| Re: opinion poll - so my bike was moved by random umass employees w/o my auth I think that you handled that situation exceptionally well. I would have been up in arms about someone messing with my bike. Also, if you hear nothing back by midway through tomorrow, go to whatever office you need to with photos of the bike, where it was originally, where it got moved to (were they moved into illegal parking? i musta missed that part), and any scratches or damage that may have occurred (if any). Check the front tire for evidence of dragging, and request a new tire for their ignorance.
Stay calm and polite, and let them know you are disappointed that motorcycles are treated with less respect than other vehicles on campus, toss out the word discrimination, and ask them why they couldn't have the BBQ set up in a different area. Schools hate being accused of discrimination.
Also, FWIW, solutions that Iwould like to see:
- better notification process, including signs posted at least three days in advance. it's a college campus. not everyone takes their cars every day, let alone their motorcycles.
- more notification attempts, such as email 24 hours in advance, or phone calls 1-2 hours in advance.
- alternatives if vehicles are not moved. it's a BBQ, did it have to be RIGHT there? could they have set up next to the motorcycles, say 50 feet away? if the bikes were fine there, then the BBQ would have been undisturbed as well. |