You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Despite the very clear "No Waiting" sign, the increasing amount of people who just park and wait in the YYC arrivals terminal pick up zones, blocking all the spots for everyone who does a proper drive-by from the cell phone lot. There used to be fairly good discipline about this, but I've noticed the last few times it's just packed with scofflaws. Wish they started hanging out tickets, or atleast had someone shooing them away.

I have the same gear grinder for a lot of "no stopping" areas downtown. People will pick up their SO or whatever from work and instead of timing it so that they get in the car and go, they'll just stop in "no stopping" areas for minutes at a time. Technically it's illegal even to just pick people up there, but that would be no issue at all if people weren't dicks about it and just occupy space forever.

As far as the airport goes, I fly quite a bit, like 20+ times a year, and 95% of the time no checked luggage. When I get back and I'm getting picked up it's always on the level as others have said... you don't even have to go downstairs. As you go past the security, instead of going through the doors and down the escalator to where the baggage claims are, just go through the double doors on the left and straight out instead. Then they can pick you up just as they come up the ramp. It's much easier. That said I also practice the same theory here: I am outside before the person picking me up gets there; if they're early they don't drive to the terminal until I tell them I'm on my way out. It's a 20 second process at most to throw my bag in the back, get in and go.

[troutman]

Many believe putting on their hazard lights is a free parking pass.

[Reggie28]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Despite the very clear "No Waiting" sign, the increasing amount of people who just park and wait in the YYC arrivals terminal pick up zones, blocking all the spots for everyone who does a proper drive-by from the cell phone lot. There used to be fairly good discipline about this, but I've noticed the last few times it's just packed with scofflaws. Wish they started hanging out tickets, or atleast had someone shooing them away.

I was at the YYC pickup zone recently and there was a commotion, parking was trying to tow an abandoned vehicle and also trying to get people to move who were not actively loading. The entitlement of these people, they continued to argue/disobey even when the police arrived.

I think the officer didn’t handle it correctly, he went the education route. The first thing our of his mouth should have been “licence and registration, you are getting a ticket for parking in an active loading zone”.

The response most likely would have been “blah, blah is coming right out”

My response, “license and registration, if your pickup is here by the time i’m done writing this ticket, I may consider cancelling it, but you are parked in a loading zone.”

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Reggie28

My response, “license and registration, if your pickup is here by the time i’m done writing this ticket, I may consider cancelling it, but you are parked in a loading zone.”

Not even this. It's, "if you get back in your car and drive away without another word I won't give you a ticket, if you don't, you're getting one regardless of whether your pickup is here in 20 seconds or not."

[surferguy]

I’m getting older and subsequently crankier but hotel pillows almost always suck.