I have to go to a medical office at a hospital for some tests today. Not only does an ostensibly non-profit entity that makes an obscene amount of money from people who are sick or injured have the gall to charge for parking, but they have switched from the method of getting a ticket and paying later to an app that collects your data. I’m so fucking sick of every moment in life being monetized.
They don’t validate your parking for you when you leave?
Wjy would they do that if they can just charge you for parking? Hospitals are the most nickle and dime obsessed industry in America, and you are shocked that they are nickle and diming people?
All of the hospitals and medical facilities in my city validate parking for patients.
Lucky you.
I don’t drive. It doesn’t affect me at all. I think maybe you should try asking if they’ll do it for you next time.
I am unfortunately very familiar with the policies of my local hospitals due to having multiple chronic conditions. They only partially reduce parking prices if you have a visit that lasts 4 hours or longer. At least, that’s the case for the hospital which I regularly have appointments which last that long. The other hospitals won’t provide any parking validation. Insult added to injury.
I remember when I lived in a smaller town and had never experienced having to pay for parking at a hospital. I read on reddit somebody commenting from the UK about having to pay for parking at hospitals and I thought it was absolutely barbaric. Everybody downvoted me because apparently it’s normal. Now I know better. It’s normal. Barbaric, but normal.
Paying for paying isn’t the problem. Americans expecting free parking is why we’re so cooked with climate change. The problem is how much we’re paying for the (crappy) healthcare.
We’re talking about hospitals. Access to hospitals should be free.
Most hospitals don’t.
All of the hospitals and medical facilities in my city validate parking for patients.
You’re city is not the norm (or perhaps mine)
Hyd does that work for people who don’t have smart phones?!
In Sweden I travel free with public transport when showing my appointment letter. When I donate blood there are reserved (free) parking slots close to the entry and I get compensated for car milage
