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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas
First of all, I'd like to say that this thread is not meant to be offensive in any way, I merely have some questions. I work for a small branch in a large company. Our office is filled with 8 administrative staff, 6 managers in a various departments, about 45 technicians, and 7 sales representatives. (Please note that not all of the technicians work every day so we have on average about 30 here every day.) The warehouse where we keep our supplies and repair the trucks is twice the size of our office alone. We are on private property. That being said, our parking is very limited. There are only 7 spots available in the front of the building (3 of which are handicapped), 15 on the left side of the building, 8 on the right, and about 10 in the back behind the gate. If you do the math, that typically leaves roughly 10 people who have to park across the street. There is not one person who is employed here who is handicapped or requires disabled parking. And we are not a face-to-face customer service office; we attend to customers over the phone or e-mail. The absolute ONLY customers that ever come to our branch are elderly and would rather drive up and give us a check for their bill than pay for the postage. So naturally, since parking is so limited, all of us use the handicapped parking when it's availble, since it's front and center of the building.
Well about a month ago, an elderly gentleman (who was NOT handicapped, mind you) came in to complain about his services, demanding a refund, then complained about having to park across the street. He said verbatum, "All those spots are filled by handicapped people RIGHT?" Flustered, one of the office ladies apologized and asked him if he was handicapped, to which he replied no but that an old man like him shouldn't have to walk all the way across the street. And please note that I do understand that, however, we are not meant to have customers in our office. All visitors must sign in and wear a nametag for security purposes, and the only reason we allow the customers who bring in checks for their bills is because they've been with our company for years and that's always how they've done it.
Anyways, as this is getting a little long (sorry I just want to explain in detail so I don't leave anything out) about an hour ago, a Police officer showed up in our parking lot, got out of his truck, and started writing tickets for the three people who had parked in the handicapped spots. When one of the customer service guys went outside and talked to him, he was told that the police had recieved a complaint (one guess as to whom) for taken handicapped spots. Now I know that the old man had nothing better to do than complain and make other miserable, and that the officer was probably happy to comply as it's the end of the month and he has a quota to fill, but this is private property and not meant for customer use, limited parking, and no one on staff who is disabled. Plus, there are THREE spots for disabled, with such limited parking as it is! Is there any way my co-workers can fight these tickets? I got lucky because the last two days I'd been parking in those spots and this morning, there just happened to be only one spot available in the front and it wasn't a handicapped spot.
I just think that this is all ridiculous. Any thought?
First of all, I'd like to say that this thread is not meant to be offensive in any way, I merely have some questions. I work for a small branch in a large company. Our office is filled with 8 administrative staff, 6 managers in a various departments, about 45 technicians, and 7 sales representatives. (Please note that not all of the technicians work every day so we have on average about 30 here every day.) The warehouse where we keep our supplies and repair the trucks is twice the size of our office alone. We are on private property. That being said, our parking is very limited. There are only 7 spots available in the front of the building (3 of which are handicapped), 15 on the left side of the building, 8 on the right, and about 10 in the back behind the gate. If you do the math, that typically leaves roughly 10 people who have to park across the street. There is not one person who is employed here who is handicapped or requires disabled parking. And we are not a face-to-face customer service office; we attend to customers over the phone or e-mail. The absolute ONLY customers that ever come to our branch are elderly and would rather drive up and give us a check for their bill than pay for the postage. So naturally, since parking is so limited, all of us use the handicapped parking when it's availble, since it's front and center of the building.
Well about a month ago, an elderly gentleman (who was NOT handicapped, mind you) came in to complain about his services, demanding a refund, then complained about having to park across the street. He said verbatum, "All those spots are filled by handicapped people RIGHT?" Flustered, one of the office ladies apologized and asked him if he was handicapped, to which he replied no but that an old man like him shouldn't have to walk all the way across the street. And please note that I do understand that, however, we are not meant to have customers in our office. All visitors must sign in and wear a nametag for security purposes, and the only reason we allow the customers who bring in checks for their bills is because they've been with our company for years and that's always how they've done it.
Anyways, as this is getting a little long (sorry I just want to explain in detail so I don't leave anything out) about an hour ago, a Police officer showed up in our parking lot, got out of his truck, and started writing tickets for the three people who had parked in the handicapped spots. When one of the customer service guys went outside and talked to him, he was told that the police had recieved a complaint (one guess as to whom) for taken handicapped spots. Now I know that the old man had nothing better to do than complain and make other miserable, and that the officer was probably happy to comply as it's the end of the month and he has a quota to fill, but this is private property and not meant for customer use, limited parking, and no one on staff who is disabled. Plus, there are THREE spots for disabled, with such limited parking as it is! Is there any way my co-workers can fight these tickets? I got lucky because the last two days I'd been parking in those spots and this morning, there just happened to be only one spot available in the front and it wasn't a handicapped spot.
I just think that this is all ridiculous. Any thought?
