How digital parking management saves Mr. Schröder's free time

Mr Schröder's life is too short for barriers – and yours?

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There it goes again – Mr Schröder's phone! It is Saturday evening and the hard-working parking manager has just ordered his favourite dish at his favourite Asian restaurant. He has worked flat out all week and has more than earned this treat. The crispy duck not only smells fantastic, it looks magnificent too. With it comes a steaming mound of egg noodles with bean sprouts, carrots and onions: everything perfectly prepared. His mouth waters, he reaches for his chopsticks … but it is not to be. His boss is on the phone. He has to go. 

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Mr Schröder actually likes his job. Just not right now. He manages several barrier-controlled car parks, and one of those fault-prone barrier systems has just ruined his weekend. They break down at all hours of the day and night. Then he has to rush to the site and free the drivers trapped there. Far too often his boss tears him out of his weekend, as today, and his work-life balance suffers. 

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But Mr Schröder has plenty of practice. He knows every trick and has the barrier repaired in no time. At least the drivers' weekend is saved – the way out is clear again. For Mr Schröder, though, Saturday is over. First he needs a shower and a change of clothes.

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Mr Schröder goes to the cinema

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After that lost Saturday, Mr Schröder has taken heart and made a plan. Today he is going to the cinema: it is Thursday evening and the new film by his favourite director has just been released. He booked one of the best seats in the house online in good time. He missed the tedious adverts and the opening scenes because he had to deal with a few odds and ends for his boss. But now, armed with popcorn and a large cola, he is on his way to his comfortable cinema seat. For the best view of the screen he chose a seat in the middle of the row. He rather regrets that now, because he has to squeeze past several other cinema-goers to get there. He earns some dark looks. 

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Made it at last. Now he is sitting comfortably, the film is running, the day is finally over … or is it? His phone rings – in all the rush he forgot to silence it. How embarrassing. Once again the people beside him look over in irritation: “Shh!” comes from all sides. As quickly as one can with a phone that first has to be fished out of a trouser pocket without dropping popcorn and cola, he takes the call, simply to stop the ringing. A mistake: it is his boss, and once again one of the barriers has broken down. He has to go, and squeezes past his neighbours again. A murmur goes through the auditorium as he blocks the view of the screen on his way to the exit.

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He can hardly show his face in that cinema again. And what for? By the time he reaches the car park, the drivers will have been waiting half an hour to get out – too long for a friendly “thank you”. He will be told off there as well. Once again he thinks: “My life is too short for barriers.”

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Mr Schröder has a date 

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Today, broken barriers are not Mr Schröder's problem. He has the day off. And he has a date. After long phone calls and funny chats, today he is finally meeting Valerie. He is very much looking forward to the evening, has dressed up specially and picked Valerie up from home. She is wearing an elegant dress and he finds her even prettier than in the photos they exchanged. He can hardly believe his luck, because she is just as likeable in person as in their chats and calls. She is definitely the woman of his dreams. And so far the evening has gone wonderfully: a romantic candlelit dinner in a small restaurant, followed by a walk together under the stars, has brought him and Valerie closer. Now he has driven her to her front door. They look deep into each other's eyes, their faces come closer and closer, and the moment has almost arrived: the first kiss. But then – how could it be otherwise – Mr Schröder's phone rings. Out of habit he answers, not even noticing the disappointment on Valerie's face: “Yes. OK, I'm on my way.” It is Mr Schröder's boss again, and as always he has picked the least suitable moment to send Mr Schröder off to repair a broken barrier. 

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Instead of rounding off a lovely evening with Valerie, Mr Schröder dutifully sets off for the car park, repairs a barrier on his day off and perhaps even risks the love of his life for his job.

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“No”, he thinks to himself. “There has to be a more efficient way.”

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Mr Schröder opts for a world without barriers

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And this time he does something about it. Barrier-based parking management systems were the tool of choice in parking management for a long time – he knows that. But Mr Schröder wants to move with the times: a digital solution is needed. Because digitalisation is taking hold in parking management too, as it is everywhere else in daily life. Why should Mr Schröder go on sacrificing his precious free time when software, artificial intelligence and scanners can replace barriers so easily? 

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Here is what that could look like:

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The hard-working car park manager has made up his mind: “Life is too short for barriers” – and calls Peter Park.

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Do you feel like Mr Schröder? If your life is too short for barriers too, call us on +49 89 21 53 65 42 and replace your barriers with licence plate scanners. It is worth it: with Peter Park you enjoy your delicious meal undisturbed. With Peter Park you stay in the cinema until the credits roll. And with Peter Park you get to kiss your attractive date.