Danger In The Hospital Parking Lot

I was starting to walk across a road on hospital property.  Before I could cross, a van came whipping around a corner.  It was definitely exceeding the speed limit of the parking area.  I had to quickly run back and dive to the sidewalk hoping the guy was not actually trying to hit me.  While I rolled to safety I thought about the potentially strange irony of getting mowed down right there in the hospital parking lot.

(Okay, I didn’t actually “dive” to the sidewalk but isn’t the story a lot more fun if you imagine me diving to the sidewalk while you read it?)

As he zoomed by, the driver gave me an ugly look and shook his head as if to say, “What’s wrong with these dopes who try to cross the road when I’m at the wheel?”

When I reached the front entrance of the hospital I noticed that the dangerous driver was actually one of the hospital’s valet parking attendants!

Go ahead and let that sink in for a moment.  I suppose it is—in an odd way—slightly amusing.  (The amusement factor is substantially higher for me in light of the fact that I’m still alive.)

Even though I admire successful businesses I still think this is a flawed strategy for generating new customers at the hospital.