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12-01-2012, 07:14
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Ambulance gets "booted" while on call
Things that make you go, "hmmm".
http://www.wwltv.com/news/eyewitness...181631351.html
NEW ORLEANS - The Quicky's convenience store in Mid-City takes its parking lot rules seriously. Very seriously.
About 4 p.m. Friday, New Orleans paramedics rushed inside the store for a man with a life-threatening medical issue.
They worked on the patient with chest pain, put him inside the vehicle, then started to speed off.
The paramedics “heard a loud noise,” and the vehicle came to a screeching halt, according to Jeb Tate, spokesman for New Orleans Emergency Medical Services.
The medics stepped out and found a boot on their ambulance.
Convenience store employees allegedly put a restrictive parking boot on the ambulance. And now it was stuck.
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12-01-2012, 08:04
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They were in the store ON A CALL? damn that's some pretty stupid thinking from the employee. Hell, the stores here don't care if we park weird even if we are just running in for a drink. I'd love to see what happened there... Sucks it delayed definitive care though.
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12-01-2012, 08:24
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12-01-2012, 08:36
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Did the greeter check the paramedics' receipt as they walked out of the store with the stretcher?
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12-01-2012, 11:38
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Not funny.'08 
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12-01-2012, 12:35
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that's ****ed up!
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12-01-2012, 14:42
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Someone needs to get fired over that one, and it's time like this that I think lawsuits should be brought. Not against the ambulance company mind you, but the man who was being treated should sue not only the company, but the person who physically put the boot on the ambulance and the person who authorized the boot to be put there.
The sign clearly says that your car will be booted if you leave the property, and they never left the property. That, and it should be common sense that if an ambulance has it's lights on, and they're inside treating a guy, then they're going to need to leave quickly. Putting a boot on their ambulance is such a dumbass thing to do, I honestly can't believe they did it.
Really hope they get fired and sued, they deserve it for that one.
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12-01-2012, 19:01
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Lights on, lights off it does not matter. Obviously it is an emergency vehicle that should not be booted. I assume it was running too. Ambulances usually are when medics are treating a patient even if they are are away from the vehicle.
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12-01-2012, 19:21
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Originally Posted by CitizenOfDreams
Did the greeter check the paramedics' receipt as they walked out of the store with the stretcher?
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I bet he really wanted to go through the patients pockets to see if he was stealing and using the emergency as an excuse to get out of the store.
TSA material.
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12-01-2012, 19:23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MedicOni
They were in the store ON A CALL? damn that's some pretty stupid thinking from the employee. Hell, the stores here don't care if we park weird even if we are just running in for a drink. I'd love to see what happened there... Sucks it delayed definitive care though.
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New Mexico is the land of manana. I don't think they care if ANYONE parks weird over here. 
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12-01-2012, 20:16
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New Mexico is the land of manana. I don't think they care if ANYONE parks weird over here. |
Lol you might have a good point
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12-02-2012, 11:31
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12-02-2012, 11:52
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We get parking tickets all the time but a boot is a bit much. We can be parked at a code with lights going and get a ticket, 99 % of the time it has no weight and is thrown out but I have had to pay out of pocket for them.
Austin via o hub
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12-02-2012, 15:05
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Austin, Where do you work? You have to be kidding.
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12-02-2012, 16:59
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I'm guessing the store employee is a few rounds short of a full clip (or magazine). 
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12-05-2012, 05:33
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Update. Seems like that "booting" operation is a bit shady...
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orle...181879731.html
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12-05-2012, 18:48
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12-05-2012, 19:22
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"Quicky's parking lot is private property. The city Code says private companies are allowed to boot, but they must be licensed with the city, they can only charge a maximum of $90 to remove the boot. Quicky's signs say they're charging at least $115."
Sounds like someone needs to do some investigating and get them to stop this foolishness.
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12-14-2012, 17:28
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Are there no criminal charges other than property damage that can be filed? This would seem to come under the "Obstructing Governmental Operations" statute in KY.
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/KRS/519-00/020.PDF
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12-14-2012, 19:48
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That would have been a felony in the state of Washington: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9A.48.070
Anyone that stupid ought to be locked up.
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12-24-2012, 12:02
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tvov
Things that make you go, "hmmm".
http://www.wwltv.com/news/eyewitness...181631351.html
NEW ORLEANS - The Quicky's convenience store in Mid-City takes its parking lot rules seriously. Very seriously.
About 4 p.m. Friday, New Orleans paramedics rushed inside the store for a man with a life-threatening medical issue.
They worked on the patient with chest pain, put him inside the vehicle, then started to speed off.
The paramedics “heard a loud noise,” and the vehicle came to a screeching halt, according to Jeb Tate, spokesman for New Orleans Emergency Medical Services.
The medics stepped out and found a boot on their ambulance.
Convenience store employees allegedly put a restrictive parking boot on the ambulance. And now it was stuck. |
If I were the one with the medical problem and I wasn't dead, I would be looking for a good lawyer to help me invest in the convenience store business. 
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12-24-2012, 15:26
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Originally Posted by Sensai
If I were the one with the medical problem and I wasn't dead, I would be looking for a good lawyer to help me invest in the convenience store business. |
You wouldn't even need a good one in this case. I am not saying that all chest pain calls are the big squeeze but chest pain is a legit 911 call. "minutes equal muscle", the more heart muscle that dies is more likely the patient will not only die but have live long problems like congestive heart failure. This case would be pretty easy for a lawyer.
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Last edited by bmoore; 12-24-2012 at 15:26..
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01-01-2013, 21:02
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man! here in calif they are too lazy to boot, they stole the bus! yes on the call. Meth is strong.
i would have transfered the care and then have my neck and back checked as two can play the dumb game.
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01-02-2013, 19:38
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WOW I have parked in the front of a convenience store sideways on a full-arrest taking up every front spot, and no one even blinked an eye!!!! Thats pretty extreme to boot an ambulance, and for the patient it could be an easy paycheck if he goes for it lol
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