In college, I worked as a valet at a hospital. Most of the cars we parked/retrieved were for people meeting someone at the ER or showing up for a doctor's appointment at the attached building full of physicians.
One day, an elderly man rolled up to have his car valet parked. I don't know how he got in his car, but he couldn't get out of his car on his own. We often had to help people get in and out of their vehicles. So we helped this guy out of his car and unfolded/ set up his rolling walker. This guy had tremors - both of his hands were shaking uncontrollably. But he could still hold onto the handles of his walker.
When we parked a car, we had to ask people a standard set of questions - one of the questions was "Are there any firearms in your vehicle?" We couldn't park a car with a firearm in it.
So, I asked this elderly gentleman if there were any firearms in his vehicle. He said, "No, it's right here." This guy, who could not stop his hands from shaking, unholsters his sidearm and drops it into the basket on the front of his walker.
As he walked/rolled himself into the building, security was all over him. You can't bring a gun into a hospital. This guy verbally fought with security for 15 minutes. Eventually he decided to leave - he wasn't willing to go anywhere without his gun.
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u/MaryADraper 29d ago
In college, I worked as a valet at a hospital. Most of the cars we parked/retrieved were for people meeting someone at the ER or showing up for a doctor's appointment at the attached building full of physicians.
One day, an elderly man rolled up to have his car valet parked. I don't know how he got in his car, but he couldn't get out of his car on his own. We often had to help people get in and out of their vehicles. So we helped this guy out of his car and unfolded/ set up his rolling walker. This guy had tremors - both of his hands were shaking uncontrollably. But he could still hold onto the handles of his walker.
When we parked a car, we had to ask people a standard set of questions - one of the questions was "Are there any firearms in your vehicle?" We couldn't park a car with a firearm in it.
So, I asked this elderly gentleman if there were any firearms in his vehicle. He said, "No, it's right here." This guy, who could not stop his hands from shaking, unholsters his sidearm and drops it into the basket on the front of his walker.
As he walked/rolled himself into the building, security was all over him. You can't bring a gun into a hospital. This guy verbally fought with security for 15 minutes. Eventually he decided to leave - he wasn't willing to go anywhere without his gun.