Classic example of government monopoly vs private business ------Muskegon post office parking issue solved by city commission with 30-minute parking order

This is a perfect example of the difference between the perception of the "customer" by a privately owned business and a government monopoly.

With private businesses, the owners make sure that employees and other non-customers do not use scarce parking that is necessary for customers.

Parking that would make it more convenient for customers and hopefully would lead to increased business.

But our post office not only allowed employees to monopolize the parking, it required the city commission to create a new law to protect citizens from a protected monopoly and management that saw "customers" merely as competitors for parking spots. 

Muskegon post office parking issue solved by city commission with 30-minute parking order | MLive.com:
"City Manager Frank Peterson said the city has had several complaints from post office patrons that they can never get a parking space on First Street in front of the post office because postal employees are parking there. 
Upon investigation, Peterson said the city found the complaints had merit.
To keep postal employees – and any downtown worker – from parking in prime, post office, on-street parking spots, the city traffic order limits the First Street parking to 30 minutes.
Peterson said signs will go up in the next week and the 30-minute restriction will be enforced."