# Fuck off and die, Do-It-Yourself parking ticket writer **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 17, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-and-die-do-it-yourself-parking-ticket-writer/510397 "2009-09-17T02:30:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-and-die-do-it-yourself-parking-ticket-writer/510397/201 "2009-09-22T18:43:04Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > No, you said: > > The SDMB has a feature where we can go back and see what was said in the past. You know this, right? oh shit ! I am soooo screwed 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-and-die-do-it-yourself-parking-ticket-writer/510397/202 "2009-09-22T18:49:02Z")
> [@the\_first\_supraliminal](#): > > My 90 year old mother parked like that once, far in the back of the lot, not to save her older car, but just because she is terrified of parking and hitting things and having us take her keys away. So anyway, her older car is doing no harm but somebody like YOU thinks she has agrieved the universe and jams her spot with shopping carts, so she needs a clerk to remove them, and she now has a thousand dollars worth of paint damage all over. Jerk! My favorite true-life parking story: This little old man was trying to enter our parking garage. He hit the attendant’s booth. Then he backed up, turned his wheels, and went forward and hit the booth _again_. When he backed up again, the attendant ran out, I thought to block him from entering. But no, she proceded to give him hand signals to guide him in through the entrance… where there was nothing to hit except peoples’ cars. Really, it’s lucky she didn’t get hit – I can’t imagine how she thought he could see her hand signals if he couldn’t see a building. Anyway, once I remembered that my car wasn’t in there that day, I started giggling like a schoolgirl. ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-and-die-do-it-yourself-parking-ticket-writer/510397/203 "2009-09-23T12:21:29Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > she proceded to give him hand signals to guide him in through the entrance… where there was nothing to hit except peoples’ cars. I suppose there were other peoples cars outside too, probably with people in them. I think I would have done the same and then, after the man had parked or smashed his car, have called the police. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-and-die-do-it-yourself-parking-ticket-writer/510397/204 "2009-09-23T15:37:09Z")
There’s no justification for not parking within the lines. Either people are going to think you’re a moron for not being able to park in the marked area or you’re an asshole for taking multiple spots. If this offends you, do a proper parking job and there’s nothing to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-and-die-do-it-yourself-parking-ticket-writer/510397/205 "2009-09-25T00:43:49Z")
I left an angry note on someone’s truck once. They hemmed me into my parking spot so tightly that I had to get in on the passenger side and tuck in the driver’s side mirror to get out. Unfortunately, the satisfaction of leaving that note didn’t last long. As I pulled out of the parking garage, I realized I’d written it on the back of the directions to where I was headed. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-and-die-do-it-yourself-parking-ticket-writer/510397/206 "2009-09-25T17:55:33Z")
> [@moonstarssun](#): > > Unfortunately, the satisfaction of leaving that note didn’t last long. As I pulled out of the parking garage, I realized I’d written it on the back of the directions to where I was headed. This story would be much better if it ended with a call from the host of the party the next day, expressing their disappointment that you couldn’t make it, because you missed seeing some stranger pull up in a truck, scream at the house, attempt to beat up a guest, and then get taken down by a flying tackle from a 90-year-old grandmother. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-and-die-do-it-yourself-parking-ticket-writer/510397/207 "2009-09-25T22:09:07Z")
**St. Anger** , when the grandmother fell. ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-and-die-do-it-yourself-parking-ticket-writer/510397/208 "2009-09-26T20:40:36Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > This story would be much better if it ended with a call from the host of the party the next day, expressing their disappointment that you couldn’t make it, because you missed seeing some stranger pull up in a truck, scream at the house, attempt to beat up a guest, and then get taken down by a flying tackle from a 90-year-old grandmother. I like your version of my life a lot better. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-and-die-do-it-yourself-parking-ticket-writer/510397/209 "2009-09-27T04:54:38Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat;11564276 My ex-husband has a Ford F-150. It’s not a big truck. On the odd occasion that I drove it, I had no problem parking it within a normal parking space. Maybe you need to practice your parking skills. [/QUOTE] This part is kind of confusing me as well. My company field truck is a 4x4 gmc, full sized bed, full sized crew cab and even I, a mere girl, can park it in a single spot, even in a parking garage. ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-and-die-do-it-yourself-parking-ticket-writer/510397/210 "2009-09-28T13:29:35Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > even I, a mere girl, can park it in a single spot I doubt that men, excepting Mr Anger, park with their penis so sex doesn’t really matter. All it take is to be a considerate driver and back those three feet if you see that you are over the line. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-and-die-do-it-yourself-parking-ticket-writer/510397.md?page=10)