[Drivingforfun]

I've been parking at a hospital daily recently and the car park gets busy. It's a one-way carpark with a relatively thin road going through it. Often when someone spots a driver who looks like they might leave they'll wait for them to go so they can have their space, but block the traffic behind them, resulting in a queue backing up.

I've waited behind people who'd decided to wait for people who weren't even in their car yet, and someone who even decided to wait for a parked driver who had to put a wheelchair away, which took several minutes ... lots of horn beeping and shouting went on, naturally

Is it arrogant to make everyone wait so you can have a space?

Or fine, as other spaces further along will probably get freed up in the meantime? Worth mentioning: perhaps half the people waiting behind don't even want to park, they're leaving (it's a one-way carpark)

I thought this could be the kind of question that'd be interesting to discuss, really I can see it both ways ...

[Rolebama]

My daughter had to visit a hospital daily for three weeks. She would drive 50 miles down the A1, and make sure she was 30mins early to allow for their car parking arrangements to allow her to park. The main culprits were those undergoing chemotherapy who were too weak to drive properly. They are supposed to stay for tea and biscuits to regain strength before driving, but so many don't. The common thing is to pull out if their bay and stop because they don't have the strength to turn the wheel, then have to be 'rescued'.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by Drivingforfun

Is it arrogant to make everyone wait so you can have a space?

Or fine, as other spaces further along will probably get freed up in the meantime? Worth mentioning: perhaps half the people waiting behind don't even want to park, they're leaving (it's a one-way carpark)

I thought this could be the kind of question that'd be interesting to discuss, really I can see it both ways ...

I think I'm in the line of thinking that it's certainly not arrogant - however I would likely try not to keep people waiting for TOO long. At the end of the day, I've got to park right, I can see a spot opening up, I want to go in. If you're behind me in the queue then that's not something I'm in control of. Like I said though, I would conscious that I was holding people up for an unacceptable period of time - accept how subjective that could be lol

[olduser]

I must admit, I was relieved when my consultant said it was dangerous for me to drive after dialysis, and had to use hospital transport.
I had been playing the parking game, and as Nick says, there is a point where you have to move on (and loose the potential place) because the wait has been too long.
Then there is the queue at the ticket machine, what time was the appointment?