# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 367
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7322 "2025-06-27T11:25:46Z")
> [@](#): > > I am a man and I with take her as she comes [![](https://media1.tenor.com/m/2jL9f8W2rt4AAAAC/archer-phrasing.gif) ](https://media1.tenor.com/m/2jL9f8W2rt4AAAAC/archer-phrasing.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7323 "2025-06-27T11:58:27Z")
What’s it say for those who don’t do fb? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7324 "2025-06-27T14:04:43Z")
It’s a US map showing the ratio of the two stores, wirh Costco dominant on the western edge and Sam’s better represented to the east. Sorry, from my phone I can’t easily c&p and post the map. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7325 "2025-06-27T15:37:08Z")
My preferences re parking aren’t consistent. Sometimes, i look for the closest spot. Other times, i take the first spot i see. Sometimes i look for a spot that’s easy to get in and out of. (I park in some lots where that’s a real issue, and my car is on the large side.) Sometimes, I’m in no hurry and the weather is nice and i decide to park far away and do a little walking. So i could have checked most of the boxes. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7326 "2025-06-27T15:51:54Z")
Parking, I try to find a spot in the same row each time so I’ll know exactly where to find my car, without having to think about it, when I’m leaving. I don’t care how close it is. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7327 "2025-06-27T16:51:40Z")
I voted the “I don’t think too much about it” parking option, but in fact I very very rarely go to the supermarket in the car (last time in December for Christmas shopping) We usually walk to a nearby (3 blocks) small supermarket and buy what we need for the next few days. Sometimes we buy in the big Walmart-like supermarket without going there (they have a web page were you can select all you want, pay for it, and then they send everything to you) ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7328 "2025-06-27T17:58:19Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Parking, I try to find a spot in the same row each time so I’ll know exactly where to find my car, without having to think about it, when I’m leaving. I do something similar, but basically near a certain landmark, such as a cart return corral or light. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7329 "2025-06-27T17:59:14Z")
Bingo! Also it’s easier for my husband to meet up with me at the store if we always use the same row. That way I can put overflow merchandise into his car. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7330 "2025-06-27T18:14:32Z")
I park far away, for the steps, occasionally by the cart whenever I have to refill the water jugs. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7331 "2025-06-27T18:30:28Z")
I’m a little surprised that parking near the cart corral is, at least at this point, in the lead. I thought I had invented that move. mmm ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7332 "2025-06-27T18:45:48Z")
I generally look for a pull-through space – one where I can pull through one empty parking spot into the empty one just opposite it, so I can pull out going forwards and don’t have to back around in a parking lot. Modern cars aren’t well designed for somebody my height to see out of the back of, and mine aren’t modern enough to have come with a backup camera. Unless the store’s very unbusy, such spaces aren’t likely to be found near the store; so I’m generally looking further back; but if I do come across one near the store, I’ll usually take it. That wasn’t an option; so voted other. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7333 "2025-06-27T18:50:03Z")
Depends on how bad I feel. If I am having difficulty walking or with pain I use my handicapped placard in one of the spaces closest to the store. If I am feeling OK I park far enough away to get a few steps in. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7334 "2025-06-27T18:56:54Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I generally look for a pull-through space – one where I can pull through one empty parking spot into the empty one just opposite it, so I can pull out going forwards and don’t have to back around in a parking lot. Precisely this for me as well. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7335 "2025-06-27T19:12:02Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I generally look for a pull-through space – one where I can pull through one empty parking spot into the empty one just opposite it, so I can pull out going forwards and don’t have to back around in a parking lot. Modern cars aren’t well designed for somebody my height to see out of the back of, and mine aren’t modern enough to have come with a backup camera. I stopped doing that if it means there is a huge honking SUV to my immediate left and I thus cannot see (in my low sportscar) if a vehicle is coming from that direction as I pull out. Unless it is Thanksgiving Eve or some other major holiday there’s usually an unused wide open section out in the far reaches and I’ll park there. I’m in great shape so the walk is nothing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7336 "2025-06-27T19:15:40Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I stopped doing that if it means there is a huge honking SUV to my immediate left and I thus cannot see (in my low sportscar) if a vehicle is coming from that direction as I pull out. I mean, if you have a low-slung sports car, are you parking next to the big honking SUV either way? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7337 "2025-06-27T20:15:52Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I generally look for a pull-through space I might do that if I’m not buying a lot, or, perhaps, parking at the library or movie theater. But for normal grocery shopping I like to have the rear tailgate of the vehicle easily accessible for loading. mmm ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7338 "2025-06-27T20:54:04Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I mean, if you have a low-slung sports car, are you parking next to the big honking SUV either way? Not if I am too far away for any to be likely to park next to me while I am in the store. Most of the lots here (Ohio) are 90 degrees, and not angled like many were in Florida, so traffic can come from either direction. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7339 "2025-06-27T21:09:48Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’m a little surprised that parking near the cart corral is, at least at this point, in the lead. > > I thought I had invented that move. > > mmm My grocery store doesn’t have a cart corral, but the one time a year i go to the shop a few miles farther away, i do this. (They have a better brand of matzo, so i do my passover shopping there.) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7340 "2025-06-27T21:13:17Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’m a little surprised that parking near the cart corral is, at least at this point, in the lead. No longer, it is in 2nd place. I grab the closest space i can find without circling around. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7341 "2025-06-27T21:20:36Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I stopped doing that if it means there is a huge honking SUV to my immediate left and I thus cannot see (in my low sportscar) if a vehicle is coming from that direction as I pull out. I can see around said SUV even worse if I’m backing up than if I’m pulling forward. If it’s there when I park, I’ll probably park somewhere else, if there’s another space. But there’s no controlling who came and went while I was in the store. > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > for normal grocery shopping I like to have the rear tailgate of the vehicle easily accessible for loading I find I can usually get at it, even if somebody’s parked behind me. > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Unless it is Thanksgiving Eve or some other major holiday there’s usually an unused wide open section out in the far reaches and I’ll park there. I’m in great shape so the walk is nothing to me If there is a wide open area, sure, I’ll park there. Also facing outwards. I’m not in great shape, but I can still walk a fair distance, and it’s good for me. Around here often both the stores and the parking lots are smaller and if they’re busy there may not be a large wide open area. ETA: I probably reported the money. I’d be worried about it for multiple reasons if I didn’t – both that whoever left it there would come after me, and also that I’d be accused of being the original thief; and I’ve got no way of depositing or using that much money that wouldn’t arouse suspicion.. I’d hope for a finder’s fee (from the police or whoever it was stolen from; I doubt anybody who left it in such a place had that sort of good intentions.) – come to think of it, I’m not sure I wouldn’t give in to the temptation to take a finder’s fee; but not much of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=366) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=368)