Comments on: Rant! – Managerial Parking Spots http://www.ronalfy.com/rant-managerial-parking-spots/ Life is a blog. I wanna write it. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tommy @ Electric Airsoft http://www.ronalfy.com/rant-managerial-parking-spots/#comment-57291 Tommy @ Electric Airsoft Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:15:30 +0000 http://www.ronalfy.com/?p=1102#comment-57291 People shouldn't be steeling the handicapped spots. Props to Tom! People shouldn’t be steeling the handicapped spots. Props to Tom!

]]> By: Tom http://www.ronalfy.com/rant-managerial-parking-spots/#comment-57008 Tom Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:58:19 +0000 http://www.ronalfy.com/?p=1102#comment-57008 He has to comply by putting a tag on the car but he usually parks in a "regular parking spot" unless he's in a hurry. He has to comply by putting a tag on the car but he usually parks in a “regular parking spot” unless he’s in a hurry.

]]> By: Ronald Huereca http://www.ronalfy.com/rant-managerial-parking-spots/#comment-57007 Ronald Huereca Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:53:14 +0000 http://www.ronalfy.com/?p=1102#comment-57007 @Tom, That is rather creepy. A person can't get a handicapped spot when needed, but only once the insurance company says so? Wow. As far as the motorcycle goes... I admit it would be odd to see a person riding a motorcycle with a handicapped tag on it :) @Tom,

That is rather creepy. A person can’t get a handicapped spot when needed, but only once the insurance company says so? Wow.

As far as the motorcycle goes… I admit it would be odd to see a person riding a motorcycle with a handicapped tag on it :)

]]> By: Tom http://www.ronalfy.com/rant-managerial-parking-spots/#comment-57006 Tom Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:33:53 +0000 http://www.ronalfy.com/?p=1102#comment-57006 A friend of mine had hip replacement surgery 8 years ago. Before the surgery, he went through many months of pain and greatly reduced mobility. He asked several times for a handicap permit and the doctors refused to sign the paperwork, stating "it was temporary". Now here's the kicker - after he fully recovered from his hip replacement, the same doctor handed him a completed form stating "you need to get your handicap perment". When my friend asked "why now, when I don't need it anymore?", the doctor explained that it was a requirement by the insurance company. They did not want him to wear out his replacement hip too soon! In other words, his handicap tag has nothing to do with a handicap, it's due to a financial decision made by Blue Cross. And if he does not keep a handicap tag on his car then he is at risk of being denied a replacement hip if the one he has now wears out too soon! Oddly enough, they never questioned him about his motorcycle. I wonder if you can get a handicap tag for a motorcycle? A friend of mine had hip replacement surgery 8 years ago. Before the surgery, he went through many months of pain and greatly reduced mobility. He asked several times for a handicap permit and the doctors refused to sign the paperwork, stating “it was temporary”.

Now here’s the kicker – after he fully recovered from his hip replacement, the same doctor handed him a completed form stating “you need to get your handicap perment”. When my friend asked “why now, when I don’t need it anymore?”, the doctor explained that it was a requirement by the insurance company. They did not want him to wear out his replacement hip too soon!

In other words, his handicap tag has nothing to do with a handicap, it’s due to a financial decision made by Blue Cross. And if he does not keep a handicap tag on his car then he is at risk of being denied a replacement hip if the one he has now wears out too soon!

Oddly enough, they never questioned him about his motorcycle. I wonder if you can get a handicap tag for a motorcycle?

]]> By: Ronald Huereca http://www.ronalfy.com/rant-managerial-parking-spots/#comment-55610 Ronald Huereca Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:09:09 +0000 http://www.ronalfy.com/?p=1102#comment-55610 Agent, You hit the nail on the head as far as the psychological aspect of "important" spaces. If I remember correctly, you have a degree in psychology, no? I will reserve the handicapped rant for another article, complete with pictures of offending vehicles :) Agent,

You hit the nail on the head as far as the psychological aspect of “important” spaces. If I remember correctly, you have a degree in psychology, no?

I will reserve the handicapped rant for another article, complete with pictures of offending vehicles :)

]]> By: AgentK http://www.ronalfy.com/rant-managerial-parking-spots/#comment-55606 AgentK Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:07:35 +0000 http://www.ronalfy.com/?p=1102#comment-55606 What really cranks my tractor (as the good folks of Union Grove, Ala say) is the perfectly normal looking (or smelling, gossiping, etc.) people who occupy handicap parking places -- particularly at work. Watched one of them at the Sparkie walk rather briskly to her $45k Mercedes-Benz roadster in tall high heels and spend about 5 minutes walking around it while smoking a cig and yapping it up on the cell phone. The only thing handicap about her was the snails pace she drove her prima donna princess mobile through the parking lot. I can name about three other folks who fit this mold... and interestingly, fit into largely the same demographic category. Before I become the poster child for Xanax, want to thank you for underscoring a tempestuous topic which rarely reaches conclusion. As I read your article I pondered genuine servant-leadership, and whether I would be willing to let the "employee of the month" park in my coveted place? Give it up for somebody who obviously needed (or the circling "vulture" who wanted) a closer space? Bottom line is the space and it's title/sign in front of it is far less about convenience as it is symbolic of the psychological separation between managers and their subordinates... why else would they remain empty half the time? What really cranks my tractor (as the good folks of Union Grove, Ala say) is the perfectly normal looking (or smelling, gossiping, etc.) people who occupy handicap parking places — particularly at work. Watched one of them at the Sparkie walk rather briskly to her $45k Mercedes-Benz roadster in tall high heels and spend about 5 minutes walking around it while smoking a cig and yapping it up on the cell phone. The only thing handicap about her was the snails pace she drove her prima donna princess mobile through the parking lot. I can name about three other folks who fit this mold… and interestingly, fit into largely the same demographic category. Before I become the poster child for Xanax, want to thank you for underscoring a tempestuous topic which rarely reaches conclusion. As I read your article I pondered genuine servant-leadership, and whether I would be willing to let the “employee of the month” park in my coveted place? Give it up for somebody who obviously needed (or the circling “vulture” who wanted) a closer space? Bottom line is the space and it’s title/sign in front of it is far less about convenience as it is symbolic of the psychological separation between managers and their subordinates… why else would they remain empty half the time?

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