Problematic Parking

   I had occasion to visit the Medical Office adjacent to the former Samaritan Hospital. Knowing parking is always an issue, I drove straight into the Parking Garage, shared by both facilities. When I say I drove straight into it, that's not quite true. I drove up the incline, and through the rather narrow entrance way. Well, almost, because I had to wait while the SUV in front of me took the mandatory sharp right; I watched his vehicle bounce over the curb, that same curb, now marked by a pylon, where I have twice injured the rear tire on the passenger side of my car.
      I drove through a few layers, in the gloomy and oppressive building, and then, since I was early, decided to try my luck on the ground, the lots on either side of the Medical Office. I checked the first lot. It was filled. On to the next, narrower lot. I knew it was futile when I saw one of the lurkers parked mid-lane, ready to zip in any direction if a space opened up.Said lurkers  arrive half an hour early to wait for someone to leave. A patient should be leaving every half hour or so is the rationale. I'm not sure what his intentions are, so I carefully drive around him, glad no one else is there to contest him.
     Resigned, I drive back into the parking garage, and as I round the first turn, I see someone backing out of a spot. Hallelujah.  I pull into the space, which is between two large vehicles. Nobody drives a passenger car anymore. As I go to exit my car, I see a red plaque at front bumper level. It says the spot is reserved for Emergency Room Patients Only. Rats! I don't have time now to look further, so I get out and start to walk out when an attendant approaches.  I have never before seen a  human being in there. That feature is brand new, I'm told. He politely asks me where I am headed, so I say the E.R. He graciously wishes me good luck, and I thank him. I'm now committed to the lying truth, so I enter the E.R., climb 2 flights of stairs up to the hospital level, then the elevator down to ground level, and walk across to the Medical Building. I can't know if the attendant is aware that I parked in a forbidden  spot or if he just wants to know if I have any Medical Office or hospital business.I don't want to mess with being towed or such.
    When I get to my appointment, the tech asks if I'm having a good day. I say I was except I think I'm parked illegally and he said it should be ok. But I tell him I parked in an ER space and the attendant asked where I was going. The tech says, "And you told him you were going to the ER of course."  So, all ended well.