Cause For Pregnant Pause, Part 20
(I park in the disabled bay in front of the office like I do every morning. I’m disabled and have a blue badge on display in the car. I notice a laminated sign someone has stuck on the end of the space saying, “Pregnant employees ONLY.” Figuring it has blown over from one of the regular parking bays I just put it carefully to one side and go into work. Coming out later that afternoon I find a parking ticket on my car! I take it into the security office and say this is obviously a mistake.)
Me: “Okay, think you got the wrong car, mate. I’m in the disabled bay with a disabled permit, so I’ve not done anything wrong.”
Security: “Did you see the sign this morning? ‘Pregnant employees only.’ You’re going to have to park in that disabled bay over the road.”
(It’s a four-lane dual carriageway.)
Me: “Is someone in the office disabled due to being pregnant or something?”
Security: “No, but she wants a guaranteed parking spot close to the building, so we’re using the disabled bay for now.”
Me: “I’m not paying this fine, you know, and I’m going to keep parking in that bay unless someone else has a disabled permit. If they do, then we can talk and work something out about sharing the car space.”
Security: “You keep parking there and we’ll tow your car. We’ve blocked it off for her use only.”
Me: “Let’s see how well that goes when I get the police involved for illegally towing a disabled person’s car. Just block off one of the regular bays if you really have to!”
Security: “No. We’ve chosen this one. You need to park elsewhere.”
Me: “Up yours!”
(Yeah, kind of lost my temper at the end there. I’m not paying the fine, and I will raise absolute chaos if anything happens to my car. We’ll see how this goes.)
Related:
Cause For Pregnant Pause, Part 19
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