{"id":761,"date":"2018-10-11T17:38:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T17:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=761"},"modified":"2018-10-15T18:20:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T18:20:11","slug":"letters-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/10\/11\/letters-17\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear subtext,<\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t normally email but as a fairly new starter to Lancaster I was gobsmacked yesterday when I received my new parking permit through the post. Just seems a waste of money to me.<\/span><\/p>\n

A second class stamp costs 58p. Lancaster has 2,500 staff. So if 80% apply for a parking permit that is a cost of = \u00a31,160. <\/span><\/p>\n

Why don’t they use internal post? Do we even have one? Or send out in batches to departments so staff can collect from named individuals. They could even use the money saved on postage to invest in digital technology that could scan licence plates to see if people have a pass or not, so moving to an automated system would save loads of time and money in the long run.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just seems crazy to me. I couldn’t find a suggestion page or anything from the staff intranet so thought I would email you! Rant over!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks<\/span><\/p>\n

Jennifer Kilner<\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear subtext,<\/span><\/p>\n

And so it begins again: the daily ‘Lancaster Thousand Tonner’, in which hundreds of cars fight their way onto the campus, their drivers – white knuckled and perspiring – engaging in a mechanised gavotte designed to minimise the distance between vehicle and office. The University, increasingly a parking lot with facilities for teaching and research, must surely accept that the problem cannot be solved by carving out more and more of the estate to accommodate the motorist. But it also behoves the enlightened (?) community that make up the majority on campus to consider alternative modes of transport, and while there are no doubt some who must move children or lack other travel options, there will be others not so constrained. I suggest that for a start the latter group consider other privately and socially healthy choices. Alternatively, they can just stick with their cars and continue to bugger up the planet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bob Rothschild<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear subtext, I don’t normally email but as a fairly new starter to Lancaster I was gobsmacked yesterday when I received my new parking permit through the post. Just seems a waste of money to me. A second class stamp … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":568,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[397,81],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters","tag-issue-181","tag-parking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99sHo-ch","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":139,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2017\/10\/26\/valued-members-of-staff\/","url_meta":{"origin":761,"position":0},"title":"VALUED MEMBERS OF STAFF","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"October 26 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"In the last edition of subtext we reported on the problems of staff on termly contracts and their inability to get a staff bus pass. subtext has learnt of similar problems concerning hourly paid teaching staff who drive to work, and although we have historically avoided publishing stories about parking,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "news"","block_context":{"text":"news","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":792,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/11\/08\/letters-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":761,"position":1},"title":"LETTERS","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"November 8 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear subtext, Re: car parking and passes Ah for the heady days of yesteryear (well about 18 years ago) when car park passes were collected in person from the security office. And parking, at least on a Friday (or POETS day - Push Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday) meant my husband\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "letters"","block_context":{"text":"letters","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/letters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":992,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2019\/05\/23\/letters-23\/","url_meta":{"origin":761,"position":2},"title":"LETTERS","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"May 23 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear subtext, I was interested to see Lancaster University mentioned in the news today as one of 23 universities with an unconditional offer scheme and to also read that this is based in part on references. It reminded me of someone I once knew, who had not only been offered\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "letters"","block_context":{"text":"letters","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/letters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1246,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2020\/03\/27\/subtext-193-stay-home-and-read-subtext\/","url_meta":{"origin":761,"position":3},"title":"subtext 193 – ‘stay home and read subtext’","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"March 27 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Every so often during term time (and sometimes slightly later). Letters, contributions, & comments: subtext-editors@lancaster.ac.uk Back issues & subscription details: http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/about\/ In this issue: editorial, freeze, applause, court report, rip tony madeley, gender stereotyping update, democracy update, toilet paper, teach outs, widden's review, pies, letters. ***************************************************** EDITORIAL That UCU strike\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "editorial"","block_context":{"text":"editorial","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/editorial\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":285,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/01\/18\/letters-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":761,"position":4},"title":"LETTERS","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"January 18 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear subtext, Leadership is a worthless, dangerous concept, in your account of UA92 and its focus thereon. I presume, therefore, subtext welcomes the reorganization\/merging of the Department of Leadership and Management in the management school that it has previously bemoaned. As for personal development not being worth of a university\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "letters"","block_context":{"text":"letters","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/letters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":155,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2017\/11\/09\/letters-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":761,"position":5},"title":"LETTERS","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"November 9 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear subtext, I suspect I'm not alone in asking if you've seen our latest signage but if not I suggest you pop 'down south' for a look. 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