Employee Parking should be mandatory at the far end of the car park. amirite?

They only have to do the trip twice a day, whereas theres hundreds of customers walking in and out of the store every day that will have to take the further spots. Realistically though each individual customer only has to do the walk once a day as well though.

by Anonymous 7 hours ago

Of course for the 1 customer it isn't that big of a deal, but that spot is open to be used by hundreds of customers in a day.

by Anonymous 7 hours ago

And peoole getting to the stores they need everyday all.arpund the world. Walk them extra 10 steps fatty!!!

by Fun-Natural4878 6 hours ago

But for those hundreds of other customers is it still really that big of a deal? Other factor is safety. People closing the store get out typically when the sun is set, so they have a closer walk to their car in the dark.

by Anonymous 6 hours ago

Do you feel interrogated right now? Your view is folding easier than origami, and I'm just pointing out basic things.

by Anonymous 6 hours ago

Lol the only thing I've agreed with so far is the safety of the workers in dark car parks, it's absolutely a good point. Interrogated? No.

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

Ok good, as long as we can be friends after all this.

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

Right, but for each customer they only do it once. Maybe once in a day, likely once in a week or every few weeks or in a month.

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

Just because you're a customer, it doesn't mean you're important enough for the business to inconvenience its employees. You're not.

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

As a woman who has had to walk to her car after work, in the dark, after the store is closed, I disagree that it should be mandatory.

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

That's a good point tbh.

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

Women dont matter anymore remember. Women's safety pssstttt who cares.

by Fun-Natural4878 5 hours ago

It's definitely headed that way!

by Anonymous 4 hours ago

I can't think of any stores that don't request their employees park in the back lot or the back of the main lot. This is fairly standard.

by Anonymous 4 hours ago

That's always the rule, op definitely hasn't worked somewhere with a big parking lot

by Lewboehm 4 hours ago

When I worked in retail I rode a bike lol, so you're right there. But I'm pretty sure a lot of places I frequent have employees park front and center.

by Anonymous 3 hours ago

They may be ignoring the rule, or there may be limited parking, or there may be a manager that doesn't care. But I've never worked any large retail store, for example, that hasn't had this policy. It's standard.

by Anonymous 3 hours ago

i can't even remember where i was supposed to park at my last job. i just parked in whatever spot i wanted. excluding handicap spots

by Connect-Plastic 3 hours ago

I imagine it depends on the business and size of business, but it was typically always a part of orientation to tell employees where to park. Then it depends on whether anyone's paying enough attention to remind anyone who ignores it.

by Anonymous 3 hours ago

i do remember one job at a factory where they wanted us to park far away. there was a building with a few businesses next to it. we weren't supposed to park there but i did. where we were supposed to park was too far for getting off at 11pm

by Connect-Plastic 3 hours ago

Retail employees, especially those who may be there early in the morning or late evening when it may be dark, should be able to park close to the building to ensure a safe entry and departure from their workplace. And you know, most of them have likely been on their feet all day, so not making them walk out to the boonies of some mall parking lot is mildly considerate. That said, I've never encountered a place of business where anyone but the executive level gets front door parking. Employee parking is almost always as far away from the doors as possible.

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

Whenever I worked at restaurants or stores, employee parking was always in the back of the lot. They always wanted to save the best spots for customers

by Senior-Dentist-4105 2 hours ago

Maybe it varies a lot, I've noticed a lot of places I regular have the same cars up front so I'm genuinely just assuming they're employees.

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

I get you, it's not ideal for the workers for sure.

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

Tell me you're lazy without telling me you're lazy

by Anonymous 1 hour ago

I think most places DO require employes to park in a designated area. That's how it's usually gone for me anyway,.

by Anonymous 1 hour ago

Yeah I just think most of the time the designated parking is the prime real estate for customers.

by Anonymous 1 hour ago

What is easier for a thief to target? A car that might leave at any minute or a car that's going to be somewhere far from eyes for hours?

by Anonymous 1 hour ago

I think the logic makes complete sense, it doesn't change the life of that 1 customer but the spot is used by hundreds of customers a day.

by Anonymous 40 minutes ago

But the customers aren't a gestalt consciousness. If I go to the mall at 11am, I don't osmose the cultural memory of the six people who used that spot between 7am-11am. I don't inherit their struggles. My muscles don't absorb the weight of their walks. I'm just one customer, making one journey, one time.

by Anonymous 24 minutes ago

What? I never implied they are one greater consciousness. If this change happened it wouldn't change your life in any way I don't disagree. Obviously you're just one dude making the same journey as the employee, I'm talking about the bigger picture.

by Anonymous 15 minutes ago