Finding parking in Malaysia can be a real challenge. A recent video shared by a netizen on X (formerly known as Twitter) captures an incident that took place in a parking lot at a food court in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
“Don’t steal our customers’ parking”
In the video, the netizen is seen making rounds through the parking lot, which is completely packed with cars, leaving no empty spots available.
According to the post, the parking lot, supposedly reserved for food court customers, was instead taken up by residents from a nearby apartment.
The caption of the post reads,
“Customers who want to eat here are struggling to find parking. With no parking available, customers are fed up and are choosing to dine elsewhere instead.”
Residents are taking up parking spots meant for customers
With customers unable to find any available parking spots, food court owners are facing difficulties attracting even a single diner to their eatery.
Frustrated by the situation, the owners decided to take matters into their own hands by placing flyers on each car belonging to apartment residents who were occupying the parking spaces meant for customers.
The flyers they distributed read,
“If you’re here to eat, park here. But if you’re just heading home to sleep, please park somewhere else. Stop taking our customers’ parking spots. The lot is packed, yet we have no customers, and it’s all because of people like you.”
Netizens started flooding the comment section to share their thoughts and reactions.
“It’s really difficult to find parking in that area. They should consider introducing overnight paid parking at RM30 to help manage the situation.”
“The issue is due to the nearby apartment complex, where many residents live but have limited parking. The parking spaces in front of the apartment building are always full.”
“One of the reasons is when houses are rented out. Each house might have 3 to 4 people, and each person has their own car. The parking is limited based on the number of housing units. That’s why many people are forced to park outside the apartment complex, and some even end up parking in the food court parking lot.”
“Open space parking often means it’s first-come, first-served. But homeowners take advantage of the parking spots near the food court, with each household typically having 2 to 3 cars but only being allocated 1 parking space. This creates an ongoing problem that never seems to end.”
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