# Nonsensical parking lot experience **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122 "2011-08-18T05:49:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/261 "2011-08-24T02:46:53Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > This assertion? > That’s why you asked to begin with. I don’t think you were fueled by mere curiosity. You’re a self-promoting parking lot vigilante and this was another mission report, just like the one you provided us (and the news) regarding Operation: Gym Parking. > > Of course, not all your nights spent on the beat in [del]Gotham[/del] Flint end in justice being served. This time the perp was innocent… but you will remain vigilant. You’re the hero Flint deserves. But not the one it needs right now. So we’ll hunt you. Because you can take it. Because you’re not our hero. You’re our silent guardian. A watchful protector. Our dark knight. So that’s a _ **no?** _ 😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/262 "2011-08-24T02:53:22Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > Dude, get over it. You’re utterly failing to make yourself out to look as innocent as you perceive your actions to be. You enjoy drawing attention to yourself by confronting other people, and sometimes you’re right, sometimes you’re wrong. But still can’t imagine why people think you were the asshole in the situation. If it wasn’t this issue, you’d have some other bugaboo, maybe not wiping the machines down after use or putting an empty milk carton back in the refrigerator. > But we’ll have another almost identical thread soon anyway, I’m sure. And I’m asking you to tell me exactly what it was in my OP that you found prejudical on my part. You had no problem accusing me of pre judging the situation, I’d just like you to show me what portion of the OP gave you that impression. And I’d also like you to show me how you came to the _assumption_ (nasty one, btw) that I was trying to guilt this woman into moving by exploiting my status as a paraplegic out in public. Please. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky_the_Wonder_Spirit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/263 "2011-08-24T03:03:38Z")
You wouldn’t have **asked** anybody anything, if you hadn’t already **assumed** they were filthy, evil parking space bandits. Or, you know, if you had a life. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/264 "2011-08-24T03:47:14Z")
> [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](#): > > You wouldn’t have **asked** anybody anything, if you hadn’t already **assumed** they were filthy, evil parking space bandits. > > Or, you know, if you had a life. I wouldn’t have _as…_ aah forget it. Words have whatever meaning a person wants them to have and facts and reality take a back seat to vilification and prejudice when certain folk read my posts. And before anyone rushes to say _ **I** _ am the one who is guilty of prejudice, I ask for these people to please show me where, in any of my stories, I have committed such offenses. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/265 "2011-08-24T03:55:48Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Forget it, people. It’s **Jamietown**. Ha ha ha ha! Sometimes the simplest jokes are the best ones. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/266 "2011-08-24T03:58:47Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > I wouldn’t have _as…_ aah forget it. Words have whatever meaning a person wants them to have and facts and reality take a back seat to vilification and prejudice when certain folk read my posts. And before anyone rushes to say _ **I** _ am the one who is guilty of prejudice, I ask for these people to please show me where, in any of my stories, I have committed such offenses. I don’t think this thread is going anywhere but in circles. I would like people to address the subject of this thread and (if you just cannot control yourself) take the snide attacks to The BBQ Pit where they belong. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/267 "2011-08-24T07:05:07Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > “Hey, it’s grocery shopping time. Go get Granny and make sure she brings her tags.” "We can’t mess with those _regular_ parking spots-those are for _suckers"_. “If Granny gets cold sitting in the car, she can grab her blanket.” :eek: > > Who ever said old people are useless? This is pretty damn offensive. there have been multiple people posting in this thread explaining why they use their “Granny’s” parking label. You rreally consider it a misuse of the label for me to stop and pick up a prescription for granny on the way home from the doctor? even if granny stays in the car? What makes you think she can be left alone for longer periods of time - and anyway, if this makes a difference between granny getting her prescription or not getting her prescription I would be fine with it - even if I do think the that driver is a douche. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/268 "2011-08-24T07:26:48Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > And I’m asking you to tell me exactly what it was in my OP that you found prejudical on my part. You had no problem accusing me of pre judging the situation, I’d just like you to show me what portion of the OP gave you that impression. And I’d also like you to show me how you came to the _assumption_ (nasty one, btw) that I was trying to guilt this woman into moving by exploiting my status as a paraplegic out in public. Please. If you make yourself more than just a man… if you devote yourself to an ideal and if they can’t stop you… you become something else entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/269 "2011-08-24T16:00:05Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > My actions in this incident keep seeming to be characterized as more than simply asking a person who parked their car in handicap-accessible parking _without_ > displaying the necessary placard if they indeed had such a placard. If that is what is now called “pulling a jamiemcgarry” then the phrase should have no implicit malice or intrusion or prejudice. It didn’t. That’s what the winky smiley was supposed to indicate. Sorry if you took offense. None was intended. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/270 "2011-08-24T16:02:31Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > You rreally consider it a misuse of the label for me to stop and pick up a prescription for granny on the way home from the doctor? Yes. You’re able-bodied, so park somewhere else and walk a few extra feet. Even if it means you have to park on the other end of the parking lot, thus costing you a whole extra minute or two to walk into the store entrance, that shouldn’t be too much hardship. If time is of the essence, you could jog. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/271 "2011-08-24T16:16:42Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Yes. You’re able-bodied, so park somewhere else and walk a few extra feet. Even if it means you have to park on the other end of the parking lot, thus costing you a whole extra minute or two to walk into the store entrance, that shouldn’t be too much hardship. If time is of the essence, you could jog. Agreed 100%. And these Jamie McGarry parking lot crusader threads have gotten really old and boring. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/272 "2011-08-24T18:50:20Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > If you make yourself more than just a man… if you devote yourself to an ideal and if they can’t stop you… you become something else entirely. Well, as we all know, handicapped parking spot users are a superstitious cowardly lot! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/273 "2011-08-24T18:57:31Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Agreed 100%. And these Jamie McGarry parking lot crusader threads have gotten really old and boring. You mean the whole _ **two** _ parking-related threads I have started since being a member here? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/274 "2011-08-24T19:14:47Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > You mean the whole _ **two** _ parking-related threads I have started since being a member here? :rolleyes: I think I can speak for everyone when I say it sure seems like a hell of a lot more. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/275 "2011-08-24T19:15:48Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > You mean the whole _ **two** _ parking-related threads I have started since being a member here? :rolleyes: But you’ve had three incidents in total – two at gyms and this one. Right there you have more than most people have in a lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/276 "2011-08-24T19:17:48Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Agreed 100%. And these Jamie McGarry parking lot crusader threads have gotten really old and boring. There has already been one notice to take this snark elsewhere-I _strongly_ suggest you do so. Nobody is forcing you to open threads you are “tired of”. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/277 "2011-08-24T19:17:49Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > I think I can speak for everyone when I say it sure seems like a hell of a lot more. And that would be most likely because _both_ threads were so long and so popular. _ **Boring** _ is not the word I would use to describe threads that are 8 and 6 pages long, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/278 "2011-08-24T19:21:13Z")
And because your first parking lot thread spun off from a discussion in another parking lot thread that was started by someone else. You post a lot about going Incredible Hulk on people in parking lots. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/279 "2011-08-24T19:23:52Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > There has already been one notice to take this snark elsewhere-I _strongly_ suggest you do so. Nobody is forcing you to open threads you are “tired of”. OK, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/280 "2011-08-24T19:34:08Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > And because your first parking lot thread spun off from a discussion in another parking lot thread that was started by someone else. You post a lot about going Incredible Hulk on people in parking lots. You are confused Old Lady. _Cite?__ **Please?** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122.md?page=15)