I have to agree, there’s nothing wrong with waiting for someone to vacate a parking space if they’re obviously about to leave, especially if the parking lot is full. There is something wrong with deliberately sitting and taking up a space in a full lot just because you don’t like the fact that someone is waiting for the space. It’s a space, it’s not your house, you’re not paying rent and you don’t own it. Don’t be a jerk, get in, start it up and move it out!
At this time of year, when mall parking is at a premium and stress levels are running high, this goes from being one of my pet peeves to a serious piss-off: So, yeah, all those lines painted on the pavement in parking lots? You’re supposed to put your car between them, not on them. I drove around a jammed mall lot today for close to 15 minutes looking for a free spot while driving past several that were so squeezed by some lazy asshat that I couldn’t fit my tiny little Tercel in them.
Naturally, most of the offenders were in some sort of luxury vehicle (primarily SUVs), but I don’t want to turn this into an all-SUV-drivers-are-self-centred-pinheads-with-tiny-penises rant. I’ll save that for a later date. What I will say is that during the holiday rush parking spaces are hard to come by and every navel-gazing, mouth-breathing bottom-feeder who eats up two or three with their one vehicle is causing everybody else needless difficulty and stress.
I personally like nothing better than to wedge my car into the half spots left by these jerks whenever possible, preferably on the driver’s side. On lucky days, I get to watch the driver of the offending car fight to get back into their vehicle and fight to squeak their way out of the tight squeeze they earned for themselves.
Fuck’em.
Please people, I beg of you, don’t double/triple/quadruple park, especially at this busy time of year. It’s disrespectful of other drivers and it speaks to both a lack of character and a lack of driving ability in you.
One year during Memorial Day holiday, we were on the Interstate and traffic had come to a complete stop. (I think it was 2 lanes narrowing down to 1 because of road construction) We were barely crawling. A couple guys on motorcycles start passing everyone on the right-hand shoulder. You could see everyone around cussing them and shaking their fists, flipping them off.
When we finally got down the road a bit there was a Highway Patrolman that had stopped someone. Guess who it was ?
Sweet justice. I have never heard so many whoops and hollars and postive shouts for law enforcement…
I have nothing against people on motorcycles… just the ones that are being royal assholes
