It’s high time we boycott NumQue

NOW that NumQue has decided to revoke the privileges of the elderly and disabled, it is time to boycott Sea Point’s Main and Regent Roads.

This slight to our senior citizens is bad enough, but to be told to pay R30 for less than two hours’ parking on a street is outrageous. It appears that we are being punished for residing in this over densified, congested strip of land between the mountain and the sea.

Below are some comparative prices and tips on how to avoid Main Road like the plague.

Shopping after 5pm is a pleasure. Not only is parking freely available, but queues in supermarkets are minimal. If one lives nearby, trolley assistants are too willing to wheel groceries to your doorstep and take trolleys back.

If one has an elderly or disabled person, drop them at the entrance and find parking in the parking lots and road on the Sea Point beachfront. This only entails a short walk to and from the shopping centre and once again, trolley assistants will happily oblige.

The three major supermarkets offer free parking. One hour for Checkers and half an hour for Woolies and Spar, less expensive than the street. More or less, it is R7 for one hour, R14 for two hours, while R21 gets you three hours and R30, four hours.

Even that is far more economical than street parking.

As a parting shot to NumQue – please train your parking attendants properly before you unleash them on an unsuspecting public. They have no idea how to deal with people. I witnessed the horrific display of a female attendant snatching car keys from an elderly, disabled woman and being rude and abusive towards her, outside Checkers. This behaviour is unacceptable.