Boycott Potomac Mills Mall

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   The Mall may be public domain, but it is private property. thats the point I was making. Its funny you dont want the county to raise taxes to build a publicly funded garage, but you complain when a place that gives free parking starts to enforce its ruloes so it can continue to make money and abide by its contracts with tenants. I do all I can for the environment but I also understand that the mall is a business and a businesses first priority is to its profit margins. Would any of you be against paying to park at PM? $5 a day for unlimited parking? No you wouldnt, youd **** a brick thats what youd do. Talk about selfish. And as for helping the environment, I own and drive a hybrid and have for a while. WHat do you drive? Have you seen how many gas guzzling SUV's are in the commuter lot? 

	I understand your point of view and i do sympathize, but PM is under no obligation except for 275 spots. Yet they give 950 for commuters. 

	If gas was 99 cents a gallon, the 950 spots would not fill up and many of you would drive in to work. Now, how much of this is about the environment and all and how much is about your greed, stinginess & down right self sense of entitlement?? Answer that truthfully.

	Lobby PWC to pay PM for as many spots as needed and Im sure they would, but i think it is onyl fair to compensate a place if its property is used. Unless its kewl for me to park at your place during the day since you wont be there???

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Wayne Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wayne Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 2008 at 5:24pm
	The Mall may be public domain, but it is private property. thats the point I was making. Its funny you dont want the county to raise taxes to build a publicly funded garage, but you complain when a place that gives free parking starts to enforce its ruloes so it can continue to make money and abide by its contracts with tenants. I do all I can for the environment but I also understand that the mall is a business and a businesses first priority is to its profit margins. Would any of you be against paying to park at PM? $5 a day for unlimited parking? No you wouldnt, youd **** a brick thats what youd do. Talk about selfish. And as for helping the environment, I own and drive a hybrid and have for a while. WHat do you drive? Have you seen how many gas guzzling SUV's are in the commuter lot? I understand your point of view and i do sympathize, but PM is under no obligation except for 275 spots. Yet they give 950 for commuters. If gas was 99 cents a gallon, the 950 spots would not fill up and many of you would drive in to work. Now, how much of this is about the environment and all and how much is about your greed, stinginess & down right self sense of entitlement?? Answer that truthfully. Lobby PWC to pay PM for as many spots as needed and Im sure they would, but i think it is onyl fair to compensate a place if its property is used. Unless its kewl for me to park at your place during the day since you wont be there???

toomuchcoffeelady Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 27 May 2008 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote toomuchcoffeelady Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 2008 at 5:03pm
	quote: Originally posted by Stoutlvrsbeauty Toomuchcoffelady, while we certainly appreciate being called assholes, and I truly mean that, imagine a huge chunk of the parking spaces from 17 suddenly taken away. And there you are as a driver trying to get to work in a timely manner ready to pick up slugs who aren't there - because - oh! could it be because they have no place to park to be a slug and get into your car! Why are you irritated at the Potomac Mills slugs? Too much caffiene? No, the entitlement is what irritates me. Yes, it was nice of PM to give slugs the extra 600+ or however many spaces. They went above and beyond their contract. Problem is, nobody's obligated - legally or ethically - to continue to be "nice". How would you like it if random strangers just drove past your house and said "screw it, Beauty's never home during the day... let's park in (her?) driveway!" I mean, if you can get a ride to work without paying anything more power to you, but nobody has a God-given right to a free parking space. And I was calling the slugs I've met from 17 assholes, not you. work in Chinatown, live on Rte 3. Looking for 17 to L'Enfant ride.

Stoutlvrsbeauty Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stoutlvrsbeauty Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 2008 at 4:51pm
	Toomuchcoffelady, while we certainly appreciate being called assholes, and I truly mean that, imagine a huge chunk of the parking spaces from 17 suddenly taken away. And there you are as a driver trying to get to work in a timely manner ready to pick up slugs who aren't there - because - oh! could it be because they have no place to park to be a slug and get into your car! Why are you irritated at the Potomac Mills slugs? Too much caffiene? Besides, we're not talking about being rude to drivers as in your other blog, we're talking about the fundamentals of getting to work. Gosh, the nerve of us!

Stoutlvrsbeauty Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stoutlvrsbeauty Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 2008 at 4:42pm
	Thank you Slugger! (here's where I courtsey politely).

Stoutlvrsbeauty Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stoutlvrsbeauty Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 2008 at 4:26pm
	hey Wayne, how do you get to work? Tell us all about your commute, please.

757slugger Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote 757slugger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 2008 at 4:23pm
	Stoutlvrsbeauty, I was impressed,you let them have it. Its better than trying to explain it over the phone. Yes I will sign the petition and if you let me I'll sign it 300x time. I love it when people who never even came to the PM commuter lot comment on how inconsiderate we are to complain over the spaces when you have never been out there yourselves. It's nice for Wayne not to tell us what retail establishment he works for so that we can just boycott that as well. When you read the other post for PM you'll see that we hope that your job remains secure @ PM and hopefully they you do not transfer you out of the PWC area to another store location so that you can fight traffic and pick up slugs for the HOV-3 so you can see how it feels to commute. I am suprised COSTCO was complaining, I was not aware people parked way over there. toomuchcoffeelady: I read the comment on the other post. That was not lady like [:X].

Late rider Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 24 Sep 2004 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Late rider Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 2008 at 4:21pm
	quote: Originally posted by beenhere2long So, Wayne, if PWC is generous enough to build us a 10-story parking garage, you wouldn't mind, then, if your tax dollars helped pay for it even though you wouldn't be using it. Isn't it great how the community works together? Something that was free and didn't impact you, now will! How great is that? Maybe you can tell us where you live and we'll see if we can build it right near your house so we can all clog up your neighborhood getting to it...on public streets and all. I'll drink to that [:D]

beenhere2long Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote beenhere2long Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 2008 at 3:52pm
	So, Wayne, if PWC is generous enough to build us a 10-story parking garage, you wouldn't mind, then, if your tax dollars helped pay for it even though you wouldn't be using it. Isn't it great how the community works together? Something that was free and didn't impact you, now will! How great is that? Maybe you can tell us where you live and we'll see if we can build it right near your house so we can all clog up your neighborhood getting to it...on public streets and all.

toomuchcoffeelady Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 27 May 2008 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote toomuchcoffeelady Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 2008 at 3:39pm
	quote: Originally posted by ceejay2 You have GOT to be kidding me. A private corporation has donated 950 parking slots for commuter use 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year, and you are complaining that they aren't contributing enough when they enforce the rules laid down for use of those parking spaces? Let's see just how long it takes for those 950 spaces to go to ZERO spaces. Seriously. How entitled can you riders get?! Although I'm glad to see that it's not just the 17 lot that has the inconsiderate assholes...

Late rider Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 24 Sep 2004 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Late rider Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 2008 at 2:50pm
	quote: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/MillsSlugSpaces/ Thanks for the petition. Already passed it around.