Pay for Reserved Parking. Good Idea or Bad?

So we are away from our homes every night, what has that got to do with it? Should hotels give travelling salesmen free rooms, just because their jobs require them to be away from home, too?

That old saying is false. A stupid question has no relevance to the original question

 

Never mind the fact that many wouldn't even fuel there if they couldn't park there. Which brings up the reason why they supply parking in the first place, lol (eureka!). Yes, parking will be a available for a long time to come. What I could imagine happening tho .. Is that you might end up "earning" your parking spot, like with showers at the megastops.

 

I'm not sure why you continue to compare apples to oranges to try and prove your point. There are many jobs that require people to be away from home. However, that doesn't mean it's the same thing. In your example there's a pretty good chance that person's room is paid for by the company they work for. In addition, I'm guessing they do get to stay for free from time to time. It's your right to think that paying to park is a good idea. Many of us don't think it's a good idea. No need for you to continue to try and convince us to change our minds by trying to compare other things that aren't the same. Tell me our Company's are going to pay for the parking or our shippers are going to pay it or something along those lines. I'm pretty sure I still won't change my mind but at least you could spare me the awful comparisons you've tried to make. Geez!

 

An independent travelling salesman is much closer to the situation than the example someone else used of the wife paying to park at their own home. Just like many of us, they work on commission, with no reimbursements for expenses.

BTW, I'm not trying to change anyone's mind. However, I am pointing out that these truckstops are businesses and can charge for anything they want too. It is your choice to support, or not support these places with your dollars, as no one is forcing you to use them.

Some companies may decide to use this service and pay for it, the same as some do pay the motel bill for their drivers. It gaurantees that their drivers will actually get a safe place to park and proper rest. That is not out of the realm of reality.

 

Yes, that could end up being reality. Ultra One points for reserved parking, or the option of paying cash. That is not far fetched.

 

I agree. Just by some of the responses you can tell who's "OLD SKOOL", and as a result are so incumbered by that idealism that they've lost the ability to even consider evolved or progressive thinking. They should pass down some water while they're up on that soap box to help what we're being force fed go down a bit easier. Capitalism is a fine model on paper but stubbornly resistant to a lot of the variables impacting it in today's society. What's gonna happen to it when all that's left is only the rich or poor. I think the resulting polarization just might squish democracy like a bug, leaving us with a government with "ism" somewhere in it's title. Greed is not good, regardless of whether it's cloaked in capitalism or not. Just something for you to consider. Later Comrades!

 

Funny thing about this 'Pay for Parking' thing is that at a lot of the truck stops my hubby has been to that offer the reserved parking, the reserved spots are sitting completely empty when he gets there, and are still empty when he leaves 10 hours later.

 

While I agree that uncontrolled greed is not good, please show me where greed has come into this situation. If these places were excersizing uncontrolled greed, they would not leave the majority of the parking spaces free of charge. They are leaving you with a choice. The first choice is free parking on a first come, first served basis. The second choice is a guaranteed parking space for a fee. The third choice is to go to a different facility. That is far from greed.

 

When it comes to something like "reserved parking" or "pay for parking" we're generally all a bunch of cheap skates, LOL! I certainly am. I'll pass up a paid lot if I believe there's a free spot somewhere around.

I was in Tampa last week arriving near midnight. That's after a live unload in the morning, and running up to Bradenton for a drop n' hook - pretty much out of hours by the time I got to the TA on I4. So, even though I do know a couple of places I can park in industrial areas up there, I elected to pay them $11 for one of those spaces - just had enough for the day. Only three of the dozen spaces were filled that night. It's TA's property, so they can do as they wish, no matter how much of a crummy (That's for you Lilbit... no "bad" language! ) deal we might think it is.

 

You just absolutely nailed the whole point, to this arguement.
BTW, even though you hate to pay, how did it feel to know that after a long day, you could get a proper parking space?