well...all means all; pay parking means no free parking. There is no free parking anywhere around here."
    female customer: "So what do I do?"
    me: "I will raise the gate for you to go around to the left and exit."

    I raise the gate for her to exit, but instead of exiting she enters the garage.



    Since she was not too sucky or difficult at the window, I go inside the garage to let her know it is $5.00 to exit. She parks in a spot, & I let her know it is $5.00 to exit. She then has an attitude & says "I know... but how do I get out of here?" I point to the exit gate. She drives up to that gate. I go back to the visitor parking booth to get the clicker, & I raise the gate for her to exit.

    Last edited by snugglegirl05; 10-30-2010, 02:15 PM.

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    She probably figured that if she asked enough times you would change your answer to get rid of her. I bet she's done that plenty of times before

    This concept of 'only' and 'all' is apparently much more difficult than meets the eye
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    • #3
      You're far kinder then I would be. You'd said clearly several times that there's no free parking, and she's replied that she has no way to pay for the parking, but goes ahead and does so anyway.

      I'd say a call to the tow truck would be in order at that point.

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      • #4
        Nah. I've let her park, THEN called the tow truck when she didn't pony up at the gate to get out
        They say that God only gives us what we can handle. Apparently, God thinks I'm a bad ass.

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        • #5
          "but snuggle girl said this was free parking!"

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          • #6
            Quoth Sleepwalker View Post
            "but snuggle girl said this was free parking!"
            This is when snugglegirl05 goes Librarian on your head and unscrews it since it is obviously on wrong.
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