No space anymore.
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
September 7, 2016 2:07am CST
I go to the hospital on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays before 6:45 AM. I usually arrive there at 6:35 AM with hopes that the space where I park the car is vacant. But nay!
As early as 6:30 AM, the parking area is full of these cars. I thought almost all employees of the hospital are already with cars. Why, even a Nursing Aide has the Mitsubishi Montero, or Fortuner, or Hyundai. Big cars, and they seem to be displaying their cars. They stop in front of the lobby and have their bio-metrics for timing-in.
The car of my big brother is just an old blue Toyota Corona, manual steering car, but it serves its purpose to date.
Twice, I parked the car outside the parking space. Of course I did not pay P20 for the parking fee. I hope there will be a space for me tomorrow when I go for my duty.
Where do you park your car?
19 people like this
20 responses
@magallon (19279)
• Philippines
7 Sep 16
Cars nowadays in the Philippines sell like hotcakes.
Even ordinary employees can already able to purchase because of its low down payment and monthly payments.
That's why, very heavy traffic is now happening here in almost all areas.
Parking spaces are always full too.
5 people like this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Sep 16
i agree. my son said that those small cars, the 4-seaters, can be bought at P300K only.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Sep 16
@magallon the car of my brother that i am driving is an old model. the advantage of having an old car is that it is no longer a carnapping issue; who wants to carnap an old car?
2 people like this
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
7 Sep 16
big problem with parking...as you say every body has a car.
3 people like this
@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
7 Sep 16
@ridingbet It would still be within the shopping center's parking area, just not the nearest spot to the entrance...
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Sep 16
@sishy7 yes, we must always keep an eye on our cars even at a distance
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Sep 16
right, but do you still see your car parked in that area?
1 person likes this
@PurnaSharma (2562)
• Guwahati, India
7 Sep 16
Then i am lucky i haven't used office parking yet as one of my relative resides near my office,i use to park near their house.
2 people like this
@PurnaSharma (2562)
• Guwahati, India
7 Sep 16
@ridingbet ..no,,,,other office staff park there or by some other who use to visit office by their works
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Sep 16
@PurnaSharma it is an open parking area, so for sure many will grab a spot, right?
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Sep 16
@ridingbet Yes, it's safe. We lock the car if we are in the city. It's not a big city compared to some.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Sep 16
@JudyEv great! so there are no carnappers roaming around your city?!
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Sep 16
that is good, but is it safe and secure to park the car beside the stores when you are going to buy and leave and come back to your car quickly?
1 person likes this
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
9 Sep 16
@ridingbet It is a must and it must be free parking fee unlike one very big and expensive hospital that I know that even charge parking fee on an hourly basis.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Sep 16
that is true. hospitals should have bigger parking areas because visitors and personnel alike may have their own private transport
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Sep 16
@salonga the parking space in our hospital should be paid by the motorists with P20. although our institution is small, i believe there are so many cars owned by the personnel and the residents too.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Sep 16
but here in my place, what causes the traffic is the too many public transports, and they are even the ones causing the traffic. it is usually a bumper-to-=bumper scenario especially during Sundays
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Sep 16
it is for the hospyital personnel and the visitors/public too. and it is so small and many cars perk there
1 person likes this
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
8 Sep 16
i rarely go anyplace, so's mine 'tis mostly'n the driveway :)
1 person likes this
@mom210 (9170)
• United States
9 Sep 16
As far away as I can from everybody else. I have no problem walking across a parking lot. I am amazed at how smash in on top of each other some of those parking spots are. So I park in the last spot in the roll. I hate having to do the side step to get out of my vehicle. You would think they would know you have a parking problem and fix the issue.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Sep 16
the place where i park is also free supposedly from those cars who cross my way. but that day, my space had 4 cars, so i had to park near the gate and although there were tricycles parked in front, i sought assistance from a security guard so i can bring the car out of the messy parking space
1 person likes this
@sol_cee (38669)
• Philippines
10 Sep 16
@ridingbet at least you have a car doc.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Sep 16
@sol_cee correction, it is my big brother's car, not mine, my dear
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Sep 16
yes, an old car and manual steering 'pa', but it still serves its purpose.
@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
8 Sep 16
Toyota Corona is the first car of my brother but it's not with them anymore. Now he has two, one given by the company he is working for and the other, he bought it from a relative of his wife.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Sep 16
@brokenbee Cadillacs are already vintage, hija. sure you drive, ehe, walk one? nyahaha!
1 person likes this
@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
9 Sep 16
@ridingbet Cadillac...
Cadillacad lang.. Ahahahaha 
1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
7 Sep 16
My brother-in-law too , would always want to be early at work because of the parking space . Most of the employee even some security guards already have cars that's why the parking space is always filled . And they also have to allot some space to very valued clients .
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Sep 16
that is good, but in the hospital, only the chief of hospital has his parking space; the rest have to rush taking the space for their cars
1 person likes this
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
7 Sep 16
It's hard to park these days, specially if it's rush hours or weekends.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Sep 16
here in my place, it is traffic in early morning until dusk, because of so many vehicles travelling around. no parking space especially during Sunday mass too
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Sep 16
so, you don't have a garage, right? i see in the movies that Americans can park in front of their houses outside the gates.
1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
7 Sep 16
At home we park the car in our closed garage. When we go out in the parking lots available near the place where we have to go. When we go to the hospital, there is a big underground parking space for the visitors and one separate for the doctors and nurses.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Sep 16
that is great. the parking area in the hospital is so small and when the big cars park, it has so little space to maneuver the car. doctors and nurses and other hospital workers all park in the same area
1 person likes this
@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
7 Sep 16
Parking is difficult to find where I work so I just travel by public transit. It is cheaper and more convenient for me.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Sep 16
we also ride on public transportation when we imagine the city to be traffic, or i can just ride on a public utility vehicle going to the hospital once i know that the way going to my work place has detours or close traffic.
1 person likes this
