Well, no. That's NOT the same thing.
Discrimination is when you judge someone for reasons other than a justifiable reason.
If you're applying for a job, your skills, ability, personality, etc. are all relevant. That's not discrimination. If someone is more qualified for the position because of their skillset and they get the job, that's legit. Discrimination comes when your reason for not getting the job is unrelated to the job. I.e. whether you're a man or woman, black, white, hispanic, or Asian, etc.
If you're handicapped, you should be allowed to park in the front row. I have no problem with that. I don't have a problem with restaurants who reserve a few spots for short-term parking for take-out customers. That just makes sense.
But just because you can or do drive a fuel efficient vehicle, doesn't mean you should get preferential treatment on where to park it. At least ,not to my way of thinking.
My point is that just because you happen to have a "fuel efficient vehicle" that SHOULD NOT mean you get better treatment from Best Buy, or any other LEED-certifified retail outlet. If BBY is going green with more efficient lighting or heating systems for their buildings, great. But to extend that to the parking lot is where my problem comes in.
As I said in my initial post, I work from home saving 250+ 52-mile round trip commutes yearly. When the weather is nice enough I ride a 42 mpg motorcycle. Yes, my 2002 5.3 liter 4WD may only gt 17 mpg, but given that I don't drive it everyday ( a tank of gas lasts me a month and a half), who's more "efficient?"
So why should *I* have to park further from the door (second class) to the Best Buy store on the day I happen to drive my Avalanche? Heck, I can even fit a television in my truck. How is the person driving a "fuel efficient" car going to the store to select and order a TV which has to be delivered to their home in a huge smoke-belching truck, make them more "fuel efficient" such that they get preferential treatment?
