Inconsiderate Parker
I’ve talked about bad parkers before, but I think I’m due for another rant… this time with pictures!
I am just getting so sick and tired of people who think they are “da bomb” and that everyone else must bow to their every whim and desire. So I’ve started photographing all of them, for revenge. MuAHAHAHA.
Of course, the biggest parking morons think that they have these just lyke omg totally awesome vehicles and they don’t want them scratched up, so they take up two or more spots to try and keep anyone from parking next to them.
Example One:
These jokers were sighted at the Perryville, MO McDonald’s which is joined to a gas station/truck stop. They thought that their ugly truck and SUV rawked and so collectively they took up most of this side of the lot.
I still die laughing when I see these photos because those have to be some of the worst paint jobs I’ve ever seen. Not to mention that they couldn’t be put on worse vehicles!
Example Two:
I love this one, because I look like the bad parker. However, appearances can be deceiving. My mom and brother were coming out of the store that day, Walmart in Festus, MO and I was picking them up for lunch. Arriving at Mom’s vehicle (at right), I found this joker with the truck taking up two spots. Of course I had to squeeze in there. What kind of blogger about bad parking would I be if I didn’t? I couldn’t open my door though, to get out, so my mommy took the picture for me.
If I didn’t have a nearly brand new vehicle (and lease at that) myself, I would have found it hard to resist the urge to slam my door into his precious vehicle. Listen up, people, if you’re going to do this, at least have a vehicle worth doing this for!
Example Three:
This guy wasn’t trying to protect his vehicle so much (or maybe he was?) but I surmise he’s just lazy. I had parked at one of the McDonald’s in Festus, MO to return a video we’d rented since by the time I got home, it would be past return time. (This is why I love Redbox.) I parked in a spot next to the handicapped spots which were empty, with four empty spots to my left. By the time I’d returned, all four of those empty spots were now filled, with this guy right next to me. He was in such a hurry to get his artery clogging food, that he parked haphazardly and probably raced the old lady who was parked two spaces down into the restaurant. I just sort-of stood there for a little while, trying to figure out what to do. Should I risk it and try to get in? Obviously, his vehicle is crap, mine’s the one to worry about hitting. I took the pictures with my cell phone and was seconds from going into the store to find out who’s vehicle it was and demand they move it (I was in a hurry, after all) when the guy came out with his food. He said, “sorry,” and then “sorry, I’m pulling out now.” So dirty. I know. I wanted to slap his face but I didn’t say anything. Just gave him an obviously fake smile and then stood impatiently.
This happened to me several months ago when I was at Staples in Cape Girardeau, MO. I am pretty sure I blogged about this when it happened, but I can’t find the post for the life of me. Anyway, I came out of the store to find a big dark blue pickup next to me much like the one in the photo, only worse. More angled towards me. I was unable to open the door to put Elijah in his carseat. I was really mad because I was in a hurry to get home (had an hour’s drive yet) and it was late, so I went back in the store and to the customer service desk. I was asking them if they had a paging system, and spoke loudly enough for anyone nearby to hear that there was a vehicle parked so close to mine and at an angle that I was unable to put my kid in or open my door either. There was a blonde woman with a little girl looking at me, they were paying for their items. They headed out and I just got this feeling. I looked and she was heading that direction, I thanked the Staples employee and said that I was sure it was her and left. Sure enough, it was.
I stood there exasperated while she and the little girl got in the truck and slowly pulled out, waited for a bit, then finally moved. They are lucky the girl didn’t bang my Jeep with her door. I put Elijah in then started leaving the same way they had. I was really frustrated with this especially because this woman had seen me and knew what she had done and she had several opportunities to apologize, but had just stared at me. Then I stopped at a crosswalk and there she was again, with the little girl, going into Target. They passed, looking right at me, then I went down the aisle they had walked up.
Guess what? Yes, she had done the same exact thing to someone else that she had done to me. I realized something: she’s fat. Seriously. She’s bigger than me and was parking that way so she would have plenty of room to get in and out of her vehicle. I’m not knocking people who are overweight (heck, I’m one of them) but seriously, if you don’t feel comfortable with the amount of room you have when properly parking your vehicle, maybe you should park farther away and next to empty spots, get a little more exercise while you’re at it, too! Sheesh.
Then there’s the people who really get my goat. These are the ones I’ve talked about before in that post I linked earlier. These are the people who not only park in handicapped spots when they’re not handicapped, but they also take up spots that aren’t spots, that are meant for handicapped accessible vehicles with platforms and such. So here he is, the worst offender of all, and no, he wasn’t handicapped:
Wait, I just realized something! All of these photos were taken at McDonald’s or Walmart! That’s it, that’s the answer there, don’t go to Walmart or McDonald’s! (HEHE, and we don’t even go to Walmart anymore unless we absolutely have to, so maybe once every 5 months.) LOL
All right, enough ranting on my part. Feel free to share your photos and/or stories. :)
Moral of the story? STOP BEING SO SELFISH AND LAZY, PEOPLE!
