I saw something last night at the Parking Lot of the Murtala Muhammad Airport in Lagos. Queue so long it took me 1 hour and 12 minutes… to PAY! Yes folks, I spent over an hour on the line to pay for 2 hours parking, and I was asked to pay for the time I was on the line!
At first, I was angry at the thought of standing for so long in a queue, then I realised as I got close to the paying window, when I saw just one Cashier there, sluggishly and taking so long to collect your money and put your ticket in and out of the machine. Then it hit me. This shit is intentional.
Just imagine. The peak time for flights arrivals at Lagos International Airport is around 7pm to 9pm (maybe from even 6pm when BA lands from London), so there’s a massive surge of people parked and exiting the Lot between these times. Putting just one slow paced worker at the Till creates a line so long, that by the time they get to pay, another hour or so has been aded to the parking fee. That’s like another N100,000 (or more) per hour for the operators of the Parking Lot.
And of course, you know there will be confusion and fighting on the line (that’s in our blood anyway), it adds to the already slow process, so it adds to the time, and more money to be made for the Operators.
The parking at the Airport used to be a standard flat fee, then later they changed it to First Hour at N200, and additional N100 every hour after. The FRAUD is creating some kind of delay to keep people in the Parking Lot for that extra hour.
I hope the Authorities take note of this and do something about it. But then again, maybe the “Authorities” created the scam and are profiting from it, so go figure. Nigeria we hail thee.
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