Friday rant. Rude fucking PIGS and their cars.

[GSLevel9]

Ok, here we go...


I am sick and fucking tired of people who use their cars as an extension of their character or an extension of their low IQ. What am I talking about? Well the obvious answer is how maniac drivers act on the highways... but that's actually not my rant today.

I'm talking about parking.

Today I'm sitting in my car in the parking lot and I watch some knuckle dragger pull up and park next to me in some POS and I can feel he's too close. I literally say to myself " Please don't... <WHACK>" ding my door with your door.

Guy looks over with a wave of his hand and goes on his way. Maybe I'm a weenie... maybe not but if I did that, I'd talk to the oener of the car and check for a ding. If I LEFT a ding, I'd leave my info and pay for a paintless dent removal. But I guess that's just me.

Parking. How could you define it? I define parking as a system of organizing cars in an area to store and protect the cars while their owners aren't operating them.

So what bugs me? Why can't people park correctly?

I drive a mid size SUV and we have a Toyota Corolla. When I'm in the SUV, I don't park in compact spaces. Why? Because my SUV doesn't fit. If I force it in that spot I will be uncomfortably close to another car and in my STRANGE brain, I don't LIKE to park 6 inches from another car and squeee out the crack to get out. I will drive around looking for another spot.

And what is up with crooked parkers? When I see a crooked ass car in a spot, I immediately think, "this guy/gal is a fuckin' pig, an inconsiderate pig who takes a shit on the carpeting in the living room for the rest of the family to walk in."

And it's even become a hobby if mine, I watch WHO the people are.

Let em say...

I have NEVER seen a clean cut, showers every day, decent clothed MAN park like shit or ding my car. It's always a knuckle dragging neanderthal OR the occasional young guy.

But women... the crooked ass parking offender is nearly ALWAYS a princess in her GUCCI shades or her True Religion Jeans or her "look at me I have a CAREER" uniform.

In addition, see a Republican bumper sticker on a crooked ass car and 99% of the time it's Mrs. Princess and her FENDI's on her face accompanied by the usual wwjd and protect traditional marriage stickers.

I have NEVER seen a crooked ass parking man or woman who looked "normal"...

I firmly believe that it's an extension of their bad character, they don't give a fuck. The world revolves around them. Man or woman, they just don't care. They don't care about others or the inconvenience they DIRECTLY cause.

Fuck inconsiderate people.

[Initech]

1. My biggest driving pet peeve is people who drive down the middle of a lane in a parking lot.

Drives me up the fucking wall! And I drive a Nissan Altima - not a very large car to begin with.

[GSLevel9]

3. yup

another of my favorites. I see it a couple times a week.

inconsiderate pigs.

[Initech]

10. I don't know what it is about Cali but people here forget how to drive in parking lots.

[Warpy]

56. They brought that to NM

They go down a line at high speed and never, ever look to see if someone is pulling out.

I really, really can't stand those jerks.

[TheCowsCameHome]

77. They forget they're in parking lots and think they're on the freeway.

Parking lots aren't fun anymore. As if they ever were.

[chromotone]

2. I approach parking spaces like I approach men's urinals.

If at all possible, I never take the one next to one in use; I always try to put an empty one in between us.

I'm always amazed, however, that folks try to cram into the parking spaces closest to the building. I find it much easier and faster to park in the "hinterlands" where there's plenty of empty spaces...

[GSLevel9]

4. lol...

as if walking the extra 100 feet would kill her size 18 ass.

(no offense to size 18 asses that belong to nice people)

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[neverforget]

33. My mother in law will drive around the parking lot looking to get the closest

one even though it's easier to park farther away. I find that if I take a parking spot in the hinterlands, I have less stress when I need to shop.

[smokey nj]

84. You and I and Clark Griswold share the same parking lot philosophy.

[SammyWinstonJack]

50. I hate being blocked on both sides by huge SUVs and trucks.

I drive a Grand Prix and always seem to get blocked by those vehicles and it makes backing out a huge PITA. :banghead:

[asdjrocky]

5. Where do I begin?

Aw, fuck it.

[flvegan]

7. It's hard to park turning the wheel that far with just one hand.

They'd use both if the other WASN'T HOLDING THEIR FUCKING CELLPHONE.

Don't get me started on idiots and how they pilot their rides.

[OhioChick]

14. That's one of my biggest pet peeves.....CELLPHONES

Nothing like being in rush hour traffic watching out for the asshole on the cell phone swerving into your lane. :banghead:

[Ian David]

8. Leave a note on their windshield saying you're sorry you hit their car.

Give them a fake name, address and phone number (choose a Dominoes Pizza or something).

Let them puzzle over whether there's actually any damage to their car or not.

[GSLevel9]

9. lol... just LOL. nt

[lpbk2713]

24. That gives me an idea.

I think I'll look up the phone nbr of the local RNC HQ and always carry it with me. :eyes:

[pipi_k]

88. hahahahaha....I would leave the address and phone number of

the nearest police station

:7

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

11. From the thread title, I thought the cars in question had blinking lights on them.

Was I the only one?

[Fumesucker]

30. No, you aren't the only one.. n/t

[uppityperson]

12. I often park crooked so I guess I don't look "normal" thank god

My car has an issue starting and sometimes I have to push start it. If I have to park crooked to be able to go downhill, I do.

Yes, we've had it checked and "fixed" several times thank you very much. Battery, cables, started, solenoid, etc etc etc have been repaired and still it happens.

So, fuck me since I am such an inconsiderate uncaring bitch for not caring about "the inconvenience they DIRECTLY cause". Yeah, I am such a egoist, I believe the world revolves around me.

Now where the FUCK did I leave my gucci shades, etc etc etc?

[GSLevel9]

15. ahhhh... no

I'm not talking about parking on the street.

I'm talking about parking LOTS. The flat kind. With no hills. I'm sure you don't park like shit THERE.

[uppityperson]

20. Yes, I sure as SHIT do park like that there, is what I am talking about also

No hills in a parking lot? There sure are here. Parking lots, with a slope, so water will drain. Yes, they have a slope. And yes, I am one of those egotistical bitches who thinks only of herself and parks crooked across 2 spaces so I can push start my car and you, poor you, have to walk 6 feet further to park.

Egotistical my ass. Yes, I park like shit THERE.

[GSLevel9]

22. :rolleyes:

ok, thank you for your time.

[uppityperson]

26. next thing you know people will be parking in handicap spots & don't LOOK handicapped

I mean REALLY! fucking pigs.

You take me to task for parking how I do, not taking into consideration that there may be a reason, calling me a liar for saying there are slants in our parking lots here in western wa and then :eyes:? Ah.

[GSLevel9]

27. I think you need a hug...

or possibly a Dairy Queen Brownie Earthquake Explosion. Or if you're not a fan of sweets maybe a bag of pretzels and a plate of hot mustard.

Lighten up ;)

[uppityperson]

28. Yup, insult me, roll eyes and then say "you need a hug lighten up"

The hallmark of a true empathetic person.

[GSLevel9]

29. ok.

But I still recommend the Brownie Earthquake Explosion. I'm getting one tonight... but I won't park like shit in front of the Dairy Queen tonight. That stuff is like VALIUM... who on the planet could POSSIBLY be unhappy after eating one?

[Obamanaut]

64. Interesting! Many of the items in the OP can be avoided simply by

parking in the outskirts of parking lots, yet there is an entire OP rant followed a few responses later with a 'lighten up' to another poster.

[TheCowsCameHome]

67. Everyone wants to be up in the front row.

In general, what a lazy bunch we've become.

[uppityperson]

70. What, you mean park on the outskirts where there are more spaces and your car probably won't

be damaged? That is too simple. Besides, there are those of us like me who park out there so they can take advantage of the space, we egotistical ones who don't care about anyone else.

yup, interesting indeed. Another buddy for me.

[GSLevel9]

73. well no again...

all the parking lots I speak of are full lots that are filled to capacity. As in Federal buildings, apartment complexes, etc... not the local mega-mall or grocery store.

[madamesilverspurs]

79. Oh, that DOES happen.

I happen to have handicap plates and a hangtag for when I'm riding with someone else; there are good reasons that I need to use those parking spaces. And there have been times when I've seen someone park in one of those spaces and then sprint into the store; I asked one young man why he had the hang tag if he could run, and he told me it was none of my business and that it wasn't his fault that I'm 'a cripple'. And one of our local muckymucks is notorious for parking her big, shiny hummer in the handicap spots designed for vans with lifts; she wasn't happy when she was unable to escape the lot before the ticket patrol nailed her (to the applause of a couple wheelchair customers, by the way). Such people do make it difficult, sometimes, to remember that most people don't act like them. That said, I've considered showing them a new way to use my cane and it has nothing to do with walking.

So, when was the last time you indulged one of the banana splits at Don's in Pt. Townsend?


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[uppityperson]

82. I know very well that happens. Sorry it does happen.

People misuse handicapped parking spaces (my old ma had troubles getting around and it used to piss me off when people used them "just for a minute".

People berate those using handicapped spaces that don't "look" handicapped, but are. When the dear old ma started to have troubles getting around, people told her being drunk was no reason to use the spaces. She used to joke about having a "I'm crippled" sign to wear, but soon deteriorated that it was obvious she needed the spot.

Don's is wonderful. If you can't find something elsewhere, go there (like boys socks. For some reason you can buy girls womens mens socks in town but not boys, except for Don's).

[MattBaggins]

122. I am sorry about your car but parking across the line and taking two spaces is BS

I like to park right next to those folks; an inch or two from their door and get out the passengers door if needed.

[tammywammy]

127. Why do you park so close?

I mean, does it *really* effect you that someone took two spaces? Aren't you just asking for dings in your own car?

[MattBaggins]

130. just so I can stand off near the store entrance and enjoy the utter frustration when they return

[proud2BlibKansan]

102. Oops

Dupe

[taterguy]

13. Any SUV I see gets keyed because of the fucking inconsiderate things SUVs do to the environment

I keed

I keed.

(Or is it "keyed"?)

:shrug:

[GSLevel9]

17. that falls into inconsiderate pig behavior.

judge a car, any car by the CO2 emitted per mile and modern small-mid sized SUV's emit less CO2 than MANY sedans on the road.

[Name removed]

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[GSLevel9]

42. hmmmm.. that's not nice.

And that's not true.

The Gulf is a mess because of irresponsible corporate cost-saving measures in spite of rules and standards. And the bastards will pay. A lot.

If every American switched over to bicycle tomorrow... there would STILL be oil exploration. Because the REST of the world has an increasing thirst for oil products.

Now when every OTHER human on the planet gives up their cars for bikes I'll be right there with them and will have to figure out how to get to my place of employment.

[Name removed]

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[GSLevel9]

49. sigh...

there's a lot of gray area between living in a 7000sf Gore-Mansion and driving a Ahnuld-Hummer H1 and riding a bike and living in a cardboard box.

There are practical things we ALL can/should do to be responsible for our lives. Things like making our homes more energy efficient, only running the washing machine with a full load of clothes, setting the thermostat to 80 in the summer.... stuff like that. We buy "green"... use the fabric grocery bags, recycle carefully and support local farmer's markets.... what more do you want?

Why do the extremists always try to paint this subject as black/white?

[taterguy]

69. I want you to trade your SUV in for a decent bike

Better hurry before the price of gas goes up and no one will be dumb enough to want drive an SUV

[uppityperson]

71. Do you live in a cardboard box? Since you ride a bike, guess you must

"there's a lot of gray area between living in a 7000sf Gore-Mansion and driving a Ahnuld-Hummer H1 and riding a bike and living in a cardboard box."

[taterguy]

72. Can't say that I do

But thanks for asking!

:hi:

[uppityperson]

74. I'd've been happy to send you a stack of newspapers for insultation if you needed it.

Glad you are out of the cardboard box and (truly) good for you for the bike.

[taterguy]

87. Do you know what the shipping cost would be on a stack of newspapers?

I know that beggars can't be choosers but if I needed it, I'd rather have cash.

Especially a stack of cash.

[uppityperson]

90. paper money would work for insulation in your box. Ah well.

[taterguy]

94. I don't think currency insulation would last long on a box

No matter where the box was located.

[madinmaryland]

60. Lighten the fuck up, Francis.

[uppityperson]

51. you won't change anything until everyone else does? And it is true

what is going on in the gulf is because people like you and I use vehicles and buy food that has been transported great distances.

But go ahead and call all of us pigs because you are Special.

[GSLevel9]

54. we really need to talk.

I want to UNDERSTAND you. Have a seat and talk to me. I call rude inconsiderate people PIGS because they don't have the innate consideration to park their vehicle correctly. On the other hand, YOU park your car poorly for an understandable reason. So by definition, you're NOT one of the PIGS. So why make such a big deal out of this?

And I'm FAR from special. I'm just a usually quiet voice in the crowd that longs for a world of mutual respect and open kindness.

So talk to me... why are you so upset? Does life have you "on ignore"? Do you feel like you haven't been able to accomplish life's goals because someone has put obstacles in your way?

When you're able to put aside your anger and frustration at whatever upsets you... you will breath a clean, fresh breath of freedom. The freedom to control your own space, your own "bubble" that no one else can molest....

Doctor's prescription for tonight...

Oreo Brownie Earthquake AND Pepperoni Pizza. And a funny movie... maybe a 1990's Jim Carrey comedy?

[SammyWinstonJack]

57. I don't think you will win this one.

:evilgrin:

[uppityperson]

58. Nope, fail. OP was a call out/insult of a behavior I have.

You have not apologized when called on your rude behavior or said anything other than "I" have a problem and sanctimoniously advise snacks.

I am not the one with the problem. Or should I say welcome back to DU?

[GSLevel9]

61. I sense a Lot of Hostility in this one.

who has hurt you? Was it a loved one? Or is it an institutional wrong that was done to you? You have the power to regain control of your own life. Take that power and become the person you always imagined you'd be. Smile. Laugh... defeat the anger.

[uppityperson]

62. Classic. Like saying I am an angry person for calling a bigot a bigot.

"When I see a crooked ass car in a spot, I immediately think, "this guy/gal is a fuckin' pig, an inconsiderate pig who takes a shit on the carpeting in the living room for the rest of the family to walk in.""

"I have NEVER seen a crooked ass parking man or woman who looked "normal"...

I firmly believe that it's an extension of their bad character, they don't give a fuck. The world revolves around them. Man or woman, they just don't care. They don't care about others or the inconvenience they DIRECTLY cause."

Yup, and I am the angry one.

[GSLevel9]

66. well hey...

I'm happy to help. Any time... but just to summarize, when the anger disappears you will feel the weight lift off your shoulders and you will again be able to walk with your head held high and see your fellow Man (as in mankind) in a different way.

Look at me... mad as hell a couple hours ago and now I'm browsing kitten pic's on picasa...

It CAN be done.

[mwb970]

112. uppity, I'm curious. Why are you being so difficult?

This is an interesting thread about a topic that has bothered me too. But as I read, I come upon comment after comment from "uppityperson", virtually all of them very pissy and bitter. Gosh, calm down for a moment. If you're mad at the whole world, fine, but why take it out on us? Yikes.

edit: And yes, you are the angry one. Very angry. How do you not know this?

:eyes:

[dems_rightnow]

53. When I think of tough guys

What always comes to mind is people who damage other people's vehicles in parking lots out of spite.

Then again, people who say they do these things typically live with their mother.

[JVS]

16. Damned hippies with their shitty parking!!!

[GSLevel9]

18. no

not hippies.

People with no manners.

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. Or the idiot in the Escalade that straddles four spaces.

so that no one will park near his dic...um...vehicle.

I once had an old beater Buick Regal and loved to squeeze right up tight to these assholes, of course being careful not to make a mark. But the didn't know that. Once a buddy and I boxed one in tight on both sides and waited around to watch the shocked expression on the morans face when they returned............priceless.

[GSLevel9]

21. oh yeah...

that's a frequent offender. Multi-spot takers are 99% MEN. Control freaks with their "MY CAR" deserves more than one space, fuck everyone else.

[8 track mind]

131. the proper way to park......

this should be required watching for every driver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZEu6guEgkE

[MattBaggins]

129. And watch how fast they will running to the store manager with tears streaming down their faces

They are also the first to start calling the police demanding the other cars get towed.

[seabeyond]

23. ya, well... everyone was going the fuckin speed limit today. who goes the fuckin speed limit.

i cannot go that slow. EVERYWHERE i went, i was boxed in and not one friggin mile over that damn speed limit.

i was hot. i had to be somewhere, then be somewhere and we are putting at 35 and 40 mph.

crap

came home and yelled at the kids.

[GSLevel9]

25. and WHEN

was the last time you saw cops handing out tickets to inconsiderate PIG fast lane crawlers?

[seabeyond]

34. ya... when i ask you? and more, why the hell arent they pulling over the people

that go UNDER the speed limit. if i get in trouble for going over, surely they should get it for going under. they are the ones that cause all the problems.

[JVS]

37. Because going under is legal.

[seabeyond]

40. no way. can't be. nah... i can't buy it. toooooo too frustrating. cause all the accidents

people trying to get away from them.

hm

what a thought

gonna have to sit on that one.

[reformedrethug]

121. Only to a specific speed

Like where I am, if you are going more than 10 mph under the limit you will get pulled over for impeding traffic. That can very easily cause a serious accident if you have a group of vehicles traveling at the speed limit then all of the sudden they come up on a car that is going 10 under, here come the brakes and lane changes.

Accident waiting to happen, seen it, survived it, learned from it.

[JVS]

31. Is this some kind of joke?

[seabeyond]

35. in a way and not. nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

68. Your car doesn't have AC or were you driving a rag top?

:shrug:

[seabeyond]

92. not only AC up high, but i have AC in my seats too. coolest. BUT it is fuckin HOT

and i was in and out of the car, outside looking at tiles and stuff. i always get pissy when i am hot. AC wasnt having time to cool me off. enough. hate the heat

oh and i was born in Az. and grew up in southern Ca. lol

[SammyWinstonJack]

95. I live in San Antonio so I know where you are coming from. Oh and I grew up in SoCal, the

High Desert area of SoCal. :hi:

[seabeyond]

106. hey... and then look at you. living in texas from Ca.

me too. lol. you have a cool mayor. actually got a zinger on colbert. it was a good show and he is a true up and coming. how do yawl like him in SA.

[slackmaster]

32. Good rant

My biggest driving pet peeves are people who yak on cell phones and don't pay attention to traffic, and people who don't signal. I put parking offenders at about third place.

[Fumesucker]

36. Try riding a motorcycle..

Every single car out there is a four thousand pound death machine headed directly to obliterate your ass, it's like navigating a moving obstacle course/land mine field.

The only way to survive traffic on a bike is situational awareness and mad dogfighting skills that would put an ace F-16 pilot to shame.

[GSLevel9]

38. yeah, I'm feeling it...

I'd need a Brownie Earthquake Explosion a day to unwind after that...

[Hello_Kitty]

39. Tailgaters are people who should really set themselves on fire at the earliest opportunity

I drive with the flow of traffic and I don't hog the left lane. There's no goddamn need to be following me SO CLOSELY that I can see your nosehairs in my rearview mirror. Doing that is not going to make THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME go any faster, assknob.

[GSLevel9]

43. oh yeah...

they're a special breed... usually very AGGRESSIVE and angry people. Stay away from them.

[Marr]

85. You know, I don't think that's true.

Just anecdotal evidence, of course, but I know some really horrible tailgaters, and they're not aggressive people at all. Just oblivious motherfuckers with no sense.

[TheCowsCameHome]

65. Bwahahaha. Assknob. I love it. Keep pulling the headlights on and off.

The idiots in back think you're on the brakes.......

[SPedigrees]

44. I always park as far away from other vehicles as possible.

It means a longer walk, but no intrusion on my personal space.

If someone left a dent in my car door and walked off nonchalantly, I'd most likely do something to their car once they were out of sight. Not anything big, just a ding for a ding, or a scratch for a ding.

Nothing irritates me more than a stranger in a restaurant, supermarket, or parkinglot who places themselves next to me when there is a world of open available space away from me.

[GSLevel9]

45. which reminds me...

a few nights ago I was at the grocery store buying Ben and Jerry's... I knew the flavor I wanted, just had to reach in and grab it. So this man and his 4-5 kids fresh from soccer/softball practice (whatever) were standing there with the refrigerator case door open gazing adoringly into the stacks of ice cream. After 20-30 seconds, I said excuse me could I just grab that... and reached over. The guy looks at me like I'm some hoodlum...

[uppityperson]

52. You drove to the grocery store to buy overpriced sugar/fat snack, and you don't see you have any

responsibility for what is happening in the gulf because "other people use oil too"?

Good grief.

[GSLevel9]

59. oh hello again.

of course I was at the store on a full shopping trip... milk, cereal, meats, fruits, veg, etc... I didn't go JUST for the B&J.

[mwb970]

113. Now you're going to attack people for buying ice cream? Good Lord.

Meds, my friend. Meds.

[gratuitous]

46. It's been said . . .

"Nobody can pedal the bike for you."

A fine rant, and (I hope) cathartic at some level. And as you know, you can only be responsible for yourself. I will give you kudos for resisting the temptation to park your SUV in a compact parking spot. You are a gem for that, and I wish more people would follow your example.

I trace many of your peeves back to a simple concept, and that is that civics no longer seems to be part of the national conversation anymore. Folks of a certain age can hum the tune to "Please, please don't be a litterbug" just by reading the words. We used to put real effort into bringing up kids to care about and respect their communities, in school and in popular entertainments, as well as in the home.

Much of this went away for several reasons, but I think the chief culprit has been that selfishness has been re-imagined as a virtue by certain segments of our society in order to justify their own absorption. Anymore when you try to advocate for some civic-mindedness, you're more likely to hear variations on "Don't tell me what to do!" for even the most obvious suggestions like not littering or using just one parking space.

We have much work to do.

[GSLevel9]

47. oh yes...

you sound like my kinda' people...

Let me guess... born in the midwest pre-1965?

[citizen477]

103. Cars are the Problem

I know I'm going to get blasted for this one, but here goes.

You are right in your assessment, but to add to that a lot of this has to do with the built environment, too. It's a vicious cycle, in that we value cars over people, that's why we have a landscape dominated by highways and roads and more roads and highways then more roads.

Naturally, the more we drive, the less we interact with each other.

The less we interact with each other, the more we feel we are superior and the more suspicious we are of strangers.

The more we feel that individuality is superior to the "group", and that strangers are suspicious, the more we tolerate inhumane behavior and so on.

The cycle just keeps repeating.

The sad fact is that we're losing our civility toward each other because we're losing our "physical" connection to each other. As great an invention as the automobile is, we have allowed it to sever our relationships with each other.

We've got to reverse this somehow. We can't continue like this.

[texastoast]

55. My fave?

The Mercedes or Porche driver who takes up two spots close to the elevator in our garage, even a few floors up.

On a particularly bad day, I just had to do something. I had a fresh wad of gum and wrote on the wrapper "Learn to park" and stuck it on his headlight.

Didn't see the problem from that car again.

[ThatsMyBarack]

63. People still WON'T hang up and drive!

Yet they still think they have the right of way no matter what! :mad:

[Quantess]

75. I agree with much of what you say, but,

you yourself seem like the type who suffers from road rage.

Just accept that stupid people and bad drivers are everywhere, and don't let them get to you. Most important of all, be safe on the road.

[GSLevel9]

76. thank you...

I'll try. It's true, sometimes I feel like James Wood in "Falling Down"...

Btw, it's ironic that the unrecc'ers struck this thread. It's kinda like a tacit admission that they park like shit.

[Obamanaut]

81. The unrecs might also mean that this is the sort of OP that should never

be considered material for the GP.

And thanks for the reminder, I neglected to unrec earlier. Now it's done.

[Tsiyu]

107. This was unrecc'ed

not because of the unrecc'ers' poor driving.

this was unrecc'ed in mass numbers because of your blatant prejudice displayed in this thread.

One wonders how you can tell who "showers daily" and one must also wonder why you believe only "clean-cut males" are awesome parkers. Anyone not "clean-cut" is a "knuckle dragger, neaderthal" in your book? Wowser!


And while you have a shown bias against men who appear to be "have-nots," you have a double standard in that women who are "haves' also receive your wrath.

I hate having to explain this, but plenty of people with long hair, without access to water on a daily basis, and even women with Gucci handbags are perfectly fine drivers and parkers.

Not in your world, i see.

But be aware that DU is composed of "uncleancut" males and women with careers. If you cannot see how your post is offensive, the unrecs speak for themselves.

[Quantess]

111. Good grief. Aren't you the finger wagger.

Somebody dares show a little creativity in their writing, that pushes the boundaries of YOUR expectations, so you feel a need to chastise them. How narrow minded of you.

[Tsiyu]

119. See, and all this time

I never took a Creative Writing course where they described "creativity" as looking your nose down on those who don't appear "normal."


But hey, I'm not alone.

This thread STILL has no recs. Wonder why not?

[mwb970]

114. Oh for God's sake.

Thank you Mr. DU Policeman. How prissy.

[Tsiyu]

117. Oh yes, I am prissy

That is too funny

:rofl:

You must be cleancut and "normal" too. :)

No, I just have an issue with denigrating people because of their hair/clothes/etc.

I would say the Op is the priss here - and he appears to have a problem with successful women ...but to each his own

[dionysus]

78. next time i go somewhere i'm going to double par, just for you

:P

[REP]

80. I drive a very cute 2-seater and park very carefully

One of the few advantages of kidney failure is a hcap parking permit. I always park my small car so I won't ding or get dinged, but very often, some asshole in a minivan will try to share my parking space with me. One stupid bitch even screamed at me because I was legally parked, permit showing, in my nice car and she had kids. I still can't figure that one out.

[Touchdown]

83. The procession of the perfect!

I just wish I can be in the presence of all you angelic drivers without fault. It would make me whole.O8)

[GSLevel9]

86. thank you all for listening to my rant.

I feel much better and love every one of you, bad parker or not.

g'nite.

[proud2BlibKansan]

89. Years ago I had a friend whose husband restored corvettes

She called me in tears one day because someone had keyed the side of one of his corvettes when she had driven it to the grocery store. She was afraid her husband would be upset. At some point in the conversation she disclosed that she had parked diagonally across two parking spots to avoid door dings.

I had to bite my tongue to keep from telling her that is one of my biggest pet peeves and I could almost understand someone keying the car.

[Mopar151]

97. You could almost understand?

Have you ever painted a car to show quality?
A solid WEEK of block sanding primer and putty. AFTER all the bodywork is done. basecoat, sanding (1500 grit), color coat(s), more sanding. Clear coat, MORE sanding, buffing and hand rub. Materials alone can run $2000. And a lot of these finishes cannot be spot repaired, and are very difficult to match.

More details here:
- a mere $6000 job.
http://www.hotrod.com/newsletter/hrdp_0611_junior_conway_barris_kustom_city_car_painter/index.html

[Hansel]

98. If I did, the last place I'd take it is to a grocery store parking lot. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

101. Which was my point

Thank you.

[proud2BlibKansan]

99. Didn't say I would ever do it

And I wouldn't. But if your car is so precious that you feel entitled to two parking spaces, leave it at home in the driveway.

[Mopar151]

116. Not everyone can do that all the time!

As in the case of your friend. Does wanting to have something nice (or even having to drive the "good" car) mean you need to bring an armed guard?
Remember - your friend did NOT pin someone in, leave door dings, park a wide car in a compact spot, leave half a texas pickup sticking out in the street, park in a fire lane - all she did was try to be considerate with someone elses' car.

[ohheckyeah]

91. I usually park way out

on the edge of the parking lot. Invariably, some jerk in a huge honking Ram truck, van or huge SUV has to park beside me. It doesn't matter how many spaces are available, they have to park their big ass vehicle right beside me. I have a low slung convertible and in no way can I see around the vans, trucks and SUVs.

[MineralMan]

93. I solved that problem by parking far away in the lot. I can

use the exercise anyhow. Idiots raise my blood pressure, and at 65, that's not a good thing. So I just park out in the far reaches of the lot and walk.

[GoCubsGo]

126. It doesn't always work

I do that too. Yet, my poor, old car is full of dings. There could be three dozen spaces between me and the next car, and somebody will STILL come right next to me. I have the same problem in spinning class. The the bikes on the whole other side of the room could be empty, but I still have people crowding in around me. I'm a magnet for assholes and the clueless. Cant win...

[Amerigo Vespucci]

96. Asshole in Willow Glen backed up yesterday...

...in a parking lot in which I was in the driveway, waiting to turn on to the main drag. If he'd kept backing up, he would have backed directly into my passenger door. I honked the horn. He turned around and looked right in my face. I hadn't moved yet because the car in front of me was still waiting for their turn to pull out onto the street and the asshole started backing up AGAIN and I honked again and yelled "MOTHERFUCKER" and he finally sat his ass still.

Oh, and one more thing...Downtown Willow Glen is the HOME of

30-something soccer moms driving SUV's, big-ass Chevy or Ford V8 pickups, or similar vehicles, while using one hand to talk on their cell phone.

A woman parked next to me yesterday...IN A COMPACT SPOT...with one of these huge Detroit motherfuckers. She took up 1-1/2 spaces and wasn't the only one in the lot doing that.

[EFerrari]

100. I have a little economical Acura and a big old dilapidated pick up.

And if I go into town, it's always that ugly old truck because no one wants to play chicken with me and they know I have zero to lose so they get out of MY way for a change. I still think we should have LED displays on our windshields: The World is Calling and It Wants Its Oxygen Back.

[blueamy66]

132. Exactly.

That is why I drive a $3000 Cavalier. I don't care about dings or keying...not that I drive or park like an asshole. And trying to change lanes in heavy traffic....hell, the BMW or Mercedes ain't gonna play chicken with me, cause I don't care if my $3000 car gets hit. Seriously. But hey, it's still a pretty car that gets washed weekly.

MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE IN PARKING LOTS......WHY DO PEOPLE IN BIG EFFING TRUCKS AND SUVs HAVE TO HOLD EVERYONE UP WHILE THEY BACK INTO THE PARKING SPACE? WHY???

[Odin2005]

104. I just wish the bastards would QUIT talking on the DAMN CELL PHONE.

[Posteritatis]

105. My "favorite" cell phone driver..

...almost ran me down in a long, straight, empty residential street - I could be seen probably a quarter mile distant in both directions, and was crossing at an crosswalk - which she was speeding down while talking on two cell phones at once.

First time in my life I had to actually dive for cover from one of the things.

She never noticed, of course.

[Odin2005]

109. 2 at once? JEBUS!!!

[high density]

108. My car is the most valuable thing I own outside of things on paper

I like to keep it in nice condition. So far only two dings in about three and a half years. I'm pretty sure one of them occurred in the parking lot at my apartment-- Thanks, neighbor!

When I am in a parking garage I go up to the higher, sparsely populated floors. It amazes me to watch people in huge vehicles with the turning radius of a railcar attempt to squeeze themselves into a spot on a lower level when two floors up there's plenty of space to park in whatever horrible manner you'd like. A similar phenomenon occurs in parking lots near the entrance of a store/mall. People spend minutes waiting, searching, and/or maneuvering into a close spot when they could've walked from the back of the parking lot in that time.

It's no surprise really. The same people who can't park worth shit are probably the people that get out in the fast lane with a quarter mile of traffic lined up behind them because they want to have cruise control set on 66mph. The same people that blow through a stop sign to get right in front of you and then go slow... I could go on.

[mitchtv]

110. try entering your small tbird from the right side

after visiting the dr. for a bum knee. It must have been a hoot to watch. I echo your sentiments.

[DailyGrind51]

115. Or, what about the person who just pulls into the first opening on the street

without straightening his/her vehicle and leaving the rear-end of said vehicle protruding into traffic.

[USArmyParatrooper]

118. People who Deliberately park in 2 spaces!!!

Oh, your car is sooo nice you're entitled to occupy two fucking parking spaces so someone else is stuck driving in circles looking for one? If you can't stand the thought of getting a ding in your precious little car don't buy a fucking Porsche 911. Or go park in the far back. Or just deal with the occasional ding since you can obviously afford it. Mother fucker you're not special just because you drive an expensive car. I hope someone keys your shit just for the hilarious irony of it all.

[MattBaggins]

124. As I stated above

if the space next to them on the drivers side is free, do the same and pull in next to them, just mere inches from their door.

I can understand the "crooked" parkers and bad drivers in lots but I absolutely hate the double parkers.

[Regret My New Name]

120. I take up two parking spaces so that inconsiderate assholes don't park too close to ding me up.

;)

Wasn't there a website dedicated to this topic? People would submit photos of asshole park jobs.
http://www.youparklikeanasshole.com/gallery2/gallery2/main.php

[DailyGrind51]

133. Leaving just enough space for shopping carts!

[backscatter712]

123. Yesterday, it was the dickwad who parked his car in the bike lane.

I guess parking in the parking lane, doing the parallel parking thing and getting his car close to the curb like it's supposed to be was tooooo hard for this mental midget, so he just stuck his car out, blocking the entire bike lane, and I had to go into the car lane to get around him (getting yelled at by another dipshit who apparently hasn't been informed that bicycles are perfectly entitled to use car lanes like any other vehicle. Yes, I looked, used my hand signal, made sure I wasn't being a douche...)

[fishwax]

125. lol -- "normal" looking people are better parkers

Whatever.
:rofl:

[blueamy66]

128. AMEN!

I was just bitching last night about inconsiderate parkers.

You are spot on!

And I'm a chick who knows how to park my little Cavalier within the white lines. And I don't wear Gucci or Fendi. :-) Target bag and 99 cent store shades.....