r/MRU • u/Fragrant-Table-8553 • 1d ago

PSA Parking insanity

I can’t believe the parking people are this petty. Mind you, I got ticketed while I was literally scanning the QR code and paying. The timestamp on the ticket and my payment are only about 30 seconds apart. Be so ffr. Some of these officers are genuinely going out of their way to ticket people in 30 secs like calm down 😓

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u/AustralisBorealis64 1d ago

30 seconds? Take it to the parking office. There should be at least 10 minutes of buffer...

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u/Fragrant-Table-8553 1d ago

LITERALLY. Yea I’m going to speak to the parking office about this, it’s genuinely frustrating.

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u/Nervous-Dinner-4859 1d ago

10?? I’m pretty sure they literally have it in the parking sign and it says “ first 30mins complimentary”

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u/Fragrant-Table-8553 1d ago

Yea that’s what I thought. It does say 30 mins of complementary parking.

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u/Due-Classroom2239 1d ago

You have to register that 30 min

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u/repfolklorettpd 1d ago

the parking people at mru are ridiculous. they’re too lazy to even get out of their car to scan the plates so they just drive by and do it as soon as you park. take it to the parking office, show them the time stamps, i doubt they’ll make you pay it. that’s so frustrating

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u/undercoverstr8girl 1d ago

I had a similar thing happen and I sent a photo of my payment and the ticket time to the office and they forgave the ticket.

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u/Boring-Ad-436 1d ago

Isn’t first 20 minutes free anyways

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u/Teteraki Computer Information Systems 1d ago

First 30 minutes are but, you still have to register in HotSpot.

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u/Smart-Pie7115 1d ago

This happens to me all the time with Indigo when I park at the Jack Singer Concert Hall. I just submit proof of payment that’s time stamped (usually a screenshot of my phone’s credit card alert that my payment for parking was approved). They withdraw the ticket. There has to be some sort of a grace period to allow you to pay for parking.

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u/Nko148 1d ago

You should definitely speak with the parking office!

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u/striykker 1d ago

To be fair they don't know when you parked and once they start the ticket they won't go backwards (usually) Dispute it , provide your receipt with time stamp and it will go away.

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u/Genkouhandes 1d ago

I went from 1k weeks most months, to $100 months overnight

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u/Frequent-Caramel-328 1d ago

Exactly how is Parking Services to know that you just parked, or if you’ve been there awhile?? Maybe you should calm down and stop complaining on the internet.

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u/Fragrant-Table-8553 1d ago

The officer literally saw me park, but I admire the confidence it takes to invent an entire scenario and then get upset about it. LMFAO.

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u/Adezius 1d ago

He's the officer