R50/53 Who else only parks like this?
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From: Califon, NJ
Originally Posted by gobble
I would consider keying any a#$hole that parks like that.
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From: Richmond, VA
Originally Posted by The Short Bus
We moved to a new building, where the parking is SO much better.
The people that dont care about their cars park in the rows closest to the building. Then the people taht dont car too much, but dont want to hog the front spaces park in the middle area. The new cars park on the back rows. I'm a back rower, of course.
For a while, it was just me and the 350z. I parked 2-3 spaces away from her at all times, while she always parks one space away from the end. Then a coworker got a new civic. I park 2 spaces away, putting the civic on the end for a while, then we switch up. Once we switched up, a Buick parked beside me. I moved, Buick moved beside me. Finally I move in that corner space, and the buick moves to the corner space near it. Wtf? then buick starts parking farther away, so i'm back to my spot on the other side of the civic. Then a girl's 04 mustang that is all banged up parks near me. I move next to civic.
Then, an Avalon took the spot beside where the civic parks, so i ake corner, then the Z, then the civic all hurd up in the corner. TODAY i come in and the Z is out, civic isn't in yet and the avalon is 3-4 spaces from the end, and then a ford wagon is two spaces from that! So i moved to another back row... where there's a line of trees, and construction people frequent. WHY can't they all just leave us alone? 100 other spots and they gotta bug us.
The people that dont care about their cars park in the rows closest to the building. Then the people taht dont car too much, but dont want to hog the front spaces park in the middle area. The new cars park on the back rows. I'm a back rower, of course.
For a while, it was just me and the 350z. I parked 2-3 spaces away from her at all times, while she always parks one space away from the end. Then a coworker got a new civic. I park 2 spaces away, putting the civic on the end for a while, then we switch up. Once we switched up, a Buick parked beside me. I moved, Buick moved beside me. Finally I move in that corner space, and the buick moves to the corner space near it. Wtf? then buick starts parking farther away, so i'm back to my spot on the other side of the civic. Then a girl's 04 mustang that is all banged up parks near me. I move next to civic.
Then, an Avalon took the spot beside where the civic parks, so i ake corner, then the Z, then the civic all hurd up in the corner. TODAY i come in and the Z is out, civic isn't in yet and the avalon is 3-4 spaces from the end, and then a ford wagon is two spaces from that! So i moved to another back row... where there's a line of trees, and construction people frequent. WHY can't they all just leave us alone? 100 other spots and they gotta bug us.
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Originally Posted by mburchill36
...and if I saw you key my car, you'd be going to the hospital my friend...followed by a numerous sessions with physical therapists.
Most recipients of the keying would have no idea what they did wrong...remember the two space parking thing is all right in their minds.
A well versed 8 x 10 note on thin adhesive-backed paper on the windshield in the driver's sight line, is a less destructive way of getting the point across. Make sure it's the type of paper that sticks really well and does not come off in one big piece...the type that will need a razor blade to remove completely. :smile:
...oh and most important, always end the note with, "have a nice day!"
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From: East Bay, CA
Slightly Off Topic Parking~
Originally Posted by goaljnky
.... For a while my local Trader Joe's parking lot was marked so narrow that I had a problem getting the Mini between the lines.
I'm as crunchy granola as the rest of 'em, but man, the road/parking lot rage that can eminate from a Greenpeace-stickered Volvo or a Subie is unreal. Sometimes I flee in terror with nothing organic but my own adrenaline.
And don't get me started about the "invisible" cart corrals; landscaping is not the natural habitat for a shopping cart!
May the blessings from the Parking Goddess be with you, Brothers and Sisters.
Teri
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Originally Posted by mburchill36
...and if I saw you key my car, you'd be going to the hospital my friend...followed by a numerous sessions with physical therapists.
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By the way, I have a 1992 NSX that has not seen one ding in 13 years and 48,000 miles. There are ways to safely park your car without being an ***. Always park on an end. If you're parking in the garage at the office, always park closer to a passenger door because most people drive to work alone. Park farther away and uphill....
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From: Sunny Southern California
Good Karma
Originally Posted by STLMINI
does anyone find it the least bit ironic that the originator of this thread (ZenAudio) parks in a way that would bring him nothing but bad karma?
Proud new dad,
Mike
LOL there's nothing like a picture of a newborn to turn the tide of public opinion.
Congrats, Mike.
Now I want you to imagine your daughter one day in the future being late for a very important day at work or school, driving through a very crowded parking lot... and finding one car taking up two spots!
Sorry, couldn't resist. Enjoy being a Dad (unless of course you already were, in which case, enjoy it even more).
Congrats, Mike.
Now I want you to imagine your daughter one day in the future being late for a very important day at work or school, driving through a very crowded parking lot... and finding one car taking up two spots!
Sorry, couldn't resist. Enjoy being a Dad (unless of course you already were, in which case, enjoy it even more).
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From: Weeblegabber West (aka WLA)
Beautiful new baby, Zen! Congrats and you are hereby given a bad-parking-job-free-pass as a gift!
Time to start working on improving your parking karma...or as I like to call it, your parkma!
Clover
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Originally Posted by Pteri
or even worse, Whole Foods!
I'm as crunchy granola as the rest of 'em, but man, the road/parking lot rage that can eminate from a Greenpeace-stickered Volvo or a Subie is unreal. Sometimes I flee in terror with nothing organic but my own adrenaline.
I'm as crunchy granola as the rest of 'em, but man, the road/parking lot rage that can eminate from a Greenpeace-stickered Volvo or a Subie is unreal. Sometimes I flee in terror with nothing organic but my own adrenaline.
OMG...so I'm not the only one that has noticed this. I'm absolutely stunned EVERY TIME I go to Whole Foods.
I have had people cut me off, pull into a space that I'm ready to go into (me, with my turn signal on and partially turning). It really is amazing. I always park way away when I go to any parking lot, but the Whole Foods lot is so small, that even way out gets the same sort of bad parking behaviour.
Amazing...especially coming from the peace & love sort of crowd.
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From: St. Louis
Originally Posted by ZenAudio
Actually, I started this thread on the day I had the best karma in my life - the birth of my beautiful daughter Charlotte.
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From: Greater Chicagoland
Wow
Originally Posted by camelpilot
Edited: Sorry..I didnt know "Amigo" is a derogatory term. I address Mexicans as such, and they address it to me back. /shrug. So it doesnt mean "friend" in Mexican??
"Mexicans", as you found it so necessarily relevant to the point of your story, speak SPANISH, not "mexican" as you have so "Americanly" refered.
Go back to school and "learns" some "American" while you're at it.
TJM
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From: City of Angels, Cali
Originally Posted by amorican
What I find even more offensive than that parking job (which by the way should be reserved for Firebird T/A owners only) is the lack of intelligence in this post.
"Mexicans", as you found it so necessarily relevant to the point of your story, speak SPANISH, not "mexican" as you have so Americanly refered.
Go back to school and learns some "American" while you're at it.
TJM
"Mexicans", as you found it so necessarily relevant to the point of your story, speak SPANISH, not "mexican" as you have so Americanly refered.
Go back to school and learns some "American" while you're at it.
TJM
Also, I do not understand why you put the term Mexicans in quotes implying that it were a bad word.
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Originally Posted by camelpilot
Mexicans have their own version of Spanish, which is why it's sometimes referred to as Mexican. Just like English spoken in America is called American English. Would you prefer I say Mexican Spanish? I can do that if that will get your panties untangled.
Also, I do not understand why you put the term Mexicans in quotes implying that it were a bad word.
Also, I do not understand why you put the term Mexicans in quotes implying that it were a bad word.
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From: Florida
Originally Posted by camelpilot
Mexicans have their own version of Spanish, which is why it's sometimes referred to as Mexican. Just like English spoken in America is called American English. Would you prefer I say Mexican Spanish? I can do that if that will get your panties untangled.
Also, I do not understand why you put the term Mexicans in quotes implying that it were a bad word.
Also, I do not understand why you put the term Mexicans in quotes implying that it were a bad word.