Blue Elephant Day Care Not Frisco Friendly

[sandiego_to_frisco]

What probably happened here?

A - daycare management gave permission to BB, saying their employees could park there, and then renegged on it?

B - One BB employee parked there, told another, told another, etc. New employee comes in there and thinks it's okay (why wouldn't he/she if other employees told him/her?). Daycare has cars towed because it's their property, warning signs are up, etc.

[bizguy]

Originally Posted by sandiego_to_frisco

What probably happened here?

A - daycare management gave permission to BB, saying their employees could park there, and then renegged on it?

B - One BB employee parked there, told another, told another, etc. New employee comes in there and thinks it's okay (why wouldn't he/she if other employees told him/her?). Daycare has cars towed because it's their property, warning signs are up, etc.

yes

probably not an issue initially, but my guess is that problems arose and BB mgmt did not address the issue which left the daycare in the position to have to post signs and tow... it has been my experience that is how these things go down....

[MickieD]

IMO the no parking signs are warning enough. If junior can't read he probably shouldn't be sitting behind the steering wheel. People need to stop "saving" their kids from their mistakes and poor choices or they will never grow up.

[Tooleman]

Originally Posted by MickieD

IMO the no parking signs are warning enough.

If you don't mind a post on FOL that can harm your biz..

[Golfer Girl]

Am I the only one here who thinks this whole situation falls squarely on the shoulders of Bahama Bucks? They don't have sufficient parking for their employees? Where did they think they would park? I would be pissed my employer does not provide suffient parking. If they don't have parking for their employees where are the customers suppose to park? As the day care center owner said why should she have to provide parking for their employees? Perhaps management for Bahama Bucks needs to step up to the plate.

[FriscoTechsan]

Originally Posted by Tooleman

If you don't mind a post on FOL that can harm your biz..

As a parent of a child that goes there, I'm happy that TBE is trying to keep their parking lot safe and congestion free. I doubt this thread will hurt business.

[MickieD]

Originally Posted by Tooleman

If you don't mind a post on FOL that can harm your biz..

I don't think reasonable persons would be offended by a business protecting it's property against trespassers. Furthermore, I believe there are more r reasonable persons than unreasonable. No worries for the owner here.

[luvnherkids]

I believe that BB is 90% at fault and TBE 10%.
As a manager of a resturant, we tell our employees where to park. BB has very little parking and should have made it clear to these kids where that can and can NOT park. If an adult who is also your boss tells you its ok to park at TBE, they I would believe it was ok even with the signs. It would lead me to believe they had already talked to the owners of TBE. (I noticed in the owners post she did not address if this had been approved before, or even talked about with the owners of BB) If BB had not made it clear, they should pay for the towing.

I do think the owner of TBE should have addressed this before having the cars towed. A friendly phone call to the owners of BB " Hey it looks like some of your employees are parked over here. They will need to move their cars and can't park there for the safety of my daycare children." Really easy fix and then if it keeps happening, have them towed.

[bizguy]

Originally Posted by luvnherkids

I believe that BB is 90% at fault and TBE 10%.
As a manager of a resturant, we tell our employees where to park. BB has very little parking and should have made it clear to these kids where that can and can NOT park. If an adult who is also your boss tells you its ok to park at TBE, they I would believe it was ok even with the signs. It would lead me to believe they had already talked to the owners of TBE. (I noticed in the owners post she did not address if this had been approved before, or even talked about with the owners of BB) If BB had not made it clear, they should pay for the towing.

I do think the owner of TBE should have addressed this before having the cars towed. A friendly phone call to the owners of BB " Hey it looks like some of your employees are parked over here. They will need to move their cars and can't park there for the safety of my daycare children." Really easy fix and then if it keeps happening, have them towed.

It just doesn't work like that. Nobody called the tow company specifically on those cars that day. The owners of TBE and the tow company have an agreement that the tow company will keep their lot clear of unwanted cars. The tow company has a spotter who watches the lot and when someone parks there and walks across to the BB, they usually take some pictures for documentation and then they hook up the car and tow it... At least that has been my experience with such matters....

[luvnherkids]

Originally Posted by bizguy

It just doesn't work like that. Nobody called the tow company specifically on those cars that day. The owners of TBE and the tow company have an agreement that the tow company will keep their lot clear of unwanted cars. The tow company has a spotter who watches the lot and when someone parks there and walks across to the BB, they usually take some pictures for documentation and then they hook up the car and tow it... At least that has been my experience with such matters....

I would bet that is not how it happened, unless the owners called the tow company and said "BB is now open and you need to watch for parking violations." Which, before they did that, they should have called BB and told them. BB is the only business near TBE that would cause parking on private property.