Parking, by Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology

25 August 2008 in Human Nature by Stilgherrian | 5 comments

Photo of pathology service car parked illegally in Newtown Square

Dear Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, the signs on Newtown Square saying “NO ENTRY” and “COUNCIL POLICE AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES EXCEPTED” do not mean you can park on the lawn. They mean the exact opposite.

There is legal parking only metres from where I took this photo last Tuesday 19 August. Please tell your driver that walking those few extra metres will be better for the lawn, better for his health, and better for my anger levels, kthxbai.

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  1. Erin’s avatar

    Erin on 24 April 2009 at 10:49 pm

    Dear kthxbai,

    did you not read the sign on the car that says “URGENT BLOOD DELIVERY”?! Someone’s life may have depended on this car being parked as close as possible to where the driver was heading, in health-care, seconds can mean a life. And as for your anger levels… I suggest spending less time getting upset about matters that you know little about and more time repeating calming mantras whilst sipping green tea…

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  2. Stilgherrian’s avatar

    Stilgherrian on 24 April 2009 at 11:08 pm

    @Erin: The sign is misleading. All of DHM’s courier vehicles display that sign at all times, whether they’re really delivering “urgent blood” or not.

    In this particular case, as in most uses of these cars, the driver was collecting routine blood samples from the medical practice in the building on the left of the photograph, where DHM has a pathology collection point. I know, because I watched. The fat man walked very slowly. This is not an emergency medical clinic. No-one’s life is at stake.

    Now that you mention it, I reckon displaying a sign that’s not actually true, and using it as an excuse for parking illegally, is unethical as well as lazy. What do you think?

    P.S. “kthxbai” isn’t actually my name.

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  3. Snarky Platypus’s avatar

    Snarky Platypus on 25 April 2009 at 12:18 am

    If a sign says so, it must be true. Oh, wait…

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  4. Meee’s avatar

    Meee on 17 September 2009 at 1:38 pm

    I actually drive one of those very vehicles. If the lazy bastards would learn to walk a little then the rest of us wouldn’t get such a bad name.

    Yes, I do have to park up to 2 blocks away but that just means I get to jog (slowly in my case).

    Pretty damn uncomfortable in the rain while trying to lug an Esky full of blood but so be it — it comes with the job.

    If the others don’t like the job then they can either come up with some constructive positive suggestions to their bosses or go do something a bit less strenuous — like go elsewhere. (most of the time they are strenuously driving — so much effort).

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  5. Stilgherrian’s avatar

    Stilgherrian on 18 September 2009 at 8:46 am

    @Meee: Well put. Walking a couple blocks every now and then is good for one. In the case of the driver of this vehicle, he could have used it, too.

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