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Originally Posted by Neil
A friend of ours starts at about 9:30am and sometimes has a problem finding a space. I don't agree with staff paying at all.
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And why not ?
When I worked in the centre of Manchester I had to pay at least £4 per day for the honour of parking. OK .. wasn't into saving lives, but through my 'sales acumen' responsible for keeping people in jobs. We all have our slot in life Neil whether it be a dustbinman or the Prime Minister and who is to say which is the most important. Some members of 'staff' are on the admin. side .. so why should they not pay ?
My daughter, who is a nurse, was obviously annoyed at being levied with (I think) around 50p. per night for parking at the old BRI .. so tough .. join the rest of society. Had the benefit of CCTV and made sure she parked under one of these cameras .. like Margaret has already mentioned, had been broken into .. again we all run that risk, no matter where we park. Why should medical staff attract more of our sympathy.
We are lucky if our place of work has a decent car park where we can park without cost, unfortunately, we are a small country and land is limited.
Agree that disabled badge holders should pay the parking fee, as well as able bodied.
Willow, you will have to just put in a little more next visit I'm afraid, to allow for 'extra time' .. I always do when on a business appointment, 'cause you know full well may run over the time you estimate.