bigoltool
Registered
This morning I rode to work as usual and rode into my usual parking spot which is one of three dedicated "Motorcycle Only" parking spots at my company. Or at least that's what I thought. On Monday I came to work and found a Car parked in my usual spot. The owner of the car had conveniently turned the sign around backwards! I sought out the site manager and asked him to take care of the situation and he assured me he would. This AM I get to work and notice that I am now parked in a "carpool only parking" spot! This clown's idea of addressing the situation was to get rid of one of our Bike spots and turn it into a carpool spot! What a statement! I subsequently went upstairs and wrote the attached email to my coworkers.
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"My fellow Motorcyclists
As most of you know I ride a motorcycle to work on a fairly regular basis. On Monday of this week I rode to work and found a car parked in a clearly labeled motorcycle only parking space. I promptly sought out ---- ------ and asked him if he was the correct person to report this to. He advised me that he would take care of the situation and I assumed he would. Recently a car parked in a Motorcycle parking spot did over $3600 damage to a motorcycle and unknown damage to a nearby car. This morning I arrived at work on my bike only to find that the southern most Motorcycle only parking spot now has a "Carpool parking only" sign in front of it! Not my idea of taking care of the situation by any means. I realize that not all of you utilize these spots and I am pretty sure that complaining to anyone here would do absolutely no good. But it makes me feel better to at least advise everyone of this shining example of corporate apathy." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The net effect of all this turned into a rallying of the troops as it were. An email chain of epic proportions ensued. Of the 12 people I know who ride at least 8 of us are now going to ride to work early tomorrow and take up as many car pool parking spots as possible as a show of solidarity. I have also written a letter to the Snohomish county Community transit authorities as well.
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Good Morning ____ Yacht plant on a 4x10 hour work week which also ends at 4:30 PM 4 days a week. All together there are approximately 600 employees at this site all of whom are now trying to leave simultaneously with obvious results to traffic, noise and other emissions. These decisions were part of an ill conceived and poorly executed plan to promote productivity at the behest of the employees their families, their communities and the environment.
I am writing this in the hope that perhaps you would have some influence or at the very least some suggestions on what we employees' might do to improve the situation here.
I thank you for your time.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'll let you know how it turns out!
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"My fellow Motorcyclists
As most of you know I ride a motorcycle to work on a fairly regular basis. On Monday of this week I rode to work and found a car parked in a clearly labeled motorcycle only parking space. I promptly sought out ---- ------ and asked him if he was the correct person to report this to. He advised me that he would take care of the situation and I assumed he would. Recently a car parked in a Motorcycle parking spot did over $3600 damage to a motorcycle and unknown damage to a nearby car. This morning I arrived at work on my bike only to find that the southern most Motorcycle only parking spot now has a "Carpool parking only" sign in front of it! Not my idea of taking care of the situation by any means. I realize that not all of you utilize these spots and I am pretty sure that complaining to anyone here would do absolutely no good. But it makes me feel better to at least advise everyone of this shining example of corporate apathy." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The net effect of all this turned into a rallying of the troops as it were. An email chain of epic proportions ensued. Of the 12 people I know who ride at least 8 of us are now going to ride to work early tomorrow and take up as many car pool parking spots as possible as a show of solidarity. I have also written a letter to the Snohomish county Community transit authorities as well.
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Good Morning ____ Yacht plant on a 4x10 hour work week which also ends at 4:30 PM 4 days a week. All together there are approximately 600 employees at this site all of whom are now trying to leave simultaneously with obvious results to traffic, noise and other emissions. These decisions were part of an ill conceived and poorly executed plan to promote productivity at the behest of the employees their families, their communities and the environment.
I am writing this in the hope that perhaps you would have some influence or at the very least some suggestions on what we employees' might do to improve the situation here.
I thank you for your time.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'll let you know how it turns out!
