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Latest Update (07/07/08): If you reach the parking by 7.40, you are at risk of not getting parking at all ! Go early…

Announcement! Announcement!

There is CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING at KELANA JAYA LRT PARKING!

1. The management in charge of the parking has changed !

2. New management = new parking rate.

Effective 1st of July 2008, the new parking rate is at RM3.00. That is 33% increase from previous rate of RM2.00.

Fuel price went up by 41%, parking rate went up by 33%, food price increase by 15%, LRT monthly pass go up by 11%… What else is going up? Who else is going to increase price? … Do it quick please… stop Killing Me Softly With His Song Price Increase.

I can’t help myself but to ask this question:-

What is the rationale behind the parking rate increase?

Is it because of the recent fuel price hike? … or all time high raw material price? How would a parking management’s operation be affected by fuel price? Or to certain extend how would their operation be affected by inflation?

The only answer I could think of is… since everything has gone expensive. Therefore, the cost of feeding the household has also increased. Since everything has gone expensive, the people (the management) who run the parking, whom I deemed have family to feed, have no choice but to increase the parking rate too.

Whether it is fair or not, it is up to you guys to decide. As for me, I’ve long accepted the fact that everything will continue to go up…

Inflation has equal ability as atomic bomb… DO YOU KNOW WHY?

1. Both have permanent effect. As atomic bomb cause permanent genetic defect, price can only go up or at best remain. It will never go down!!!

2. Both have chain reaction. Nuclear chain reaction self propagates and cause more nuclear reactions. A price hike in essential commodity will cause other things to be more expensive, thus inflation.

3. Only can only be stop/ controlled by external force. Nuclear chain reaction can only be stopped by “neutron absorber” or carbon. Inflation can only be stop when the consumers absorb the cost and eventually changing their lifestyle.

Don’t you think I am very philosophical? Hahahaha…

Yesterday they closed down the area that is most affected by potholes. Since no spokesperson from the management is available to comment…hahaha… I would assume (or speculate), they are going to repair the road soon. I am crossing my fingers…

A close up picture of the pot hole:-

Hopefully one day the road will be as smooth as:-

When the road is smooth, then my mood will be ‘smooth’ too…hahaha!

If you wanna read previous post on Kelana Jaya Parking, you can refer to my old post:-

Car Wash, Sir?

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Moral of the Story:-

If you are to do business:-

1. Do Monopoly business. Okay… oligopoly is acceptable too.

2. Where no one will blame you for cost pass through because of inflation and the need for you to feed your household!

Others have hearty breakfast every morning but I have to reject people every morning !!! Yes, virtually every morning at Kelana Jaya LRT’s parking space. And No, I am not a mean person. So who do I reject every morning? I reject this guy every morning:-

Oh no, did he see me???

This nice fellow will approach me every morning to solicit his car wash service. Despite being rejected every morning he never gives up on me. See how persistent is him:-

First 2 minutes… (he waited for me to come out from the car)

5 minutes has passed… (still waiting for me after got rejected by another person)

Persistency is a virtue. And because it is a virtue, I will be persistent too… I will insist not to allow him and his friends to wash my car !!

But why RuehYinn?? Simply because… (seeing is believing)

Who would spend the money on car wash and your car get dirty the next minute when you exit the parking? The whole parking space is full of potholes filled with muddy waters. There is no way I can avoid those potholes given that the parking space is full of cars. And because I’m a person with some common sense, I won’t waste my money that way. Now do you know why I wouldn’t even spend RM5.00 for the car wash?

I think the car park’s management should consider to repair the road, else it will look like this one day:-

Yes, those potholes at the parking space will be as big as the Arizona Meteor Crater one day… It won’t be a POTHOLE anymore, it will become a CRATER !!!

The funny thing is sometimes they would use reverse psychology on me too. This is our conversation:-

Car Washer: Cuci kereta boss? (translation: Car wash, sir?)

Me: No, no (waving hand only)

Car Washer: RM5.00 saja. Murah. (translation: RM5.00 only. It’s Cheap)

Me: No, no (waving hand only)

Car Washer: Tapi kereta boss sangat kotor! Itu tayar pun banyak kotor! (translation: But sir, your car is very dirty! That rim is very dirty also)

At this point of time, I will just stop responding and walk away !! Upset but still a happy man inside… haha!

I will only allow them to wash my car if they hire …

while keeping the old rate, i.e. RM 5.00 per car wash! He he…

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Moral of the story: Successful business needs common sense!