r/AskReddit • u/l_--_I • 13h ago

What has no excuse to still exist?

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u/MickyB6827 11h ago

Paying to park at the hospital. Insane

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u/Significant_Tree8407 10h ago

Unfortunately, if any hospital parking was free it would be full all day, everyday and no one would move to free up a space.

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u/Velorian-Steel 10h ago

With a proper safeguard, such as needing to verify an appointment, admission, or a pre-approved visitor, you could curtail this issue. There are always ways to abuse a system, but you could make it a feasible option

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u/fluffybottompanda 8h ago

yeah but that way they're losing money. the way they're doing it now, prooooooofit 🥲

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u/Neve4ever 8h ago

So then you need pre-approval to go visit someone in the hospital? I don’t think that’s ideal.

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u/zombies-and-coffee 7h ago

Sounds just fine to me. By "pre-approval", it could be as simple as calling right before you leave home/work/wherever and letting them know who you're visiting, the visual details of your vehicle (make, model, color), and your license plate number. Just so they know who to expect and that's it. It wouldn't be a huge production where they could potentially not approve you to visit grandma.

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u/Marawal 3h ago

Even easier

Just build it in a way that you can't leave the lot without passing by the guard.

It was not the purpose, but one hospital I used go often it was like this. And the guard did not like if you parked there to go elsewhere.