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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / August 2006Think of it as Road Karma in Action
I came across this lovely sight on a day when I didn't have my regular camera with me (dangit!) - I had to use my shitty-but-better-than-nothing cell phone camera. :( It helps if you use some photo viewing software to enlarge the image. http://i6.tinypic.com/23w315j.jpg Essentially, the guy in the truck pulled one of the standard MFFY tricks: he parked his truck across multiple parking spaces. Unfortunately for this MFFY, he decided to do so in a parking lot that gets EXTREMELY full. Having nowhere else to park, the cars were forced to park in front of and behind the truck, completely boxing it in. So finally that a.shole got some serious payback for all the times he has blocked others with his truck. BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!!! Serves him right!!!  SignatureI'm a wreckless driver and damn proud of it! Scott en Aztlán wrote: <brevity snip> > http://i6.tinypic.com/23w315j.jpg > > Essentially, the guy in the truck pulled one of the standard MFFY > tricks: he parked his truck across multiple parking spaces. > So finally that a.shole got some serious payback for all the times he > has blocked others with his truck. Spurious conclusion. You don't know if the driver has ever before parked his truck across multiple parking spaces. You don't know if the truck being blocked in by parked cars was an inconvenience or not. Perhaps the truck was parked there when the lot was empty and doesn't need to be moved until the lot is again empty. You have jumped to a conclusion with insufficient facts. ----- - gpsman > I came across this lovely sight on a day when I didn't have my regular > camera with me (dangit!) - I had to use my [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > -- > I'm a wreckless driver and damn proud of it! It's hard to tell from that picture what is really going on. It looks like a large truck that wouldn't fit in the regular spaces. I usually give them a pass, if they park in the distant parts of the lot. After all, what else is he supposed to do, park in the traffic lane??? The ones that get my goat are the guys who have expensive or new large vehicles, and park crosswise to the markings so that they take up two or more spaces, just so that no one else can possibly park properly and be close to their cars. Hey guys--if the car is that valuable, park in the distant spaces. Better yet, leave it home and walk. If you park close, you get ONE space per vehicle. THOSE guys are real fun to block. > The ones that get my goat are the guys who have expensive or new large > vehicles, and park crosswise to the markings so that they take up two > or more spaces, just so that no one else can possibly park properly and > be close to their cars. In my impetuous youth I used to park so close to those a.sholes I had to climb out the passenger side of my own vehicle just to ensure they would have to climb in theirs. In later years I just keyed them. realizing if they left before me, I was left looking like the a.shole (which I arguably was). Now, I have more important things on my mind than how someone else parks. I guess some people haven't yet reached that stage of life. ----- - gpsman > Now, I have more important things on my mind than how someone else > parks. I guess some people haven't yet reached that stage of life. > ----- > > - gpsman I'm mature enough not to key the car. I'm older, but still alert enough to recognize and understand the world around me. Good and bad. > I came across this lovely sight on a day when I didn't have my regular > camera with me (dangit!) - I had to use my [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > has blocked others with his truck. BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!!! Serves > him right!!! Right on! Scott en Aztlán <scottenaztlan@yahoo.com> said in rec.autos.driving: >I came across this lovely sight on a day when I didn't have my regular >camera with me (dangit!) - I had to use my [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >has blocked others with his truck. BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!!! Serves >him right!!! Saw another one at lunch today - this time it was a school bus driver. But the come-uppance was waiting to be dished out to this MFFY also: http://i4.tinypic.com/260dimf.jpg I wonder if there were a bunch of kids standing around on the curb waiting for their bus when school let out today? ;) SignatureI'm a wreckless driver and damn proud of it! Scott en Aztlán wrote: <brevity snip> > Saw another one at lunch today - this time it was a school bus driver. > But the come-uppance was waiting to be dished out to this MFFY also: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I wonder if there were a bunch of kids standing around on the curb > waiting for their bus when school let out today? ;) I assume you're joking... right? It might take an extra 15 seconds to get that van/bus out of there. ----- - gpsman "gpsman" <gpsman@driversmail.com> wrote in news:1156908775.380789.316310 @m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com: > Scott en Aztlán wrote: <brevity snip> >> Saw another one at lunch today - this time it was a school bus driver. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > - gpsman Three backups at most. But the driver made a rookie mistake. When I have no choice but to park perpindicular to the stall, I have my nose angled out toward the lane, and my front bumper a foot into the slot. Same reason I leave space infront of me at a light. Always, always have an out. Normally, when I have to park in a lot, it's at the far end, parallel with the slots. Preferably near a tree for shade. So, was this bus at the far end, or right next to the stores. Doug |
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