Who is in the wrong here?

[Anonymous]

I work in a customer success role and making sure our customers get what they need is my only objective. I don’t care that this was their policy. There are situations where we need to put the rules aside and support our customers when they need it. You being pregnant and in pain is 100 percent one of those scenarios. Shame on him. He also needs to discover a little bit of human empathy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are 100% wrong but he's 100% an asshat.

This is why robots can't run the world. There are times such as this where human decency should be extended.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m sick, have a uti and I’m pregnant. A prescription was called into the pharmacy which is inside a grocery store. There were no close spots and I urgently need the medication and I’m in pain so I parked in the grocery pickup spot of which there were 4 and none of them were occupied. As I started walking into then store a manager stops me and tell me I need to move my car. I explain I’m sick and picking up drugs and will be in and out in 5 minutes. He block me from proceeding and tell me I have to move my car and it’s against store policy to do what I’m doing. I reply that there are 3 empty spots and I’m sick and just picking up meds. He tells me I can pick up my medication but I’m not welcome back. Who is in the wrong here?

You. What about this interaction did you not understand?

[Anonymous]

He’s wrong. These are pick up spots, not handicapped spots someone depends on. Since three others were there someone could have used any of the three other ones. And you were buying something in his store, in the pharmacy which means you are likely a regular customer, plus also legitimately sick/special circumstances. Really weird to antagonize a paying customer that way and essentially fire you as a customer!!

[Anonymous]

If you aren't getting out of your car, why do the pickup spots need to be close to the store?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are wrong. I’m sorry you are sick and pregnant and have a uti but that still does not entitle you to park where ever you want.

She's entitled to simply because it's a legal spot and she's a customer.

That’s good to know! I’m entitled to that spot and also the pregnant, veterans, time limited, and spots reserved for elderly!

[Anonymous]

At my local whole foods there are four pick up spots and at least one is always available, although people do abuse it.

At my local Target, I think their strategy was just to make so many pick up spots that they could absorb the abusers. So there are like 25 pick up spots, even though I can't believe there are ever more than three people doing an active pick up at a time. That makes all the regular spots further away.

I'm sure people better than me could draw the curves but in America, it's almost always better to live in a place with relatively high social rule compliance. We very rarely tip over into a situation where it becomes worse.

I don't think the OP had any meaningful gain in comfort from not walking the extra steps. Certainly once you add in the argument, it was net negative.

I think it's more psychological, like OP wanted validation about her illness and pregnancy making her special. That's why groceries stores have those spots for pregnant women, because it makes them feel good. Even though it would make just as much sense to have special parking for older people or people with small kids. Or like the veterans parking which makes no sense at all.

[Anonymous]

Never happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At my local whole foods there are four pick up spots and at least one is always available, although people do abuse it.

At my local Target, I think their strategy was just to make so many pick up spots that they could absorb the abusers. So there are like 25 pick up spots, even though I can't believe there are ever more than three people doing an active pick up at a time. That makes all the regular spots further away.

I'm sure people better than me could draw the curves but in America, it's almost always better to live in a place with relatively high social rule compliance. We very rarely tip over into a situation where it becomes worse.

I don't think the OP had any meaningful gain in comfort from not walking the extra steps. Certainly once you add in the argument, it was net negative.

I think it's more psychological, like OP wanted validation about her illness and pregnancy making her special. That's why groceries stores have those spots for pregnant women, because it makes them feel good. Even though it would make just as much sense to have special parking for older people or people with small kids. Or like the veterans parking which makes no sense at all.

I disagree. Our social construct works because there is some softness to it for certain situations. If a sick pregnant woman needing an empty parking spot is not one of these situations, then what is? There was no harm done by her using that spot, and the store owner missed an opportunity to be kind. Rigidity and no manners or understanding does not serve us well. We can all use empathy sometimes. It's insane to me people would say she wants to "feel special" when she probably felt like total shit, hence her rush.

[Anonymous]

Complain complain complain. That person should be reprimanded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you aren't getting out of your car, why do the pickup spots need to be close to the store?

So it’s easier, safer and faster for the workers and they don’t need to go further and in traffic while bringing groceries to the car.

[Anonymous]

What about OP‘s listed symptoms made her so feeble that she couldn’t walk the extra 10 parking spots to get to the store?

Or was she so weak that once in the store she had to use the store scooter to make it down to the pharmacy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never happened.

This is someone S/O the thread about parking in pickup spots, providing a sympathetic, feasible scenario.
The weakness is that a store manager would never police these spots. It's only other store customers trying to park in a first-come/first served manner, which makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are wrong. I’m sorry you are sick and pregnant and have a uti but that still does not entitle you to park where ever you want.

This.

People walk around every day with silent afflictions, and they aren’t coming from a place of entitlement where they think they should just do whatever the hell they want because they are in pain/suffering.

[Anonymous]

Last time I checked being pregnant and having a UTI doesn’t affect your ability to walk. Coming from a woman who has been pregnant multiple times and has also had UTIs. Drives me nuts when pregnant ladies think the world should revolve around them.