Disabled parking? I work for an airport hotel and we charge everyone for parking?

I have a guest coming to a conference who is kicking off about having to pay for parking because she uses crutches and is registered disabled. If her colleagues have to pay for their parking spaces why shouldn't she. Isn't it discrimination against her able bodied colleagues for them to have to pay for a service that she's getting for free. what do you think is fair?Disabled parking? I work for an airport hotel and we charge everyone for parking?
I think it is right for them to pay because everybody needs to be treated equally - disabled parking is made available closer to entrances to make it easier for them to get in and out instead of walking long distance - just because someone is disabled doesn't mean they can't afford to pay for parking. My partner is disabled and I am happy to pay for parking just like anyone else. If it is work related maybe she can claim it back on her travel expenses - my employer pays my parking if I have to go to a meeting and pay for parkingDisabled parking? I work for an airport hotel and we charge everyone for parking?
You're absolutely right. While you should have premium parking spaces available for the handicapped, there's no reason that they shouldn't have to pay like all of the rest of us.





Some people just get used to getting coddled their entire lives and don't understand that sometimes the rules do apply to them as well as everyone else.





She needs to show a little self-respect and stop asking for special privileges when they are not necessary due to her disability. Paying for something you want to use has nothing to do with whether or not you walk with crutches.





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It is discrimination against her able bodied colleagues, what she is saying is that because she is disabled and in a wheelchair she should have free parking. The right way being that she is in a wheelchair so should have easy access to entrance etc. What ever happened to the equal rights for disabled people or doesnt that apply to her.
i agree :::: spaces near the entance for them (but free ) why????
You're spot on! It's grossly unfair of her to expect a free ride out of life. I expect she will already have the use of a convenient space, why the h*ll shouldn't she pay for it?
she obviously feels hard done by because of her disability, she feels the world owes her an easy life because of it. Explain your companies policy and give her the address she can write to if she wishes to make a complaint, then say 'have a nice day...' people with this sort of attitude hate it when you are nice to them.
Yes, and the chances are that the disabled places are bigger than the others. So, she should be charged more. Also, they are an inefficient use of space. Often I go into supermarket car parks to find that they are the only empty places. Most people would be generously disposed toward helping genuinely disabled people, but when they start demanding it as a right, and kicking up a fuss, then that natural generosity dissipates.





The trouble is that the Government promotes victim groups, so they are demanding it as a right.
Well, she already gets a space up front. Why should she also get it for free?


I think her colleagues should bust her windows out if she keeps whining.
You only have to offer them an accessible space, not a free space while the rest of the world pays. Tough tookies for her -- she has a space, and she has to pay. Being disabled doesn't make the world a free ride.