Paved Paradise

August 10, 2006

Ever notice how two things that are completely unrelated can have so so many similarities. For example, let's fill in the center (similarities) part of a [imaginary] venn diagram titled:

Hospitals and Airports

-Bad food

-Chaos

-Security

-Mixed emotions

-Weird smells

-Miserable employees

and the point of my whole rant...(I'm sure there are more but lets move on)

-Paid parking

That's right. Paid parking at a hospital. Not that a price tag could be put on visiting someone you care about in a hospital...$1 mil? You got it. But really? At least they give you your first 30 minutes free, right? Right. Except by the time you take your ticket, find a spot, march the 4 million feet up to the main entrance, check in with the security guy that automatically assumes you will bomb the place unless you bear the neon yellow "Visitor" sticker on your chest, you're down to 11 minutes to spend with your loved one before the billing cycle begins...

They must charge the nurses a freakin' fortune to park, because they all seemed a bit McGrouchy to have a career in helping others...

Nonetheless, $5 well spent at Sinai last night visiting my grandmother :)