Please help me understand why it is that once a day, in a parking lot somewhere, I’ll see someone park their car diagonally across two (or sometimes even four :smack:) open spaces? (think in terms of a Walmart parking lot) - or in most cases, park straddling the “divider line” (think a 7-11 parking lot - six or seven spaces out front, and some dildo takes up two of them, “just because he can”).
And yes, I get that there’s bigger things to worry about in the world, that I should take it to the Pit, etc (I would, but I’m not as good at writing those things as most of you are - and this isn’t a “to the asshole who parked an inch from my driver’s side door, preventing me from leaving the 7-11” thread).
Does it not take just as much “intentional” effort to park your car like an asshole, as it would to park it like a normal human being would? Is there some sort of “I’m here, and I’ll do what I want” mentality?
Do any of you do this? If so, can you explain to me the reasoning behind it? It’s not gonna help it chap my ass any less when people do this, but at least it might help me “understand” a little bit better.
Yeah, I shoulda clarified better - if you’re talking about the people who park across the lines, but are clear out in the boonies - I think that’s a pretty universal “hey, I’m not bothering anyone clear out here, so please leave my shit alone”. In some way, I guess I can ‘get’ that.
The ones that get me are the ones that park like assholes, in the “prime real-estate” parking spots.
Once some jackass at my university pulled this diagonal parking shit. Which might have been okay if parking was plentiful. But in this case it was most certainly not.
My friend and I made a point of parking on both sides. As close as we could without being illegal ourselves.
I have a woman who does this with her Dodge Charger at my work each day (not a coworker tho). And it’s all so needless too-if you cozy up to one of the vegetation islands that we have, you’ll have 4 feet of space on the other side, and nobody will ever ding your door.
I don’t mind diagonal parkers all that much if they do it in the outer reaches of the lot with several spaces around them. If they do it where the main parking activity occurs they should be shot in the ass.
My fantasy (for this or other equally obnoxious parking behaviors): When nobody’s looking, let all the air out of all four tires. Or, if a pair of pliers is handy, pull out the valve stems.
I used to have a job with an incredibly insufficient parking lot. There were about 5 more employees than there were spaces. More than once I circled the lot in the morning to find zero empty spaces but one guy who liked to park in two spaces. He traded door dings for bare metal keying.
One of my neighbors does this! We do have adequate parking, but honestly, I don’t think she should be driving anyway because of some of her health issues.
For the guys who have those really big, fancy trucks that they probably can’t afford, it’s quite likely overcompensation for their little tiny penises.
I don’t think diagonal parking makes much sense in any circumstance.
If you’re parking far away from other people, anyway, finding a corner spot still allows you to protect your car, without drawing attention to it by parking diagonal. People tend to provoke others, when they can get a reaction…and parking diagonal is a giveaway.
Parking like this in a high-volume area is just silly for all the obvious reasons.
“Hide” in plain sight, and just park normally, but further away, against a corner or closed in space.
I am picky about my car and will park way out to avoid door dings, but it’s just plain selfishness if you take up more than one spot. It’s not as bad if the person is parked way out and the lot never fills up that far, but it’s still jerkstore material.
Parking further away often won’t help. Cars attract cars. Park far away, and guaranteed, when you come back, there will be five more cars in that remote spot.
One minor peeve I have is when someone parks 2 feet over the line and into the spot I’m taking. So I do my best to park as close to proper as possible, and only park 9 inches over the line into the next spot. But then at lunchtime, the first guy moves his car, and someone else takes his spot and parks properly. And now I’m the guy who parked over the line …
I’ve avoided door dings for years now, in part, because I park further away. It’s certainly not a guarantee, but without a doubt, parking where there is less volume, lowers the risks.
If anyone tends to park near me, it’s generally another person who cares enough to do so properly and without swinging their door into mine. Parking diagonal, anywhere, is pretty much going to draw the wrong attention/attitude, though.
But here’s the thing, generally people who are willing to take up multiple spots for their car, probably don’t care enough about others to bother to do so farther away. Or they’re lazy or distractred, do a crappy job getting in, and just leave it there.
IMO, the only reason to take up multiple spots is if your vehicle just cannot fit in a single spot, and if that’s the case, there’s the simple courtesy of parking at the back of the lot. The only problem, though, is that often there isn’t a true "back of the lot. If the place you’re going to is in the corner of an L-Shaped shopping center, or there’s stores on both sides, the “back” is really more like the middle which, depending on the types of businesses and time of day, could get filled up too.
