Waterfront Parking Rip-Off
So I went to the movies tonight with friends. Afterwards, we walked to the parking lot to find our cars were coincidentally parked next to each other! So we chatted for a bit.
I was concerned at some point that we would need to leave soon, as the parking ticket might expire. I checked the ticket and saw that I still had a full 11 minutes to get out of the parking garage.
We said our goodbyes and proceeded to the exit, only to have the machine spit the ticket back out, saying that the Exit Time had expired! Despite there being another 6 minutes left!
You see, the parking meter system at the Waterfront runs about 12 minutes fast!
Instead of just opening the boom, the parking attendant insisted that I go back to the parking machine and pay an additional R2! This despite me having paid for 5 hours of parking (and having used about 2 1/2 hours of this).
He acknowledged that their clock was running fast and that many people have this problem but said he could do nothing about it!
Anyways, he gave me the name of his manager, Mr Michael Beelders. (Google him)
Mr Beelders, I am not sure if you have unwittingly stolen money from the public, but make no mistake: Every R2 you collected from people in this method is simply petty theft and you should be ashamed of yourself.
I suggest you quickly figure out how much money you've pilfered in this manner and make an equivalent donation to charity.
Really, doing the right thing is not that hard.
Oh, and may I suggest you fix the clock on your machines.
I was concerned at some point that we would need to leave soon, as the parking ticket might expire. I checked the ticket and saw that I still had a full 11 minutes to get out of the parking garage.
We said our goodbyes and proceeded to the exit, only to have the machine spit the ticket back out, saying that the Exit Time had expired! Despite there being another 6 minutes left!
You see, the parking meter system at the Waterfront runs about 12 minutes fast!
Instead of just opening the boom, the parking attendant insisted that I go back to the parking machine and pay an additional R2! This despite me having paid for 5 hours of parking (and having used about 2 1/2 hours of this).
He acknowledged that their clock was running fast and that many people have this problem but said he could do nothing about it!
Anyways, he gave me the name of his manager, Mr Michael Beelders. (Google him)
Mr Beelders, I am not sure if you have unwittingly stolen money from the public, but make no mistake: Every R2 you collected from people in this method is simply petty theft and you should be ashamed of yourself.
I suggest you quickly figure out how much money you've pilfered in this manner and make an equivalent donation to charity.
Really, doing the right thing is not that hard.
Oh, and may I suggest you fix the clock on your machines.
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completely agree -this is nothing short of being conned ! Make no mistake, by having the clock out by even a couple of minutes means extra money for the operator.
I understand that we need to have Expire Time or else people would simply pay for their parking early. However, if these meters tell you that you have to get out of the parking by X then at the VERY least the Pay station should be synchronised with the Boom gate !!!
I doesn’t have to be by the millisecond but at least accurate to the nearest minute - not too hard to do !
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