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Commonwealth Edison Company Complaint - The ethics by which ALL of a corporate employees-even DRIVERS-should conduct business on behalf of ComEd/an Exelon company - Field Service Drivers of Corporate-ly ID'd vehicles
Field Service Drivers of Corporate-ly ID'd vehicles - Complaint
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- There is NEVER a LEGAL 'reason' why any employee of a corporation with the size, consumer need for, and public identity of Commonwealth Edison Electric Co./an Exelon Corporation to WILLINGLY/ PURPOSEFULLY VIOLATE the rights of a disabled citizen - of a city or town that depends on same co./corporation to be the sole authorized/avail-able provider of residential electric power - by ILLEGALLY parking either partly into or fully in someone's 'signed' Handicapped Permit parking spot in front of their urban dwelling.
This infraction is tantamount to parking so as to partially or totally blocking a resident's ingress to or egress from their driveway by parking a corporate vehicle totally or partially across their residence's driveway.
I already have a hard-enough time getting around due to my long (since the age of 32 in 1994), permanently disabling very rare illness (Systemic Vasculitis with Necrotizing Peripheral Polyneuro-pathy) for which I have had/continue to need to have treatment utilizing strong/toxic chemothera-peutic infusions of Cytoxan/cyclophosphamide since that date. Additionally, I can only 'walk' safely/uneventfully short distances using a four-footed cane. Any longer distance or lengthly duration of time requires me to use an electric four-wheeled 'scooter'/personal mobility device which is stored inside the back interior of my full-size, lift-outfitted passenger van.
If I need to use the PMD by itself to say go across the street from my residence to the Aldi grocery store, I (weather providing, as rain or snow do not allow me to operate the PMD outside due to moisture of any kind [rain/snow] being able to 'short' out the power supply of same) remove my PMD from the interior of my van using a lift arm to place it onto the street, so I also need 2-3 feet of space behind my vehicle in order to be able to do so, and then I am able to 'ride' my PMV on the street to the intersection nearest my home, cross the street at the crosswalk/street light, and get to the Aldi/shopping center in that manner. Likewise, I have to be able to do the same in reverse when I return the PMD to its place inside my van - which ALSO entails being able to safely and with ease get back into my legally-parked vehicle in my properly signed (and also easy to see the signage defining) handicapped parking-by-permit parking spot.
While you may think or feel that this complaint is someone who is overly frustrated and singleing out a big corporation and one of its' employees just because they are a big corporation, I can assure you that this is NOT the case here. I simply believe that improper behavior or attitudes can never change or be changed unless the superiors or the company which employs such politically-incorrect and illegally-behaving/ acting employees act in concert to, through corporate 'sensitivity' training seminars for employees, make their employees aware of proper and legal acts/actions with regards to all those who are physically challenged ('disabled') and already face obstacles on a daily basis getting to and from the places they need or want to go to without having to have additional obstacles placed in their 'paths' by 'ignorant/careless' employees of the firm/corporation.
If it's not politically correct or legal to 'dis-criminate' against anyone based on their gender, race, etc. in the USA, why then should anyone who is unfortunate enough to have to live with a phys-ical challenge on a daily basis ADDITIONALLY have to worry about having easy access to their own properly licensed/permitted vehicle simply be-cause an employee of a GIANT corporation doesn't care enough to not infringe on their rights as disabled citizens?
Mrs. Randy E. (Patricia A.) Zeleznak
PAZTAZ@aol.com AND ALSO PLEASE RANDYZE@aol. com
This infraction is tantamount to parking so as to partially or totally blocking a resident's ingress to or egress from their driveway by parking a corporate vehicle totally or partially across their residence's driveway.
I already have a hard-enough time getting around due to my long (since the age of 32 in 1994), permanently disabling very rare illness (Systemic Vasculitis with Necrotizing Peripheral Polyneuro-pathy) for which I have had/continue to need to have treatment utilizing strong/toxic chemothera-peutic infusions of Cytoxan/cyclophosphamide since that date. Additionally, I can only 'walk' safely/uneventfully short distances using a four-footed cane. Any longer distance or lengthly duration of time requires me to use an electric four-wheeled 'scooter'/personal mobility device which is stored inside the back interior of my full-size, lift-outfitted passenger van.
If I need to use the PMD by itself to say go across the street from my residence to the Aldi grocery store, I (weather providing, as rain or snow do not allow me to operate the PMD outside due to moisture of any kind [rain/snow] being able to 'short' out the power supply of same) remove my PMD from the interior of my van using a lift arm to place it onto the street, so I also need 2-3 feet of space behind my vehicle in order to be able to do so, and then I am able to 'ride' my PMV on the street to the intersection nearest my home, cross the street at the crosswalk/street light, and get to the Aldi/shopping center in that manner. Likewise, I have to be able to do the same in reverse when I return the PMD to its place inside my van - which ALSO entails being able to safely and with ease get back into my legally-parked vehicle in my properly signed (and also easy to see the signage defining) handicapped parking-by-permit parking spot.
While you may think or feel that this complaint is someone who is overly frustrated and singleing out a big corporation and one of its' employees just because they are a big corporation, I can assure you that this is NOT the case here. I simply believe that improper behavior or attitudes can never change or be changed unless the superiors or the company which employs such politically-incorrect and illegally-behaving/ acting employees act in concert to, through corporate 'sensitivity' training seminars for employees, make their employees aware of proper and legal acts/actions with regards to all those who are physically challenged ('disabled') and already face obstacles on a daily basis getting to and from the places they need or want to go to without having to have additional obstacles placed in their 'paths' by 'ignorant/careless' employees of the firm/corporation.
If it's not politically correct or legal to 'dis-criminate' against anyone based on their gender, race, etc. in the USA, why then should anyone who is unfortunate enough to have to live with a phys-ical challenge on a daily basis ADDITIONALLY have to worry about having easy access to their own properly licensed/permitted vehicle simply be-cause an employee of a GIANT corporation doesn't care enough to not infringe on their rights as disabled citizens?
Mrs. Randy E. (Patricia A.) Zeleznak
PAZTAZ@aol.com AND ALSO PLEASE RANDYZE@aol. com
Comments:
Posted by goduke on 2009-11-09:
I'm not aware of anyone who advocates for parking in handicapped marked spots when a person is not handicapped. I don't know that you need to spend a lot of time trying to convince folks that it's wrong.
That being said, what did Com/Ed say when you picked up the phone and called them? I'm correct that you dealt with this through the phone rather than relying upon email, correct?
That being said, what did Com/Ed say when you picked up the phone and called them? I'm correct that you dealt with this through the phone rather than relying upon email, correct?
Posted by Anonymous on 2009-11-09:
Um, with two pages worth of writing... what is this complaint about exactly?
Posted by Anonymous on 2009-11-09:
Better yet, why didn't you just pick up the phone and call the police?
Posted by goduke on 2009-11-09:
Good point, Ken. That would have fixed things faster.
Posted by Principissa on 2009-11-09:
If a person who is not handicapped (ie: parking in spaces without the proper license tags or placards or the windshield card) then you should have picked up the phone and immediately notified the police. If this was outside of a store, you should have immediately alerted the store manager on duty and reported it to him/her. I've personally reported a Pepsi truck driver to the gas station for parking in the handicapped spot and the store manager on duty made him stop what he was doing and move the truck.
Posted by PepperElf on 2009-11-09:
sounds like this is happening right where the OP lives
so... yeah call the police first.
they can issue a ticket - which may affect the driver's job
also they can have it towed
and that would really make the company take notice. =)
so... yeah call the police first.
they can issue a ticket - which may affect the driver's job
also they can have it towed
and that would really make the company take notice. =)
Posted by Principissa on 2009-11-09:
I get really annoyed when I see people that don't have handicapped tags or stickers parking in those spots. If I can walk, you can too. There is no excuse to take up a handicapped spot if you don't need it.
Posted by JR in Orlando on 2009-11-09:
Sounds like an overreaction to me, and a playing of the handicap card. From my reading of the complaint, it appears not that the electric company vehicle is parking in the handicap spot, but that it parks along the curb behind the vehicle so that it makes it difficult for the person to get his scooter out of his vehicle.
Being handicap doesn't excuse you from the trials and tribulations we all put up with to let electric companies and other business perform their services. I come out and at times my driveway is block by an electic truck, tree service or other vehicle. I ask them to move, and they do. Or I wait a few minutes till they are through. That is what neighbors do. Being handicap, (and I assume this) you probably do not have as many time restraints. Why not either wait till they are through or simply ask them to move.
Being handicap doesn't excuse you from the trials and tribulations we all put up with to let electric companies and other business perform their services. I come out and at times my driveway is block by an electic truck, tree service or other vehicle. I ask them to move, and they do. Or I wait a few minutes till they are through. That is what neighbors do. Being handicap, (and I assume this) you probably do not have as many time restraints. Why not either wait till they are through or simply ask them to move.
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