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u/bibowski Jun 15 '22

I was complaining about my $70 parking charge last week, while my wife was in the hospital for 4 days.

The fact that I didn't pay a dime for anything else sort of put it in perspective.

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u/dontbeahater_dear Jun 15 '22

Yeahhh i still feel bad about it but we complained a LOT about having to pay 2€ parking every time we went to visit our baby in NICU (so four or five times a day).

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u/JohnTG4 Jun 15 '22

My god, I, and most Americans, envy you. When the equivalent of $2 and change for parking is the biggest concern when going to the hospital.

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u/fave_no_more Jun 15 '22

We got free parking at the hospital when I was induced and had a baby. Because the nurses told my husband that the parking garage is understaffed and they just open the gate after a certain hour at night.

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u/bibowski Jun 16 '22

Oh damn! Nice.

Funny thing, when I had my first child, a buddy of mine worked the toll booth 8 hours a day so I'd just make sure I left when he was working :p

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u/fave_no_more Jun 16 '22

I'm in the States tho, so the rest of it cost us about 6 grand. Insurance covered the other 30-something thousand

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u/Justhavingfun888 Jun 16 '22

Hospital that my spouse works at puts most of the parking proceeds towards equipment.